PUBLICATIONS

• Sakande, M., Ouedraogo, I., Sawadogo, R. (2026). Effects of economic freedom on youth unemployment in sub-Saharan Africa. Research in Economics,101131.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rie.2026.101131

• Bouda, R. A. K., Zoungrana, T. D., & Ouedraogo, I. (2025). Effects of trade openness on industrialization in West African countries: the role of institutional quality and financial  development. Cogent Economics and Finance, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2025.2587493

• Aja-Eke, D., Gillanders, R., Ouedraogo, I., & Maiga, W. H. E. (2023). Sextortion and corruption. Applied Economics Letters, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2023.2289894

• Dia, I., Atangana Ondoa, H., Ouedraogo, I. (2023). Does economic freedom foster education in Sub-Saharan Africa? Journal of International Development, 36(2),939-972. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3848

• Dianda, I., Ouedraogo, I. (2021). The synergistic effect of government health spending and institutional quality on health capital accumulation in WAEMU countries. Economics Bulletin, 41(2), 495-506. http://www.accessecon.com/Pubs/EB/2021/Volume41/EB-21-V41-I2-P44.pdf

• Dianda, I., Ouedraogo, I., Goumbri, J.D. (2021). Closing the gender gap in secondary school enrolment in sub-Saharan Africa: Does women's political empowerment matter? Economics Bulletin, 41(2), 544-55. http://www.accessecon.com/Pubs/EB/2021/Volume41/EB-21-V41-I2-P48.pdf

• Dianda, I., Ouedraogo, I., Sawadogo, H. (2025). Bridging the gender gap in tertiary education in sub-Saharan Africa: Does women's political empowerment matter? Journal of the Knowledge Economy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-025-02737-2

• Dianda, I., Ouedraogo, I., Sawadogo, H. (2024). Inclusive human development effect of financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa: A gender perspective. Journal of International Development, 36(3),1896-1917. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3861

• Enguene, A.A., Wepaguiewe, R.A. & Ouedraogo, I. (2025). The dual effect of (Extractive) foreign direct investment on institutional quality in sub-Saharan Africa.  SN Business & Economics,5(187). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43546-025-00957-x

• Gillanders, R., Ouedraogo, I., Maïga, W. H. E., & Aja-Eke, D. (2023). Police corruption and crime: Evidence from Africa. Governance, 37(3),1015-1034. https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.12822

• Gillanders, R., Ouedraogo, I., Maïga, E., Aja-Eke, D.  (2022). Corruption is bad for your health. Transparency International Ireland. Retrieved from https://www.transparency.ie/news_events/corruption-bad-your-health

• Jiya, A. N., Sama, M. C., & Ouedraogo, I. (2020). Infrastructure, trade openness and economic transformation in Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa member countries. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 2(1), 100072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2020.100072

• Kadagde, D. D., Avom, D., & Ouedraogo, I. (2023). Natural resources and human development in selected African countries. Natural Resource Forum, 48(3), 803-837. https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-8947.12341 

• Kapume, H. K.-K., Bobbo, A., Ouedraogo, I. (Forthcoming). Improving women’s access to higher education in sub-Saharan Africa: the role of foreign direct investment. The European Journal of Comparative Economics.

• Nebie, K., Ouedraogo, I., Sawadogo, R. (2025). Nonlinear Effects of Trade Integration on Foreign Direct Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa. American Journal of Sociology and Economics. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajes.70003  

• Oudanou, D. R., Ouedraogo, I., & Atangana Ondoa, H. (2024). Education and gender (in)equality in wage employment in Sub-Saharan Africa. African Development Review,36(3), 393-407. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12766

• Ouedraogo, I. (2026). Effects of economic freedom on life expectancy in Africa. Social Science & Medicine, 388, 118769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118769 

• Ouedraogo, I. (2020). Governance and human capital formation in Sub-Saharan Africa (PhD thesis). Pan African University and the University of Yaoundé II, Yaoundé, Cameroon.

• Ouedraogo, I. (2015). The effects of trade openness on income inequality in the West African Monetary Union (Master Dissertation). University of Yaoundé II and University of Rennes I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.

• Ouedraogo, I. (2015). Mineral resources and human development in Burkina Faso (Master dissertation). Pan African University and the University of Yaoundé II, Yaoundé, Cameroon.

• Ouedraogo, I. (2015). Gouvernance des institutions d'intégration économique de l'Afrique centrale : Le cas de la CEMAC. Internship Report. Pan African University and the University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon.

• Ouedraogo, I., Coulibaly, M., & Guélbeogo, S. (2012). Urban unemployment in Burkina Faso (Senior paper). Université Ouaga II (Current Thomas Sankara University), Saaba, Burkina Faso.

• Ouedraogo, I, Dianda, I., Adeyele, T. L. (2024). Which dimensions of institutional quality matter for health capital accumulation in sub-Saharan Africa? Journal of the Knowledge Economy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-024-02341-w 

• Ouedraogo, I., Dianda, I., Ouedraogo, P. P., Ouedraogo, R.T., & Konfe, B. (2024). The effects of taxation on income inequality in sub-Saharan Africa. Comparative Economic Studies. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41294-024-00235-z

• Ouedraogo, I., Jiya, A. N., and Dianda, I. (2023). On the Effects of Access to Electricity on Health Capital Accumulation in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Journal of Energy and Development,48 (1-2),83-108. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27284855 

• Ouedraogo, I., Maïga, E. W.H., Gillanders, R., Aje-Eke, D. (2026). Health Sector Corruption and Access to Healthcare in Africa. The European Journal of Health Economics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-026-01896-6   

• Ouedraogo, B., Ouedraogo, I., Sawadogo, H. (2025). Effects of trade openness on income inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: direct effects and transmission channels. International Economics, 184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inteco.2025.100648

• Ouedraogo, I., Ngoa Tabi, H., & Atangana Ondoa, H. (2021). Effets de la qualité des institutions sur l’éducation en Afrique. Revue Africaine de Développement, 32(S1), S32-S44. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12480 

• Ouedraogo, I., Ngoa Tabi, H., Atangana Ondoa, H., & Jiyaa, A.J. (2021). Institutional quality and human capital development in Africa. Economic Systems, 46(1), 100937. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecosys.2021.100937

• Sani, M., Ibrahim,  Ouedraogo, I.,  Oumarou, M. (2026). African Continental Free Trade Agreement and Inclusive Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Rethinking the Role of Agricultural Trade, Government Effectiveness, and Population Growth. Cogent Economics & Finance. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2026.2641298  

• Savadogo, B., Fouopi Djiogap, C., Ouedraogo, I., Takpara, M. M. (2024), An empirical assessment of the role of trade in services in export diversification in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Productivity Analysis,61, 229–257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-023-00685-0

• Yabre, T., Ouedraogo, I., and Sigue, M. (2023). Défis de l’émergence économique en Afrique. Revue CEDRES-Études, Séries économie, 12(76),6-35.

• Zida, I., Ouedraogo, I., Sawadogo, R. (2025). Effects of public debt on income inequality in Sub-saharan Africa: exploring the direct and indirect transmission channels. Economic Change and Restructuring, 58(83), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10644-025-09920-0 

BOOKS /BOOKS CHAPTERS

• Ouedraogo, I., & Maïga, E. W. H. (2026). Corruption and SDG 4: Quality education. In R. Gillanders & C. K. Jha (Eds.), Corruption and the Sustainable Development Goals (1st ed.). Routledge / Taylor & Francis https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003570912-5

• State fragility in Burkina Faso: Determinants, effects, and policies (Publisher:  Palgrave Macmillan) with Issa Dianda. 

• The [Oxford] Handbook of the Economy of Burkina Faso (Publisher: Oxford University Press), with Eugenie Maiga and Issa Dianda.