OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of African Development Review-Revue Africaine de Developpement 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
Financial openness, financial sector development, and income inequality: With an extensive set of pull and push factors	89
Does Social Media Improve the Subjective Well‐Being of Older African Women?	54
Do The WAEMU Member States Still Have Fiscal Space? Answering by Optimal Taxation Approach	44
Effects of Terrorist Attacks on Banks' Performance: Evidence From WAEMU Countries	34
Ease of doing business and investment among West African countries	32
Post‐COVID‐19 recovery for African economies: Lessons for digital financial inclusion from Kenya and Uganda	31
Does infrastructural development foster export upgrading in Africa?	29
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The story of dividend payment and corporate cash flow in Ghana	24
Long‐run impacts of the conflict in Ukraine on grain imports and prices in Africa	23
Determinants of International Capital Inflows to Sub‐Saharan Africa: The Role of Digitalization and National Governance	20
Perception of Democracy and Women's Desire to Emigrate: Evidence From Sub‐Saharan Africa	19
Investigating the link between exhaustion of natural resources and economic complexity in sub‐Saharan Africa	18
International remittances and labor supply in Nigeria: Do educational attainment and household income matter?	18
Appreciation to Article Reviewers	16
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Why is sub‐Saharan Africa an attractive destination to foreign land grabbers? Evidence from country characteristics	16
Unveiling the drivers of Africa's digital financial inclusion journey	15
Effet du changement climatique sur la production vivriere au Togo	13
Emergency food aid and household food security during COVID‐19: Evidence from a field survey in Senegal	13
Does financial development really spur industrialization in sub‐Saharan African countries?	13
Evaluating the belt and road initiative effects on trade and migration: Evidence from the East African community	12
Estimation of the public debt threshold effects on economic growth in sub‐Saharan African countries	12
Effect of bilateral and multilateral concessional debts on public investment in Africa: A contingency analysis	11
Issue Information ‐ Author Guidelines	11

Taxes, Inclusive Growth, and Spatial Effect	10
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Trade facilitation, institutions, and sustainable economic growth: Empirical evidence from Sub‐Saharan Africa	10
New evidence on sources of macroeconomic fluctuations in sub‐Saharan African countries	10
L'impact de la crise russo‐ukrainienne sur les marchés financiers africains	9
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Issue Information	9
Access to paved roads, gender, and youth unemployment in rural areas: Evidence from sub‐Saharan Africa	9
Bigger or better? The effect of public spending on happiness in Africa	9
Issue Information	9
Appreciation to Article Reviewers	8
Investissement en santé et état de santé dans les pays de l'UEMOA: entre contribution publique et privée?	8
Government expenditure, informality, and economic growth: Evidence from Eastern and Southern African countries	8
Issue Information ‐ Author Guidelines	8
From food inflation to cash transfers and food subsidies: Assessing impacts on households' consumption and welfare in Togo	8
Impact of access to electricity on internal conflicts in Africa: Does income inequality matter?	8
Effet du mobile money sur la résilience des ménages exerçant des activités génératrices de revenus au Cameroun	8
Effects of public infrastructural development and industrialization on economic complexity in Africa: Emerging insight from panel data analysis	8
Envois de Fonds et Pauvreté en Afrique Subsaharienne: Le Rôle du Développement Financier	8
Appreciation to article reviewers	7
Rent‐seeking and optimal fiscal‐monetary policy rules in Nigeria: A DSGE approach	7
Issue Information ‐ Author Guidelines	7
Educational assortative mating in the Cameroon marriage market: Role of marriage timing	7
Oil dependence and access to water and sanitation in African countries: Does the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative matter?	7
FinTech—A pathway to financial inclusion? Evidence from Southern African Development Community member states	7
Issue Information ‐ Author Guidelines	7
Effects of Fiscal Policy on Financial Bank Intermediation Quality in WAEMU Countries	7
Education and gender (in)equality in wage employment in sub‐Saharan Africa	7
The vulnerability to climate change in Africa: Does industrial development matter?	6
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Gender heterogeneity and microfinance sustainability in Sub‐Saharan Africa	6
Credit constraints in higher education attendance: Longitudinal evidence from Ethiopia	6
Oil price dynamics and firms' stock returns in the Nigeria stock market	6
Issue Information	6
Effet global du genre dans le développement des chaînes de valeur mondiales dans le contexte africain	6
Résilience de la croissance économique en contexte pandémique des pays d'Afrique subsaharienne: Une explication par les mesures de lutte contre la COVID‐19	5
Issue Information	5
Responsabilité sociale, Performance financière et Durabilité environnementale: Étude de l'effet médiateur de l'innovation managériale et modérateur de la structure industrielle: cas des entreprises ma	5
Does aid matter for FDI in ECOWAS: Investigating the infrastructure channel	5
Financial stability gap and private investment nexus: Evidence from sub‐Saharan Africa	5
Technological advancement and regulatory quality	5
Linear and non‐linear effects of infrastructures on inclusive human development in Africa	4
Impact assessment of job reallocation on unemployment in Morocco: An ARDL approach	4
Labor differentiation and cotton productivity in Burkina Faso	4
Financial innovation and the stability of money demand in Nigeria	4
Appreciation to article reviewers	4
Issue Information	4
Effects of economic freedom and ease of doing business on trade in global value chains: Evidence from sub‐Saharan Africa	4
Appreciation to Article Reviewers	4
Multiple Memberships in Regional Trade Agreements and Intraregional Trade Dynamics in Sub‐Saharan Africa	4

COVID‐19 and perceived effects on agricultural financing in Africa: Evidence and policy implications	3
Appreciation to Article Reviewers	3
Access to finance and rural youth entrepreneurship in Benin: Is there a gender gap?	3
Issue Information ‐ Author Guidelines	3
Is the relationship between bank stability, competition, and intervention quality nonlinear? Evidence from North African countries	3
Does fiscal decentralization improve people's access to health and education services in Cameroon?	3
“Catch me if you can” on drivers of venture capital investment in Africa	3
Financing Africa's post‐COVID‐19 development: An introduction	3
Réexamen de la Relation Exportations Intra‐Continentales et Investissements Directs Étrangers: l'Effet Des Corridors Terrestres Partagés en Afrique Subsaharienne	3
Who supports the African Union? Understanding the determinants of citizens' opinion for African integration	3
The impacts of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on the Kenyan economy: Evidence from an economy‐wide model	3
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The micro determinants of financial inclusion and financial resilience in Africa	3
Les déterminants d'accès à l'eau potable au Cameroun*	3
The fiscal effects of armed conflicts in Africa	2
Issue Information	2
Les Inadéquations Horizontale Et Verticale Affectent‐Elles La Rémunération Des Travailleurs Au Cameroun? Les Résultats Des Modèles À Variables Instrumentales Par L'approche Fonction Contrôle	2
Towards shared prosperity in sub‐Saharan Africa: How does the effect of economic integration compare to social equity policies?	2
Financial dualism: An analysis of the effects of informal finance on formal finance in West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) countries	2
Modelling Economic Policy Uncertainty—Examining the Effects of Oil Prices, Global and Domestic Economic Policy Uncertainty on Firm Stability in Nigeria	2
Free Movement of Persons and Cross‐Border Trade in Southern African Development Community (SADC): The Zimbabwean Example	2
Household resilience to climate change in the “big three” African economies	2
Inclusion Financière Digitale et Croissance Economique dans L'espace UEMOA: Rôle de la Qualité des Institutions	2
Efficiency of local public spending in Cameroon: Does population size matter?	2
Does institutional quality moderate the human capital–inequality dynamics? Comparative evidence from LAC and SSA countries	2
Contraintes Réglementaires Et Transmission De La Politique Monétaire Aux Prêts Bancaires Dans L'uemoa	2
Digital Financial Inclusion: Socioeconomic and Demographic Factors of Access and Usage in Senegal	2
Appreciation to Article Reviewers	2
Productivity costs of the green energy transition in Africa	2
Issue Information	2
Macroeconomic implications of escalating stock of public debt: Evidence from sub‐Saharan African economies	2
Income–environmental nexus in Africa: The integrating role of renewable energy transition and governance quality	2
Political Leadership and Economic Complexity in Africa	2
Socio‐Residential Inequalities and Inequalities at Elementary School: Repetition in French‐Speaking African Countries	1
Subjective poverty and migration intention abroad: The case of Senegal	1
Appreciation to Article Reviewers	1
Issue Information ‐ Author Guidelines	1
On the measurement of corporate governance and its impact on bank profitability and credit risk: The case of Tunisian listed banks	1
Do social protection cash transfers reduce poverty in Rwanda? Evidence from an econometric analysis of Vision Umurenge Program Direct Support	1
Fiscal policy in the face of the health crisis: A simulation using a hybrid DSGE‐SIR model	1
Issue Information	1
Foreign Inflows, Governance and Health Outcomes in Nigeria	1
Attracting and Securing Foreign Direct Investment Inflows Amidst Global Uncertainty: Does Financial Development Matter in Africa?	1
Issue Information	1
Issue Information ‐ Author Guidelines	1
Tax Transition Impact on Fiscal Balance in WAEMU Countries: A Difference‐in‐Difference Approach	1
Does financial development contribute to the achievement of the “Zero Hunger” goal in Africa?	1
Appreciation to article reviewers	1
Macroprudential regulation, bank stability, and the credit market in Kenya	1
Trust in Fiscal Institutions in Africa: Do Perceived Living Conditions Matter?	1
The revenue efficiency consequences of the announcement of a tax transition reform: The case of WAEMU countries	1
Financial Constraints and Exports: Firm‐Level Evidence From Kenya and Tanzania	1
Does Agricultural Foreign Direct Investment Boost the Human Development in Sub‐Saharan Africa?	1
Investigating the effects of globalization on economic sophistication in selected African countries	1
Dépenses militaires et croissance économique dans l'UEMOA: une analyse des effets de seuil et des canaux de transmission	1
What Are the Drivers of Education Attainment in the MENA Region?	1
Issue Information	1
Appreciation to article reviewers	1
Foreign Aid and Social, Economic, and Environmental Sustainability in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Does Colonial Power Matter?	1
New wave of internal armed conflicts in developing countries: Does inequality of opportunity matter?	1