OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Development Policy Review 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
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Indoor air pollution and child development in Indonesia: Stunted by the smoke?	35
Governance of organic cocoa production: An analysis of EU regulation through the framework of multilevel governance	33
Rethinking food aid for immigrants and refugees: Insights from Syracuse	33
Exploring climate change investment initiatives and funding challenges among faith‐based organizations in Ghana	30
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Early transition markers, opportunities, and limitations that define pathways into the labour market from adolescence to adulthood in South Africa	21
Aid paradox for unrecognized governments: The Taliban and aid	20
The Arab uprising: A decade of transformations and challenges	20
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The limits to cash‐plus provision in protracted crises	18
Social service inclusion of immigrants through the lens of human rights in Australia	17
Heritage practices as development's blind spot: A case study of Coptic tattooing in Libya and Egypt	14
Tax obsessions: Taxpayer registration and the “informal sector” in sub‐Saharan Africa	13
Should foreign aid consider inter‐Pacific Islands migration in the context of climate change? Evidence from Fiji	12
Providing social assistance and humanitarian relief: The case for embracing uncertainty	11
Can we increase the effectiveness of ODA (official development assistance) for renewable energy development? An assessment of the relative performance of financial incentive policy measures	11
The Water–Employment–Migration nexus: Buzzword or useful framework?	11
Improving pathways for girls and disadvantaged youth through secondary education and into work: Evidence and reflections from practice	10
Shared governance as a pathway to regional cooperation and development through the ItaipuCorpus	10
Supporting women's empowerment by changing intra‐household decision‐making: A mixed‐methods analysis of a field experiment in rural south‐west Tanzania	9
Will policy help close the digital gender divide? An intersectional feminist policy analysis of Ethiopia's national digital policy	9
Understanding accountability in practice: Obligations, scrutiny, and consequences	9
FADM: A Feasible Approach to Disaster Management	8

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Foresight for a better African future: Lessons from six decades of practice	8
WASH for all: A systematic review of Physiological and Sociological Characterization Framework segmentation in WASH policies, programmes, and projects	8
Are women more financially vulnerable than men? A tale of missed economic opportunities from Latin America	8
Using evaluation data to predict loan performance among poor borrowers: The case of BRAC’s asset transfer and microcredit programmes	8
Teaching and learning for life skills development: Insights from Rwanda’s 12+ programme for adolescent girls	8
Towards complete development finance data: Quantifying China's international education co‐operation and presence in the Global South	7
African regional economic policy‐making: Understanding and catalysing the potentials of think tanks	7
Everyday governance in areas of contested power: Insights from Mozambique, Myanmar, and Pakistan	7
Women, education, and violence: How women displaced into camps in north‐east Nigeria take up education	7
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Rural market imperfections in India: Revisiting old debates with new evidence	7
Digital access and women's work in Pakistan: Constraints, use patterns, and policy directions	7
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Adaptive programming and going with the grain: IMAGINE's new water governance model in Goma, DRC	7
Do subsidies on seed and fertilizer lead to child labour? Evidence from Malawi	7
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Futuring Fragility: Embracing uncertainty, identifying opportunity, unlocking development	6
How well can real‐time indicators track the economic impacts of a crisis like COVID‐19?	6
Climate and development: What opportunities, what threats?	6
The impact of an additional year in high school on academic performance at university: Evidence from a policy experiment in Ghana	6
The governance shock doctrine: Civic space in the pandemic	6
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Building resilience now and for the future: Adolescent skills to address global challenges	6
Developing electric vehicles in China and the United States: Revisiting debates on industrial strategy	6
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Illiberal democracy and nutrition advocacy	5
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What do (future) civil servants think of bribery and corruption? Evidence from India	5
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Repertoires of citizen action in hybrid settings	5
Legal knowledge and child labour in Nepal: Does knowing the law make a difference?	5
Microfinance and economic and social empowerment of people with disabilities: Lessons from Bangladesh	5
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Governance, institutions and human development: Rethinking government flagship projects and initiatives in Ghana	5
How do organizations in Chinese agriculture perceive sustainability certification schemes? An exploratory analysis	5
Good enough for outstanding growth: The experience of Bangladesh in comparative perspective	5
Exploring SME environmental behaviour and practice: The case of Malaysia	5
From global goal to local development policy: How partnerships as a policy idea changes through policy translation	5
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A normative power or fortress Europe? Normative policy coherence between the European Unionʼs development, migration, and foreign policies	4
Do job aspirations cause job choice? Insights from women entering male‐dominated occupational training in India	4
Development co‐operation by European regions: Introducing the subnational donor governance dataset	4
Disrupted education trajectories: Exploring the effects of Covid‐19 on adolescent learning and priorities for “building back better” education systems in Ethiopia	4
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Policy and performance in Uganda's seed sector: Opportunities and challenges	4
International donors, domestic politics, and the expansion of social cash transfers in Malawi	4
Qatar's multifaceted humanitarian role in Afghanistan since August 2021	4
The resilience of systems‐thinking approaches when faced with an evolving crisis: The case of Mumbai	4

Assessing the effectiveness of government and non‐governmental organization in assisting internally displaced women in Nigeria	4
Navigating Development Cooperation for Structural Transformation	4
Why national development experts are not included in development policy‐making and practice: The case of Ghana	4
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Decoding the nexus: Finance availability and firm growth in the wake of COVID‐19	4
“Want to help someone? Shut up and listen”: Foreign aid, maladaptation, and community development practices in the Pacific	4
How did COVID‐19 lockdowns affect firms and workers? Evidence from Jordan and Morocco	4
Does access to water, sanitation, and hygiene improve children's health? An empirical analysis in Indonesia	4
Global urban development frameworks landing in Latin America: Insights from Ecuador and Bolivia	4
Analysing regional and sectoral productivity changes in the Indian economy	4