OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of European Journal of Development Research 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
How Does Firm ESG Performance Impact Financial Constraints? An Experimental Exploration of the COVID-19 Pandemic	66
Intersecting Vulnerabilities: The Impacts of COVID-19 on the Psycho-emotional Lives of Young People in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	64
The emergence of Urban Community Resilience Initiatives During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An International Exploratory Study	49
Effects of COVID-19 on Global Financial Markets: Evidence from Qualitative Research for Developed and Developing Economies	37
Introduction: Development, Young People, and the Social Production of Aspirations	37
Factors Influencing Smallholder Rice Farmers’ Vulnerability to Climate Change and Variability in the Mekong Delta Region of Vietnam	31
The Gendered Poverty Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Colombia	29
Digital Technologies and Product Upgrading in Global Value Chains: Empirical Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Firms	29
Sustainable Development and SDG-7 in Sub-Saharan Africa: Balancing Energy Access, Economic Growth, and Carbon Emissions	26
How COVID-19 Pandemic Worsens the Economic Situation of Women in South Africa	26
Who Wants to Farm? Answers Depend on How You Ask: A Case Study on Youth Aspirations in Kenya	25
Natura Non Facit Saltus: Challenges and Opportunities for Digital Industrialisation Across Developing Countries	25
The Role of ICT for Sustainable Development: A Cross-Country Analysis	22
Malawi at the Crossroads: Does the Fear of Contracting COVID-19 Affect the Propensity to Vote?	22
Bringing Production Back into Development: An introduction	20
Can Banks Sustain the Growth in Renewable Energy Supply? An International Evidence	19
Three Dimensions of Green Industrial Policy in the Context of Climate Change and Sustainable Development	19
Megaprojects—mega failures? The politics of aspiration and the transformation of rural Kenya	17
The Development of Green Bond in Developing Countries: Insights from Southeast Asia Market Participants	17
Negotiating Unsustainable Food Transformations: Development, Middle Classes and Everyday Food Practices in Vietnam	17
Roads to Change: Livelihoods, Land Disputes, and Anticipation of Future Developments in Rural Kenya	17
COVID-19 Lockdown and Exposure of Households to Food Insecurity in Uganda: Insights from a National High Frequency Phone Survey	16
Special Economic Zones and Sourcing Linkages with the Local Economy: Reality or Pipedream?	16
Global Value Chains, Industrial Policy, and Industrial Upgrading: Automotive Sectors in Malaysia, Thailand, and China in Comparison with Korea	16
Small Towns and Land Reform in Zimbabwe	16

Financial Inclusion and Household Welfare: An Entropy-Based Consumption Diversification Approach	16
Who Called Team Europe? The European Union’s Development Policy Response During the First Wave of COVID-19	15
Do Tar Roads Bring Tourism? Growth Corridor Policy and Tourism Development in the Zambezi region, Namibia	15
Aspiration Formation and Ecological Shocks in Rural Kenya	15
Intersectionality as a Framework for Understanding Adolescent Vulnerabilities in Low and Middle Income Countries: Expanding Our Commitment to Leave No One Behind	15
Financing for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond	15
Human Capital Theory and the Defectology of Aspirations in Policy Research on Rural Youth	14
Disentangling the Relationship Between Social Protection and Social Cohesion: Introduction to the Special Issue	14
Technical Efficiency of Teff Production Among Smallholder Farmers: Beta Regression Approach	13
Understanding the Aspirations of Farming Communities in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review of the Literature	13
Not All About Farming: Understanding Aspirations Can Challenge Assumptions About Rural Development	13
Women’s Changing Opportunities and Aspirations Amid Male Outmigration: Insights from Makueni County, Kenya	11
Municípios in the Time of Covid-19 in Brazil: Socioeconomic Vulnerabilities, Transmission Factors and Public Policies	11
Potential for Upgrading in Financialised Agri-food Chains: The Case of Ghanaian Cocoa	11
COVID-19 and the Performance of Exporting Companies in Benin	10
Growth and Fiscal Effects of Insecurity on the Nigerian Economy	10
‘People Consider Us Devils’: Exploring Patterns of Exclusion Facing Adolescents with Disabilities in Ethiopia	10
The Effects of Social Protection and Social Cohesion on the Acceptability of Climate Change Mitigation Policies: What Do We (Not) Know in the Context of Low- and Middle-Income Countries?	10
The Development Impacts of COVID-19 at Home and Abroad: Politics and Implications of Government Action	10
The Impact of China–Africa Trade on the Productivity of African Firms: Evidence from Ghana	10
Education, Aspiration and aage badhna: The Role of Schooling in Facilitating ‘Forward Movement’ in Rural Chhattisgarh, India	10
The Missing Dimensions of the Human Capabilities Approach: Collective and Productive	10
The Luxury of Lockdown	9
Strengthening the Resilience of Vulnerable Communities: Results from a Quasi-experimental Impact Evaluation in Coastal Bangladesh	9
What’s the Story on Agriculture? Using Narratives to Understand Farming Households’ Aspirations in Meru, Kenya	9
‘If She’s Pregnant, then that Means that Her Dreams Fade Away’: Exploring Experiences of Adolescent Pregnancy and Motherhood in Rwanda	9
Rural Aspirations: Reflections for Development Planning, Design and Localized Effects	9
Unpacking The Nexus Between Broiler Contract Farming and Its Impact in Ghana	9
Diaspora and Economic Development: A Systemic View	9
Do more Vibrant Rural Areas have Lower Rates of Youth Out-Migration? Evidence from Zambia	9
The Impact of Agricultural Input Subsidy on Productivity: The Case of Ghana	9
Financing Constraints and Firm’s Productivity Under the COVID-19 Epidemic Shock: Evidence of A-Shared Chinese Companies	9
Are Developing Countries Using Climate Funds for Poverty Alleviation? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa	8
‘I Wish Someone Would Ask Me Questions’: The Unheard Voices of Adolescents with Disabilities in Jordan	8
Does the Complexity of GVC Participation Matter for Productivity and Output Growth?	8
Price-Setting Power in Global Value Chains: The Cases of Price Stabilisation in the Cocoa Sectors in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana	8
An Ethnographic Examination of People’s Reactions to State-Led COVID-19 Measures in Sierra Leone	8
Inclusive, Cross-Sectoral and Evidence-Based Decision-Making for Resilience Planning and Decision-Making in a Devolved Context	8
‘I Just Keep Quiet’: Addressing the Challenges of Married Rohingya Girls and Creating Opportunities for Change	8
The Role of Automatic Stabilizers and Emergency Tax–Benefit Policies During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Ecuador	8
Friend or Patron? Social Relations Across the National NGO–Donor Divide in Ghana	7
‘The School Was Closed, So When They Brought Me A Husband I Couldn’t Say No’: Exploring the Gendered Experiences of Child Marriage Amongst Adolescent Girls and Boys in Ethiopia	7
Can Integrated Social Protection Programmes Affect Social Cohesion? Mixed-Methods Evidence from Malawi	7
‘Even Though I Get a Loan, My Husband Controls It’: Rhetoric Versus Reality of Empowering Bangladeshi Women Through Microfinance Programs	7
Is the Success of Rural Cooperatives Conditioned by the Group Characteristics and Their Value Chain? Evidence from New Farmer Groups in Georgia	7
Agroforestry, Indigenous Tree Cover and Biodiversity Conservation: A Case Study of Mount Elgon in Uganda	7
Absenteeism, Dropout, and On-Time School Completion of Vulnerable Primary School Students in Ethiopia: Exploring the Role of Adolescent Decision-Making Power in the Household, Exposure to Violence, an	7
Irrigated Agriculture and Welfare: Panel Data Evidence from Southern Ghana	7
Conceptualising Digital Platforms in Developing Countries as Socio-Technical Transitions: A Multi-level Perspective Analysis of EasyTaxi in Colombia	7
Hierarchical Modelling of COVID-19 Death Risk in India in the Early Phase of the Pandemic	7

‘I Dream of Going Home’: Gendered Experiences of Adolescent Syrian Refugees in Jordan’s Azraq Camp	7
More than the Sum of Its Parts: Donor-Sponsored Cash-for-Work Programmes and Social Cohesion in Jordanian Communities Hosting Syrian Refugees	7
On the Nexus Between Institutions and Economic Development: An Empirical Analysis for Sub-Saharan African Countries	7
What Drives Africa’s Inability to Comply with EU Standards? Insights from Africa’s Institution and Trade Facilitation Measures	6
‘No One Should Be Terrified Like I Was!’ Exploring Drivers and Impacts of Child Marriage in Protracted Crises Among Palestinian and Syrian Refugees	6
How are Research for Development Programmes Implementing and Evaluating Equitable Partnerships to Address Power Asymmetries?	6
Migrant Remittances and Economic Growth in ECOWAS Countries: Does Digitalization Matter?	5
‘When the Numbers Stop Adding’: Imagining Futures in Perilous Presents Among Youth in Nairobi Ghettos	5
Collective Capacity to Aspire? Aspirations and Livelihood Strategies in the Zambezi Region, Namibia	5
Social Protection and Social Cohesion in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Kenya	5
Insights into smallholder capacity for agricultural commercialisation: Evidence from four African contexts	5
Trends in Subjective Income Poverty Rates in the European Union	5
Climate Justice Concerns and Human Rights Trade-Offs in Ethiopia’s Green Economy Transition: The Case of Gibe III	5
Changing Patterns of Commercial Sex Work Amongst Adolescent Girls in Nepal: The Role of Technology	5
On the Link Between Managerial Attributes and Firm Access to Formal Credit in Myanmar	5
Introduction to the Special Issue: Policies for Inclusive Development in Africa	5
No One Left Behind: Using Mixed-Methods Research to Identify and Learn from Socially Marginalised Adolescents in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	5
The Effect of Renting in Cropland on Livelihood Choices and Agricultural Commercialization: A Case Study from Rural Vietnam	5
Microcredit Impacts: Evidence from a Large-Scale Observational Study in Brazil	5
Dynamics of Human–Water Interactions in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania: Insights from Farmers’ Aspirations and Decisions in an Uncertain Environment	5