OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Development Southern Africa is 4. 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 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
COVID-19 and African tourism research agendas	84
Financial inclusion and human development: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa	54
Food insecurity in South Africa: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM wave 5	26
Technological innovation and economic growth in Southern Africa: Application of panel dynamic OLS regression	23
Botswana nature-based tourism and COVID-19: transformational implications for the future	21
Community perceptions on the benefits and challenges of community-based natural resources management in Zimbabwe	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	18
Innovative community ecotourism coping and recovery strategies to COVID-19 pandemic shocks: The case of Mahenye	17
Sustainable tourism planning and management for sustainable livelihoods	16
Doing tourism in Southern Africa amid the coronavirus pandemic: Navigating political, socio-economic and environmental inequalities	16
The COVID-19 pandemic and guesthouses in South Africa: Economic impacts and recovery measures	14
The gendered effects of the Covid-19 crisis in South Africa: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM waves 1–5	14
Large investments, small farmers: A financialisation perspective on value chains in a development corridor	13
The effects of foreign direct investment on youth unemployment in the Southern African Development Community	12
Business and the SDGs: Examining the early disclosure of the SDGs in annual reports	12
Spatial patterns of urbanisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A case study of Uganda	11
Application of virtual reality technologies in the comrades’ marathon as a response to COVID-19 pandemic	11
The role of the informal economy in promoting urban sustainability: Evidence from a small Zimbabwean town.	11
Revisiting transitory and chronic unemployment in South Africa	11
Rethinking training: the role of the informal sector in skills acquisition and development in Zimbabwe	11
An assessment for enhancing sustainability in rural tourism products in South Africa	11
A global literature review of the drivers of indiscriminate dumping of waste: Guiding future research in South Africa	11
Development visions, livelihood realities – how conservation shapes agricultural value chains in the Zambezi region, Namibia	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	10
Catching up with the constitution: An analysis of National Health Insurance in South Africa post-apartheid	10
Environmental degradation and female economic inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa: Effort towards Sustainable Development Goal 5	10
Class size and learner outcomes in South African schools: The role of school socioeconomic status	10
Load-shedding in Kitwe, Zambia: Effects and implications on household and local economies	9
Empowerment process in community-based tourism: Friend relationship perspective	9
Residents’ trust in government, tourism impacts, and quality of life: Testing a structural model	9
Formalising E-waste in Ghana: An emerging landscape of fragmentation and enduring barriers	8
Retaining and recycling water to address water scarcity in the City of Cape Town	8
Revisiting the African supermarket revolution: The case of Windhoek, 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	8
Integrating social-ecological systems and global production networks: local effects of trophy hunting in Namibian conservancies	8
Household air pollution and household health in Uganda	8
A generational catastrophe: COVID-19 and children’s access to education and food in South Africa	7
Assessing gender gaps in employment and earnings in Africa: The case of Eswatini	7
Family structure and household well-being: Evidence from South Africa	7
The contribution of services to international trade in Southern Africa	7
How cash transfers activate beneficiaries’ decision-making in livelihood activities: A case of Soweto, South Africa	7
Analysing the contribution of urban agriculture towards urban household food security in informal settlement areas	7
Understanding the nexus between savings and economic growth: A South African context	7
The effect of financial development on income inequality in Africa	7
Success indicators among black owned informal Small Micro and Medium Enterprises’ (SMMEs) in South Africa	7
Limitations to community participation in tourism from local people’s perspectives: Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe	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	6
Characterisation, definition, and measurement issues of the middle class in sub-Saharan Africa	6
Age, employment and labour force participation outcomes in COVID-era South Africa	6
The Care Dependency Grant for children with disabilities in South Africa: Perspectives from implementation officials	6
Regional integration, regional value chains and the automotive industry in Sub-Saharan Africa	5
Household food security in Maputo: the role of Gendered Access to education and employment	5
Decomposition analysis of the Gini coefficient of consumer expenditures in Botswana	5
Financial openness, trade openness and financial development: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa	5
Effect of automation on unemployment: The case of Southern Africa	5
The impact of financial literacy on risk seeking and patient attitudes of university students	5
Role of economic development cooperatives in improving the livelihoods of women in Gauteng, South Africa	5
Household recycling and Millennials: A case study of the city of Johannesburg, South Africa	4
Assessing the variability of crypto collateral assets in secured lending on the blockchain	4
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	4
The impact of COVID-19 in South Africa during the first year of the crisis: Evidence from the NIDS-CRAM survey	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
Working in poverty: Informal employment of household gardeners in Eastern Cape towns, South Africa	4
Promise or precarity? South African attitudes towards the automation revolution	4
Exploring Humanitarian response strategies in the aftermath of disasters induced by climate change in Zimbabwe	4
Mainstreaming poverty, inequality and social exclusion: A systematic assessment of public policy in South Africa	4
Artificial intelligence and average wages in Southern Africa: A panel VAR approach	4
Employment uncertainty in the era of COVID-19: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM and the QLFS	4
Industrialisation for structural transformation: Economy-wide impacts of agro-processing development in Tanzania	4
Effects of innovation activities on employment growth in upper-middle-income countries with high unemployment rates	4

Entrepreneurial competence and supply chain value creation in local procurement	4
Determinants of tourism small and medium enterprises financial performance	4