OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Development Southern Africa is 5. 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
Business and the SDGs: Examining the early disclosure of the SDGs in annual reports	10
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
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 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
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
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
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
Formalising E-waste in Ghana: An emerging landscape of fragmentation and enduring barriers	6
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
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
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