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Ibrahim Abu Abdulai · Sankore

Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies

Ibrahim Abu Abdulai

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ORCID 0000-0002-5813-2386

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Publications

31

Citations

234

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10

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10

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University for Development Studies28 works
Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies14 works
University of Cape Coast1 works

Publications

31 works in the graph, newest first.

Role of cattle fattening in urban poverty reduction and livelihood improvement in Africa: Evidence from a Ghanaian city
2026World Development PerspectivesJournalSenior author0 citations10.1016/j.wdp.2026.100758
Mainstreaming urban green infrastructure into residential housing in Ghana
2026Discover CitiesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/s44327-026-00213-3
Technology adoption and integration into everyday practices in Ghana’s Nadowli-Kaleo District
2026SN Social SciencesJournalSenior author0 citations10.1007/s43545-026-01641-z
Co-creating climate future pathways for northwestern Ghana: The use of the Three Horizons framework
2025FuturesJournalSenior authorCorresponding6 citations10.1016/j.futures.2025.103567

‘I feed my family but I own no land’: Understanding the complexities of women’s irrigable land access and wellbeing in northern Ghana

2025World Development PerspectivesJournalFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100659

Urban agriculture-climate change-food security nexus: does climate-smart agriculture offer hope?

2025SN Social SciencesJournalFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1007/s43545-025-01125-6

Poverty-conflict nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping literature review

2025Humanities and Social Sciences CommunicationsJournalOpen access3 citations10.1057/s41599-025-05120-3

Citizens' Participation in Local Governance in Ghana: A Myth or Reality?

2025Forum for Development StudiesJournal2 citations10.1080/08039410.2025.2526067

Exposing ideological effects of mediational means variation or alignment in stakeholders’ impact discourses

2025Journal of Planning and Land ManagementJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.36005/jplm.v4i1.104

Sustainability outcomes of sand and stone mining practices in peri-urban Ghana

2025Discover EnvironmentJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/s44274-025-00464-8

Poverty in the global south: does the geographical theory offer any new insight to understanding penury?

2024Cogent Social SciencesJournalOpen access19 citations10.1080/23311886.2024.2321710

Public perception and willingness to participate in urban forest governance

2024Arboricultural JournalJournalFirst authorCorresponding11 citations10.1080/03071375.2024.2397263

Siting of fuel stations within residential areas in Ghanaian cities: Perceptions of residents in Wa on fire disaster risks

2024HeliyonJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29964

Emergent neo-customary land tenure and non-indigene smallholders’ access to farmlands in peri-urban Ghana

2024Discover SustainabilityJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1007/s43621-024-00258-7

Microlevel analysis of how itinerant immigrant entrepreneurs underwrite local economic development in an African city

2024Development Southern AfricaJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citations10.1080/0376835x.2024.2403417

Urbanisation from the margins: auto-construction of urban spaces for paratransit services in Kumasi, Ghana

2024Urban Planning and Transport ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citations10.1080/21650020.2024.2358946

Effects of microfinance and small loans centre on poverty reduction in Wa West District, Ghana

2023HeliyonJournalOpen accessSenior author20 citations10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22685

Urban livestock rearing and the paradox of sustainable cities and urban governance in West Africa: Empirical evidence from Wa, Ghana

2023Urban GovernanceJournalOpen accessFirst author12 citations10.1016/j.ugj.2023.06.004

Finding a home away from home: Housing choices of itinerant immigrant retailers in the Wa municipality, Ghana

2023Regional Science Policy & PracticeJournalFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1111/rsp3.12720

How urbanisation shapes availability of provisioning ecosystem services in peri-urban Ghana

2023International Journal of Urban Sustainable DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1080/19463138.2023.2267518

Migration and poverty in the Global South: an integrated review

2023SN Social SciencesJournalSenior author2 citations10.1007/s43545-023-00787-4

Surviving in a borderless virus: impact of coronavirus on small-scale food services in Wa, Ghana

2023SN Business & EconomicsJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citations10.1007/s43546-023-00557-7

Secondary cities under siege: examining peri-urbanisation and farmer households’ livelihood diversification practices in Ghana

2022HeliyonJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding36 citations10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10540

Challenges and Sustainability Dynamics of Urban Agriculture in the Savannah Ecological Zone of Ghana: A Study of Bolgatanga Municipality

2022Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsJournalOpen accessSenior author21 citations10.3389/fsufs.2022.797383

Role of non-governmental organizations in poverty reduction in the global South: evidence from world vision Ghana, Kintampo South district

2022SN Social SciencesJournalOpen access21 citations10.1007/s43545-022-00545-y

Rearing livestock on the edge of secondary cities: examining small ruminant production on the fringes of Wa, Ghana

2022HeliyonJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding18 citations10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09347

The effects of urbanisation pressures on smallholder staple food crop production at the fringes of African cities: Empirical evidence from Ghana

2022Cogent Social SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding13 citations10.1080/23311886.2022.2144872

Re-visiting sustainable development: sustainability and well-being from the perspectives of indigenous people in rural Ghana

2022Local EnvironmentJournalSenior author13 citations10.1080/13549839.2022.2040463

Contributions of village savings and loans associations to rural livelihoods’ development in the Upper West Region, Ghana

2022SN Social SciencesJournalFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1007/s43545-022-00377-w

Exit from social assistance in sub-Sahara Africa: The reality of livelihood empowerment against poverty in the Upper West Region, Ghana

2022African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and DevelopmentJournal1 citations10.1080/20421338.2021.1988411

Regional reorganisation in Ghana: Implication for travel distance and access to critical public services

2022GeoJournalJournalSenior author1 citations10.1007/s10708-022-10795-1