About

Abena D. Oduro is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, University of Ghana. She holds an MLitt. in Economics from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

Her main areas of research are poverty and inequality analysis, gender and assets, unpaid care work, international trade policy and WTO issues.

She is a member of the African Centre for Excellence in Inequality Research (ACEIR) and the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE).

Areas of Specialisation: Gender and Assets, Poverty Analysis, Inequality Analysis, Unpaid Care Work, International Trade Policy.

Courses Taught: ECON 447 International Economics I, ECON 448 International Economics II, Econ 613 International Economics I, ECONS 614 International Economics II, ECON 708 Advanced International Economics II.

Current Research: gender and social policy;  gender and taxation; inequality analysis.

Research Interest

Poverty and inequality analysis, gender analysis, intra-household analysis, international trade policy.

Publications

Current Publications:

1. Heymann, J., Sprague, A., Oduro, A.D. & Grzesik-Mourad, L. (2026). Advancing climate mitigation, adaptation, and equity simultaneously: The transformative potential of investments in gender equality. Public Health Rev. 47: 1609713. doi:10.33389/phrs.2026.1609713.

2. Dunn, L., Oduro Abena, D. & Muhanguzi, F. K. (2026). Women in African economies: Documenting African women’s realities. Journal of African Development, 27 (2), 169-188. doi: 10.5325/jafrideve.27.2.0169

3. Oduro, Abena D. (2026). Examining inheritance land patterns in Ghana through a gender lens. Journal of Agrarian Change, 26 (1). https://doi.org.10.1111/joac.70024

4. Afful-Mensah, G. & Oduro, A.D. (2025). Rethinking taxation, fiscal policy, and gender equality under debt constraints: A case study of Ghana. In C. Grown and L. Martinez (Eds). Innovations in public finance: A new fiscal paradigm for gender equality, climate adaptation and care. Brookings Center for Sustainable Development Compendium. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/rethinking-taxation-fiscal-policy-and-gender-equality-under-debt-constraints-case-study-in-ghana/

5. Oduro, A. D. (2025). Gender and regional development in Africa. In A. Freytag & A.D. Oduro, (Eds.) Prospects for regional integration in Africa: A comparative perspective. African Sun Media.

6. Oduro, A.D., Rabier, S., Mosomi, J. & Yasser, R. (2025). Gender Inequalities. In A. David, M.  Leibbrandt, V. Ranchhod, V, and R. Yasser, (Eds). Inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Multidimensional perspectives and future challenges. Africa Development Forum Series. Washington D.C: World Bank. doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-2150-9 

7. Acheampong, V. & Oduro, A. D. (2024). Gender and Development. In P. Carmody & J. T. Murphy (Eds.). Handbook of African development. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 

8. Oduro, A. D. & Swaminathan, H. (2024). Individualising wealth and asset measures in the global south: Challenges and new directions for research. In F. Bennet, S. Avram & S. Austen (Eds.) A research agenda for financial resources within the household. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

9. Ouma, S., Vogt-Williams, C., Obeng-Odoom, F., Oduro, A. D., Lewis, T.J., Pheko, L. L., Stevano, S. Kvangraven, I. (2023). Reconfiguring African Studies, reconfiguring economics: centring intersectionality and social stratification. Critical African Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2023.2226774.

10. Turkson, F. E., Oduro, A. D., Baffour, P., & Quartey, P. (2023). Regional integration and non-tariff barriers to Intra-Sub-Saharan Africa trade. The World Economy, 26 (2). 396-414, https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.13365.