OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of African Economies is 1. 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
Choice of the Type of School and Outcomes for Youth in the Labour Market in Togo	32
Preface: African Economies: Recovery from Multiple Shocks	16
Fiscal Responses to Foreign Aid: Does the Permanence of Aid Matter?	16
Informality and Inequality: The African Case	13
Supporting Micro-enterprise in Humanitarian Programming: Impact Evaluation of Business Grants versus Unconditional Cash Transfer	12
Preface	12
Poverty, Inequality and Social Protection Programs in Africa: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic	10
Debt Distress and Climate-Resilient Development in Sub-Saharan Africa	10
The Imperium of the Colonial Tongue? Evidence on Language Policy Preferences in Zambia	9
The Labour Market Impact of COVID-19 Lockdowns: Evidence from Ghana	9
Legacy Is Not Destiny: Historical Ethno-Linguistic Diversity and Contemporary Deforestation across Africa	9
Terrorism and Military Expenditure in Africa: An Analysis of Spillover Effects	8
COVID-19 Pandemic, Poverty and Health Outcomes in South Africa: Do Social Protection Programmes Protect?	7
Moral Hazard Incentives under Formal Insurance and Informal Insurance: Evidence from a Framed Field Experiment	6
COVID-19 and Changes in Intentions to Migrate from The Gambia	6
Internal Conflicts and the Moderating Role of Property Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for Property Taxation	6
What Explains the Firm Size Distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa and Why Does It Matter?	6
Impacts of Large School Grants and Admissions Algorithms on Student Achievement and Admissions Diversity: Evidence from High-Performing Kenyan Secondary Schools	6
Tying One’s Hand: The Effect of Fiscal Rules on the Political Business Cycle in Africa	5
A Crossed Analysis of Participations in Labor and Grain Markets: Evidence from Malawi	4
Weather Shocks in The Gambia: Macroeconomic Effects and Households Vulnerability	4
Revisiting Poverty Trends and the Role of Social Protection Systems in Africa during the COVID-19 Pandemic	4
Does Linkages with MNEs Improve Firms’ Technological Upgrading in Africa?	4
Increasing Tax Collection in African Countries: The Role of Information Technology	4
Cash Transfers and Social Capital: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Malawi	4

A New Conceptual Framework for African Sovereign Debt: Finding an Optimal Outcome that Addresses Five Challenges	4
Response to ‘Polarization and Poverty Reduction in Africa: The Devil Is in the Choice of Equivalence Relation’	4
Labour Mobility and Innovation in Africa	4
The Impact of Providing Training to Young Men on Labour Outcomes and Attitudes towards Migration in Northern Guinea-Bissau	3
The Growth–Employment–Poverty Nexus in Africa	3
A Systematic Review of Pre-primary Education Interventions in Africa	3
The Impacts of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Schooling in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: Evidence from South Africa	3
Alleviating Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Inclusive Business Models	3
When the Rain Stops Falling. Effects of Droughts on the Tunisian Labour Market	3
Coping Strategies and Inequalities during the COVID-19 Pandemic Period: Evidence from Kenya	3
Income Inequality and Growth: Calibration and Simulation for the Kenyan Economy	2
Partisanship in a Young Democracy: Evidence from Ghana	2
The Psychology of Poverty: A Replication Based on Zimbabwe's Harmonised Social Cash Transfer Programme	2
Examining Poverty Dynamics in Ghana: Evidence from Longitudinal and Repeated Cross-Sectional Data	2
Inflation and Monetary Policy in a Low-Income and Fragile State: The Case of Guinea	2
Are You Being Asked? Impacts of Respondent Selection on Measuring Employment in Malawi	2
Spatial Consumption Inequality in Mozambique	2
Rainfall Shocks, Livelihood Diversification and Welfare: Evidence from Rural Togo	2
Poverty Reduction through Growth, Redistribution and Social Inclusion in Times of COVID-19: Kenyan Evidence on the Underlying Mechanisms	2
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Income Inequalities in Cameroon: The Influence of Employment Status	2
COVID-19 and Gender Gap in Labor Market Recovery: Evidence From Nigeria	2
Rural Underemployment and Urbanisation: Insights from a 9-year Panel from Malawi	2
What Can Africa Learn from a Better Understanding of the Interaction among Growth, Inequality and Poverty in the Fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic?	2
Emigration and External Imbalances in Sub-Saharan Africa: Do Migrants' Skills Matter?	2
Structural Change, Productivity Growth and Labour Market Turbulence in Sub-Saharan Africa	1
Asymmetric Response of Poverty to Growth and Inequality in South Africa: Implications for Current and Future Shocks	1
‘You Should Vote because I Say So!’ Influence towards Voting within Mozambican Households	1
Firm Size Distribution in African Manufacturing Firms: Revisiting the ‘Missing Middle’	1
Chinese Import Competition and Gendered Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Ethiopian Firm-Level Data	1
Editor’s Note: Polarisation and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa	1
Can Urbanisation Improve Household Welfare? Evidence From Ethiopia	1
The Economic Impact of the Pandemic in Rwanda: An Analysis of Firm-Level VAT Data	1
Typology Construction for Comparative Country Case Study Analysis of Patterns of Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa	1
Preface	1
The Political Economy of Economic Policy Advice	1
Is Africa on Track to Ending Poverty by 2030?	1
School Feeding and Cognitive Performance in Rwanda	1
Livestock Asset Dynamics Amongst Pastoralists in Northern Kenya	1
Short- and Medium-term Impacts of Employability Training: Evidence from a Randomised Field Experiment in Rwanda	1
Africa's Great Moderation	1
Structural Change and Inequality in Africa	1
How Have Formal Firms Recovered From the Pandemic? Insights From Survey and Tax Administrative Data in Zambia	1
Response to ‘Are We Really Painting the Devil on the Walls? Polarization and Its Drivers in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Last Two Decades’ by Fabio Clementi, Michele Fabiani, Vasco Molini and Rocco Zazza	1
Reducing Wait Times at Customs to Boost Trade: How Implementing the Trade Facilitation Agreement Can Expand Trade among AfCFTA Countries?	1
The Socio-Economic Impact of Coal Mining in Mozambique	1
Multidimensional Impact Evaluation: The Impact of the Women’s Income Generating Support Program in Northern Uganda	1
The Impact of Ethiopian Productive Safety Net Program on Children's Educational Aspirations and Attainments	1
Quantifying Vulnerability to Poverty in the Drought-prone Lowlands of Ethiopia	1
Household Preferences and Child Labor in Rural Ethiopia	1
Ethnicity, Women's Empowerment and Decisions about Children's Education in Ghana	1

The Interrelationships Among Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Africa	1
The Inflationary Impact of a Large Devaluation across the Income Distribution: The Case of Egypt in 2016	1