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Augustin Kwasi Fosu

Augustin Kwasi Fosu

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Economics and Finance
Ghana
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
40
Citations
6369
World Ranking
2310
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Ghana Leader Award

Overview

Augustin Kwasi Fosu is affiliated with the University of Ghana in Ghana and has contributed to several research areas primarily related to economic growth and development within the African context.

Their recent publications reflect a focus on international business, foreign direct investment (FDI), governance, and poverty issues in Africa. Notable papers include:

  • Infrastructure and the Impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on Export Diversification: Evidence from Africa, 2021, Journal of African Development
  • Governance, Politics, and Economic Development: Some African Perspectives, 2022, Governance and Politics
  • Progress on Poverty in Africa: The Importance of Growth and Inequality, 2023, Journal of African Economies

Fosu's work has been published in various academic venues that frequently address African economic and development challenges, including:

  • African Development Review
  • Journal of African Development
  • Governance and Politics
  • Journal of African Economies
  • African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development

Their collaborations include repeated coauthorship with several researchers such as Dede Woade Gafa, Abdoulaye Coulibaly, Managing Salami, John Anyanwu, and Amadou Boly.

Their research spans multiple subfields, with particular focus on:

  • Information Systems
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Strategy and Management
  • General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Development

The research topics covered in Fosu's work include:

  • Economic Growth and Development
  • International Business and FDI
  • Global Trade and Economics
  • Corruption and Economic Development
  • International Development and Aid
  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth

Best Publications

  • Growth, Inequality, and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries: Recent Global Evidence

    Augustin Kwasi Fosu

  • Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Progress in a Global Context

    Augustin Kwasi Fosu

  • Exports and economic growth: The African case

    Augustin Kwasi Fosu

  • Political Instability and Economic Growth: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

    Augustin Kwasi Fosu

  • Inequality and the Impact of Growth on Poverty: Comparative Evidence for Sub-Saharan Africa

    Augustin Kwasi Fosu

  • The External Debt Burden and Economic Growth in the 1980s: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

    Augustin Kwasi Fosu

  • Export composition and the impact of exports on economic growth of developing economies

    Augustin Kwasi Fosu

  • Political instability and economic growth: Implications of coup events in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Augustin Kwasi Fosu

  • Inequality, income and poverty: comparative global evidence

    Augustin Kwasi Fosu

  • Growth of African Economies: Productivity, Policy Syndromes and the Importance of Institutions

    Augustin Kwasi Fosu;Augustin Kwasi Fosu

  • Political instability and economic growth in developing economies: some specification empirics

    A.K Fosu

  • Primary Exports and Economic Growth in Developing Countries

    Augustin Kwasi Fosu

  • Does inequality constrain poverty reduction programs? Evidence from Africa ☆

    Augustin Kwasi Fosu

  • Inequality and the growth–poverty nexus: specification empirics using African data

    Augustin Kwasi Fosu

  • Achieving Development Success: Strategies and Lessons from the Developing World

    Augustin Kwasi Fosu

  • Explaining Slow Growth in Africa

    Jean–Paul P. Azam;Augustin Fosu;Njuguna S. Ndung'u

  • Effect of Export Instability on Economic Growth in Africa

    Augustin Kwasi Fosu

  • The Effect of Income Distribution on the Ability of Growth to Reduce Poverty: Evidence from Rural and Urban African Economies

    Augustin Kwasi Fosu

  • Institutions, Governance and Economic Development in Africa: An Overview

    Augustin K. Fosu;Robert Bates;Anke Hoeffler

  • Democracy and growth in Africa: Implications of increasing electoral competitiveness

    Augustin Kwasi Fosu

  • Growth and Institutions in African Development

    Augustin Kwasi Fosu

  • Poverty and development.

    Augustin Kwasi Fosu

  • Growth, Inequality, and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries

    Augustin Kwasi Fosu

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert H. Bates
Robert H. Bates Harvard University
Germano Mwabu
Germano Mwabu University of Nairobi
Anke Hoeffler
Anke Hoeffler University of Konstanz
Wim Naudé
Wim Naudé RWTH Aachen University
Léonce Ndikumana
Léonce Ndikumana University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jan Willem Gunning
Jan Willem Gunning Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Arne Bigsten
Arne Bigsten University of Gothenburg
Paul Collier
Paul Collier University of Oxford
Lemma W. Senbet
Lemma W. Senbet University of Maryland, College Park
Simplice A. Asongu
Simplice A. Asongu African Governance and Development Institute

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