OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Studies in Comparative International Development is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Beyond Donation: China’s Policy Banks and the Reshaping of Development Finance	37
The Rise of the Investor State: State Capital in the Chinese Economy	32
The Rise of Data Politics: Digital China and the World	31
Exploring the Parameters of China’s Economic Influence	28
How Do Different Forms of Foreign Aid Affect Government Legitimacy? Evidence from an Informational Experiment in Uganda	25
Mapping Populism and Nationalism in Leader Rhetoric Across North America and Europe	19
Foreign Aid and State-Society Relations: Theory, Evidence, and New Directions for Research	18
Rethinking Foreign Aid and Legitimacy: Views from Aid Recipients in Kenya	17
Taxing the People, Not Trade: the International Monetary Fund and the Structure of Taxation in Developing Countries	16
Controlling Corruption in Development Aid: New Evidence from Contract-Level Data	15
Populism and Hindu Nationalism in India	13
Are Peruvians Enticed by the “China Model”? Chinese Investment and Public Opinion in Peru	12
Right-Wing Populism and Vigilante Violence in Asia	11
Populism, Nationalism, and Nationalist Populism	11
State Responses to the Gold Rush in the Andes (2004–2018): The Politics of State Action (and Inaction)	10
The Most Vulnerable Poor: Clientelism Among Slum Dwellers	10
A “China in the World” Paradigm for Scholarship	9
Populism and Nationalism: An Overview of Similarities and Differences	9
The Impact of Aid Dynamics on State Effectiveness and Legitimacy	7
Migrant Remittances and Demand for Redistribution	7
From “the Moon Is Rounder Abroad” to “Bravo, My Country”: How China Misperceives the World	7
Take or Reject State Power? The Dual Dilemma for Teachers’ Unions in Brazil and Mexico	6
Democracy, Natural Resources, and Infectious Diseases: the Case of Malaria, 1990–2016	5
When Do Strong Parties “Throw the Bums Out”? Competition and Accountability in South African Candidate Nominations	5
Does Foreign Aid Bifurcate Donor Approval?: Patronage Politics, Winner–Loser Status, and Public Attitudes toward the Donor	5

More than Meets the Eye: Understanding Perceptions of China Beyond the Favorable–Unfavorable Dichotomy	5
Populism and the Past: Restoring, Retaining, and Redeeming the Nation	4
Inequality and Immigration Policy	4
Civil War, Institutional Change, and the Criminalization of the State: Evidence from Guatemala	4
Electoral Volatility in Latin America, 1932–2018	4
Aiding Dependency: a Cross-National Analysis of Foreign Aid and Tax Compliance	3
Electoral Politics, Fiscal Policy, and the Resource Curse	3
The Incoherence of Institutional Reform: Decentralization as a Structural Solution to Immediate Political Needs	3
Upgrading Big Brother: Local Strategic Adaptation in China’s Security Industry	3
Aid Management, Trust, and Development Policy Influence: New Evidence from a Survey of Public Sector Officials in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries	3
No Accounting for Bad Contracting: Private Military and Security Contracts and Ineffective Regulation in Conflict Areas	3
Transformation Towards Renewable Energy Systems: Evaluating the Role of Development Financing Institutions	3
Foreign Aid, Government Spending, and Contributions toward Public Goods: Experimental Evidence from the Philippines	2
Vote Buying as Rent Seeking: Land Sales in China’s Village Elections	2
Electoral Rules, Social Structure, and Public Goods Provision: Outcomes, Spending, and Policies	2
Disease, Disaster, and Disengagement: Ebola and Political Participation in Sierra Leone	2
The Complex Imprint of Foreign Rule: Tracking Differential Legacies along the Administrative Hierarchy	2
Foreign Aid, Norm Diffusion, and Local Support for Gender Equality: Comparing Evidence from the World Bank and China’s Aid Projects in Africa	2
The Last Strike: Age, Career Incentives and Taxation in China	2
Jumpstarting Ideological Alignments in Clientelist Party Systems: Evidence from Honduras’s 2009 Coup	2
Donor-Funded Women’s Empowerment in Tajikistan: Trajectories of Women’s NGOs and Changing Attitudes to the International Agenda	2
Governance by Uncertainty: Changing Patterns in China’s Environmental Enforcement	1
Routine Problems: Movement Party Institutionalization and the Case of Taiwan’s New Power Party	1
Can Partial Growth Coalitions Build Pathways Out of the Middle-Income Trap? The Case of Querétaro, México	1
Exit or Voice? Corruption Perceptions and Emigration	1
Static Electricity: Institutional and Ideational Barriers to China’s Market Reforms	1
Ethnic Polarization and Human Development: The Conditional Effects of Minority Language Recognition	1
Decentralization and Pro-poor Participation in Ghana: Unmasking the Barriers to Inclusive Grassroots Development	1
Post-neoliberal Populism in Latin America and Eastern Europe: Recognizing Family Resemblance	1
Multilevel Research Designs: Case Selection, Levels of Analysis, and Scope Conditions	1
Compensating for Instability? Economic Openness, Threat of Social Unrest, and Welfare Provision in China	1
Clientelism and Community Support in Times of Crisis: Evidence Following Floods in Ghana	1
When Mayors Deliver: Political Alignment and Well-being	1
Effect of Participation and Alignment on the Sustainability of Development Aid Output: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Uganda	1
The Dollar Cycle of International Development, 1973–2017	1
Legislator Attributes and Advocacy Focus: Non-electoral Sources of Parochialism in an Indirectly-Elected Legislature	1
The Perils of Parliamentarism: Executive Selection Systems and Democratic Transitions from Electoral Authoritarianism	1
Economic Insecurity and Voter Attitudes about Currency Crises	1
The Impact of Institutional Formation on Firms’ Strategic Choices in Knowledge Development, Absorptive Capacity and Vertical Integration	1
How Climate Change Affects Organized Criminal Group Behavior	1
Fairness and Tax Morale in Developing Countries	1
Climbing to the Top? How Globalized Competition for Capital Affects Judicial Independence	1
Remittances and Revenue in Latin America, 1990–2017	1
Greasing the Wheels: the Politics of Environmental Clearances in India	1
Resilience to Shrinking as a Catch-Up Strategy: a Comparison of Brazil and Indonesia, 1964–2019	1
State of the Fiscal Contract in Lagos’ Informal Settlements	1
Harmony or Cacophony? A Disaggregated Analysis of Aid Fragmentation	1