OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of International Development 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
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Issue Information	45
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Local economic development in Thailand	32
Driving Triple‐Bottom‐Line Value: Networks and Impacts in South Africa's Emerging Game Meat Industry	28
China's strategy of free trade area and economic regionalism	26
Does workfare work? India's employment guarantee during COVID‐19	22
Heterogeneous effects of violence on student achievement: Evidence from Colombia	22
An evaluation of Egyptian microfinance laws and regulations preventing overindebtedness of women	21
The role of climate finance beyond renewables: Behavioural insights	20
Globalization and the “zero hunger” goal in Africa: Starving in an open world?	20
Human Capital and Export Performance in East Asia: Focusing on Gender Inequality	19
The effect of environmental centralisation on productivity: Evidence from an administrative reform in China	17
Choosing between energy and ecologies of health: Understanding developmentalism, state formation and local life worlds	17
Labour migration and food security in rural Mozambique: Do agricultural investment, asset building and local employment matter?	17
The dynamics of overlapping borrowing in the microcredit sector of Bangladesh	16
Microfinance outreach and aggregate welfare	16
Social and emotional well‐being and economic insecurity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders: A multidimensional approach	15
Higher education and employability in Tanzania: Students' account	15
Are natural resources also bad for infrastructure quality?	14
Financial constraints and the impact of corruption on employment growth	14
Negotiating marginality: Towards an understanding of diverse development pathways of ethnic minorities in Vietnam	14
The operational tensions in using compensation to resolve wartime mass property claims	14
Funding schemes for infrastructure investment and poverty alleviation in Africa: Evidence from Guinea‐Bissau	14
Social and Financial Barriers to Safe (Drinking) Water and Sanitation: The Role of Development Agents in Ethiopia	13

Trends, patterns and socioeconomic determinants of child and adolescent labour in India: Empirical analysis using national sample survey data	13
Fiscal stimulus packages to COVID‐19: The role of informality	13
Multinational enterprises' sustainability practices and focus on developing countries: Contributions and unexpected results of SDG implementation	13
Globalization‐induced social changes and their environmental impacts: Assessing the role of information and communication technology in sub‐Saharan Africa	13
China–Africa skills transfer through overseas economic and trade cooperation zones	13
China's Science Museum Gift to Ethiopia: Rethinking Shared Agency in Industrialization‐Driven Development Aid	12
Expansion, cohesion and diversity: The network advantages of microfinance groups in Indian villages	12
Varieties of development: On the plurality of political economies and how to harness it	12
Issue Information	12
Proliferation of Corruption in Africa: The Ineluctable Role of Inequality of Opportunity	12
Global value chains participation and environmental pollution in developing countries: Does digitalization matter?	12
City connectivity via global intra‐firm linkages: An analysis of Indian cities	11
The macroeconomic impact of COVID‐19 in Mozambique: A social accounting matrix approach	11
Estimating the Evolving Trade Effect of Foreign Aid in the Context of Aid Competition: Evidence From European Countries	11
Impact of Sanctions Policy Shifts: A Case Study of the United States and Cuba, 1994–2020	11
Working while studying: Employment premium or penalty for youth?	10
Measuring women's empowerment in developing countries: A systematic review	10
Issue Information	10
The impact of financial inclusion initiatives: Evidence from meta‐analysis	10
The impact of Chinese aid on political trust	10
Five decades of neoliberal developmentalism in “Least Developed Countries”: A decolonial critique	9
Social capital effects on resilience to food insecurity: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan	9
Global challenges and developing economies: Strategies for inclusive and sustainable growth	9
Is the value added tax reform a source of food insecurity and food poverty? The Burkina Faso case	9
Issue Information	9
Mapping emerging trends and South–South cooperation in regional knowledge networks: A bibliometric analysis of avian influenza research in Southeast Asia	9
The potential for scaling up container‐based sanitation in informal settlements in Kenya	9
Does economic freedom foster education in Sub‐Saharan Africa?	9
Nutrition, multidimensional poverty and income: The case of Nepal	9
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The New Economic Geography and labour emigration: Analysing Venezuela's hyperinflation episode	9
Chinese Development Finance and African Policy Space: Towards Productive Incoherence?	9
Issue Information	9
Limits of energy access research on unreliability	8
Rethinking social assistance amid the COVID‐19 pandemic: Guaranteeing the right to income security in Ecuador	8
The Poverty Reduction Capacity of Nature‐Based Tourism in Lao PDR—A Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) Study	8
Local‐level exposure to conflicts and child health: Evidence from Côte d'Ivoire	8
Institutions and venture capital market development in sub‐Saharan Africa	8
Africa's lockdown dilemma: High poverty and low trust	8
Bank lending behaviour and systemic banking crisis in Africa: The role of regulatory framework	8
Attention Versus Handshakes: Pathways of Influence in China's Foreign Aid and Loans	8
Social sustainability, poverty and income: An empirical exploration	8
Bypassing Bribes: Mobile Money and Corruption in Africa	7
The Diversity of the Circular Economy in the City of Tashkent, Uzbekistan	7
Does Credit From Various Sources Improve MSME Performance? An Empirical Analysis for a Large Transitioning Developing Economy of India	7
Smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for two‐wheel tractor‐based mechanisation services in Zambia and Zimbabwe	7
The Drug War and Regional Social Capital in Mexico	7
Conflict's impacts on food systems: Mapping available evidence of interactions	7
Technological intensity and local socio‐economic development	7
Building resilience in the chars of Bangladesh: An impact assessment	7

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Recessions and recoveries in Central African countries: Lessons from the past	7
No Time to Waste: A Synthesis of Evidence on Time Reallocation Following Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Interventions	7
Chinese aid and crime: Evidence from Africa	7
Exploring why religious faith may distinguish faith‐based from non‐faith‐based NGOs: Theoretical insights from Cambodia	7
Digital divides among microenterprises: Evidence from sub‐Saharan Africa	7
Spillovers from gender equality onto economic equality: Evidence from 162 nations	7
Does global value chain participation boost high technology exports?	7
Aid to Educate? The Impact of Foreign Aid on Local School Enrolment in Nigeria	6
A new era of microfinance: The digital microcredit and its impact on poverty	6
Do in‐kind donations promote cooperation among non‐governmental organisations? Lessons from the Greek refugee crisis	6
A Typology of Malian Farming Households	6
Locating Africa in China's community of shared future for mankind: A relational approach	6
Issue Information	6
What explains collective action: The impact of social capital, incentive structures and economic benefits	6
Climbing the economic ladder: The role of microfinance institutions in promoting entrepreneurship in Pakistan	6
Status and Determinants of Female‐Headed Households' Food Security: The Case of Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia	6
Nazareno Strampelli and the first Green Revolution	6
Titling and the value of land in Tanzania	6
An empirical study on underemployment in China: Determinants and effects on wages	6
Issue Information	6
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A multidimensional approach to measuring vulnerability to poverty among refugee populations	5
Issue Information	5
Transplanting China's ecological civilization to the Belt and Road Initiative: What will it take?	5
Derivatives use and the risk‐taking behaviour of African banks	5
Translocal Livelihoods, Socio‐Economic Differentiation and Lower Level Urbanisation in Uganda	5
Poverty, wealth inequality and financial inclusion among castes in Hindu and Muslim communities in Uttar Pradesh, India	5
Industrial Robots and Environmental Pollution: Evidence From Chinese Cities	5
Decoupling of functional and household income distribution by economic growth: new findings from analysing the three‐way growth‐equity nexus	5
Issue Information	5
Pandemic‐induced income shocks and dietary diversity in India	5
Farmers' awareness of digital credit: Does financial literacy matter?	5
Chinese and Indian economic relations and development assistance to Zimbabwe: Rationale, controversies and significance	5
Economic Drivers of China's Declining Fertility: The Role of Digital Inclusive Finance and Household Debt	5
Household Livelihood Strategies and Outcomes in Conflict‐Affected Areas of Northeastern Ethiopia	5
Impact of Self Help Group membership on the adoption of child nutritional practices: Evidence from JEEViKA's health and nutrition strategy programme in Bihar, India	4
A Systematic Review of the Role of Networks in Information Dissemination and Resource Pooling Among Farmers in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Impact on Farm Improvements, Empowerment and Behaviour Change	4
Shifting paradigm of urban sustainability: Major sustainable city development trends in the East Asian context	4
Challenges of cooperation for development: A case‐study analysis of Cuban health solidarity programmes in Nigeria	4
Chinese aid and corruption in African local governments	4
“Those who eat from one pot”: Constructing household as a social category in a cash transfer programme in Ghana	4
Impact of climate change training intervention in savings groups	4
Conceptualising inclusive development by identifying universality, plurality, sociality, and relationality	4
Issue Information	4
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Gender Gaps in Wages and Fringe Benefits: Insights From a Ghanaian Perspective	4
Impact of microfinance on income generation: Evidence from a rural community‐driven development programme in Myanmar	4
The importance of human development in combating energy poverty	4
Poverty at a distance: Supply and demand side factors and the formation of civil society organizations in Iraq	4
Working with legal small‐scale miners: Implications for development	4
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Digital technology adoption among smallholder farmers in Vietnam: Implications for digital agricultural extension strategies	4
The role of financial constraints in firm transition—Evidence from Indian manufacturing	4
Harsh Winter Shocks and Distress Sales: Consumption and Asset Smoothing Among Livestock Farmers in Kyrgyzstan	4
Is there ‘undue’ deindustrialization in developed countries?	4
Understanding Temptation Spending and Saving Behaviour Among Malian Farming Households	4
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Gender and Covid‐19: Are women bearing the brunt? A case study for Bolivia	4
From poppy to pill: A comprehensive strategy to combat illicit synthetic drug production in Southeast Asia	4
How can we create a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace in society without the voice of disability? Lessons from Ghana	4
Convergence analysis of artificial intelligence research capacity: Are the less developed catching up with the developed ones?	4
Labour force participation of immigrant women in Canada: With a special focus on female immigrants from the Middle East and North Africa	4
Impacts of migration on time allocation of those who remain at home in rural Nepal	4
North–South development competition and the quality and sustainability of Chinese and Japanese trans‐national infrastructure initiatives	4
Cultivation and competition in Colombia: Disentangling the effects of coca price changes on violence	4
Issue Information	4
Trade‐offs between labour migration and agricultural productivity: Evidence from smallholder wheat systems in Nepal	4
Poverty and gender in Latin America: How far can income‐based measures go?	4
Subjective expectations and schooling choices in Latin America and the Caribbean	4
Laughing from the Outside‐In: Considering ‘What's Up Africa’ as an(other) humorous humanitarian digilantism	4
Inequality and the middle‐income trap	4
Economic transformation in Africa: What is the role of Chinese firms?	4