OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Development Southern Africa is 2. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
COVID-19 and African tourism research agendas	82
Financial inclusion and human development: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa	49
Waste pickers in informal self-employment: Over-worked and on the breadline	23
Food insecurity in South Africa: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM wave 5	19
Technological innovation and economic growth in Southern Africa: Application of panel dynamic OLS regression	19
Inclusive tourism and municipal assets: Evidence from Overstrand local municipality, South Africa	18
Changing socio-ecologies of Kalahari: Local perceptions towards environmental change and tourism in Kgalagadi, Botswana	16
Innovative community ecotourism coping and recovery strategies to COVID-19 pandemic shocks: The case of Mahenye	15
Doing tourism in Southern Africa amid the coronavirus pandemic: Navigating political, socio-economic and environmental inequalities	15
Community perceptions on the benefits and challenges of community-based natural resources management in Zimbabwe	15
The gendered effects of the Covid-19 crisis in South Africa: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM waves 1–5	14
Botswana nature-based tourism and COVID-19: transformational implications for the future	14
Sustainable tourism planning and management for sustainable livelihoods	13
Motivation-based segmentation of rural tourism market in African villages	13
Large investments, small farmers: A financialisation perspective on value chains in a development corridor	12
The COVID-19 pandemic and guesthouses in South Africa: Economic impacts and recovery measures	12
An assessment for enhancing sustainability in rural tourism products in South Africa	10
The role of the informal economy in promoting urban sustainability: Evidence from a small Zimbabwean town.	10
Competitiveness factors influencing tourists’ intention to return and recommend: evidence from a distressed destination	10
Business and the SDGs: Examining the early disclosure of the SDGs in annual reports	10
Revisiting transitory and chronic unemployment in South Africa	9
Empowerment process in community-based tourism: Friend relationship perspective	9
Spatial patterns of urbanisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A case study of Uganda	9
The effects of foreign direct investment on youth unemployment in the Southern African Development Community	9
Application of virtual reality technologies in the comrades’ marathon as a response to COVID-19 pandemic	9

COVID-19 impacts on tourism: Southern Africa’s experiences	9
Climate change adaptation mainstreaming in the planning instruments of two South African local municipalities	9
A global literature review of the drivers of indiscriminate dumping of waste: Guiding future research in South Africa	9
Revisiting the African supermarket revolution: The case of Windhoek, Namibia	8
Small-scale fishing: Income, vulnerability and livelihood strategies at Lake Itezhi-Tezhi, Zambia	8
Class size and learner outcomes in South African schools: The role of school socioeconomic status	8
Development visions, livelihood realities – how conservation shapes agricultural value chains in the Zambezi region, Namibia	8
How large is the missing middle and what would it cost to fund?	8
Dark tourism: Growth potential of niche tourism in the Free State Province, South Africa	7
The effect of financial development on income inequality in Africa	7
Integrating social-ecological systems and global production networks: local effects of trophy hunting in Namibian conservancies	7
Environmental degradation and female economic inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa: Effort towards Sustainable Development Goal 5	7
Analysing the contribution of urban agriculture towards urban household food security in informal settlement areas	7
Household air pollution and household health in Uganda	7
Gender equality in labour force participation, economic growth and development in South Africa	7
Retaining and recycling water to address water scarcity in the City of Cape Town	7
How cash transfers activate beneficiaries’ decision-making in livelihood activities: A case of Soweto, South Africa	6
Rethinking training: the role of the informal sector in skills acquisition and development in Zimbabwe	6
Catching up with the constitution: An analysis of National Health Insurance in South Africa post-apartheid	6
An African dilemma: Pastoralists, conservationists and tourists – reconciling conflicting issues in Kenya	6
The contribution of services to international trade in Southern Africa	6
Limitations to community participation in tourism from local people’s perspectives: Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe	6
Assessing gender gaps in employment and earnings in Africa: The case of Eswatini	6
The role of regional value chains in fostering regional integration in Southern Africa	6
Formalising E-waste in Ghana: An emerging landscape of fragmentation and enduring barriers	6
Financial openness, trade openness and financial development: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa	5
Age, employment and labour force participation outcomes in COVID-era South Africa	5
The Care Dependency Grant for children with disabilities in South Africa: Perspectives from implementation officials	5
Success indicators among black owned informal Small Micro and Medium Enterprises’ (SMMEs) in South Africa	5
Decomposition analysis of the Gini coefficient of consumer expenditures in Botswana	5
The impact of financial literacy on risk seeking and patient attitudes of university students	5
Household food security in Maputo: the role of Gendered Access to education and employment	5
Residents’ trust in government, tourism impacts, and quality of life: Testing a structural model	5
Family structure and household well-being: Evidence from South Africa	5
Understanding the nexus between savings and economic growth: A South African context	5
Characteristics, enablers and barriers affecting entrepreneurial behaviour for academics in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review	5
Towards inclusive growth in Africa	5
An unexpected gateway: The particularities of Mauritius as a hub in oil and gas GPNs	5
A generational catastrophe: COVID-19 and children’s access to education and food in South Africa	5
Load-shedding in Kitwe, Zambia: Effects and implications on household and local economies	4
Effect of automation on unemployment: The case of Southern Africa	4
Impact of government support programmes on household welfare in the Limpopo province of South Africa	4
Re-visiting car guarding as a livelihood in the informal sector	4
Marginal communities and livelihoods: San communities’ failed transition to a modern economy in Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe	4
Exploring Humanitarian response strategies in the aftermath of disasters induced by climate change in Zimbabwe	4
Regional integration, regional value chains and the automotive industry in Sub-Saharan Africa	4
Household recycling and Millennials: A case study of the city of Johannesburg, South Africa	4
Working in poverty: Informal employment of household gardeners in Eastern Cape towns, South Africa	4
Entrepreneurial competence and supply chain value creation in local procurement	4
Wage subsidies and COVID-19: The distribution and dynamics of South Africa’s TERS policy	3

New approaches to supermarket supplier development programmes in Southern Africa	3
Mainstreaming poverty, inequality and social exclusion: A systematic assessment of public policy in South Africa	3
The impact of commodified non-timber forest products on the livelihoods of San in Northern Namibia	3
Are smallholders disadvantaged by ‘double sell low, buy high’ dynamics on rural markets in Madagascar?	3
Progressivity of out-of-pocket payments and its determinants decomposed over time	3
Early childhood care and education access in South Africa during COVID-19: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM	3
Measuring human capital in South Africa using a socioeconomic status human capital index approach	3
Assessing the variability of crypto collateral assets in secured lending on the blockchain	3
Promise or precarity? South African attitudes towards the automation revolution	3
Role of economic development cooperatives in improving the livelihoods of women in Gauteng, South Africa	3
Modelling the relationship between prior entrepreneurial exposure, entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial action using neural networks	3
Subjective wellbeing inequality in South Africa 2008–14: An unconditional quantile decomposition analysis	3
Determinants of tourism small and medium enterprises financial performance	3
Linking microeconomic characteristics, entrepreneurship and community prosperity/poverty of South African towns	3
Addressing crime, violence and socio-spatial deprivation in a vulnerable community: An interdisciplinary perspective on the safety and peace through urban upgrading (spuu) initiative in Helenvale, Por	3
Employment uncertainty in the era of COVID-19: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM and the QLFS	3
Effects of innovation activities on employment growth in upper-middle-income countries with high unemployment rates	3
The impact of COVID-19 in South Africa during the first year of the crisis: Evidence from the NIDS-CRAM survey	3
Investigating the relationship between financial inclusion and poverty in South Africa	3
A participatory learning approach for the development of a maternal mobile health technology in Zimbabwe	3
Urban development impact on climate variability and surface water quality in part of Mangaung metropolis of South Africa	3
Characterisation, definition, and measurement issues of the middle class in sub-Saharan Africa	3
Artificial intelligence and average wages in Southern Africa: A panel VAR approach	3
Regulatory sandbox for FinTech regulation: Do the conditions for effective adoption exist in South Africa?	3
Sound and cohesively implemented rural development strategies: A missing link in Africa’s fight against poverty?	3
Community perceptions on the impacts of Solid Waste Management on Human Health and the Environment in Sub-Saharan African Cities: A study of Diepsloot, Johannesburg, South Africa	2
Effectiveness measurement framework for a grant programme – The case of cooperative grant scheme (CIS)	2
Evaluating food transfers in Botswana using multiple matching methods	2
Education elasticities of young women fertility in sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe	2
Who benefits from the South African Child Support Grant?: The role of gender and birthweight	2
How food insecure are residents in Malawi’s major cities?	2
Economic impact of government intervention in response to covid-19 in selected sub-Saharan African countries	2
Distributional impacts of taxing water pollution in the Olifants river basin of South Africa	2
The impact of population growth on municipal revenue: Implications for South African municipalities	2
The rise of supermarkets in Zimbabwe against a tide of macroeconomic uncertainty	2
‘Hampers’ as an effective strategy to shift towards sustainable diets in South African low-income communities	2
Non-payment culture and the financial performance of urban electricity utilities in South Africa	2
What makes South Africa competitive from a tourist’s point of view?	2
The nexus between youth empowerment programmes and youth unemployment reduction in Africa: Evidence from Botswana	2
The influence of certain factors on South African Small and medium-sized enterprises towards export propensity	2
Women’s participation in local development – A case study of Zomba District Council in Malawi	2
Exploring the role of NGOs in influencing enterprise policy: Insights from Zimbabwe	2
The ambivalent link between globalisation and socio-economic rights in post-apartheid South Africa: Making a case for the right to adequate houses	2
Household formation and service delivery in post-apartheid South Africa: Evidence from the Agincourt sub-district 1992–2012	2
Identifying the prospects of decent job creation along the value chain of plastic recycling	2
Do urban planning and sprawl affect social vulnerability? An assessment of Dar es Salaam	2
Symmetric and asymmetric effects of financial deepening on income inequality in South Africa	2
Does South Africa’s tax effort fall short of its tax capacity?	2
Stimulating and developing sustainable urban local economies: The role of urban agriculture	2
Analysis of depressive symptoms between formal and informal workers in South Africa during COVID-19 crisis	2
The ASGM sector in Africa – A child of misery and desperation?	2
Determinants and constraints of women’s sole-owned tourism micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Tanzania	2