OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of African Development Review-Revue Africaine de Developpement is 6. 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
Trade openness, FDI, and income inequality: Evidence from sub‐Saharan Africa	72
COVID‐19 and food prices in sub‐Saharan Africa	71
Linear and non‐linear effects of infrastructures on inclusive human development in Africa	64
Household food security and the COVID‐19 pandemic in Nigeria	50
The impact of COVID‐19 on African economies: An introduction	45
Gender disparities in financial inclusion: Insights from Tanzania	44
Impact of international trade, energy consumption and income on environmental degradation in Africa's OPEC member countries	44
Drivers of income inequality in Africa: Does institutional quality matter?	41
Online and face‐to‐face learning: Evidence from students’ performance during the Covid‐19 pandemic	35
Rethinking the impact of GDP on financial development: Evidence from heterogeneous panels	30
The nexus between tourism, financial development, and economic growth: Evidence from African countries	27
Breaking the carbon curse: The role of financial development in facilitating low‐carbon and sustainable development in Algeria	27
The long‐run relationship between ODA, growth and governance: An application of FMOLS and DOLS approaches	26
Household cooking fuel choice: Evidence from the Republic of Benin	23
Towards shared prosperity in sub‐Saharan Africa: How does the effect of economic integration compare to social equity policies?	23
The short‐term economywide impacts of COVID‐19 in Africa: Insights from Ethiopia	22
The micro determinants of financial inclusion and financial resilience in Africa	20
The effects of foreign aid, foreign direct investment and domestic investment on economic growth in African countries: Nonlinearities and complementarities	20
Investigating the effects of globalization on economic sophistication in selected African countries	19
What drive gender gap in financial inclusion? Evidence from Cameroon	19
The impact of technological innovations on financial deepening: Implications for SME financing in Africa	17
Financial inclusion and entrepreneurship willingness of youth: Evidence from Mali	17
The adverse impact of the Covid‐19 pandemic on the labor market in Cameroon	16
Access to finance and rural youth entrepreneurship in Benin: Is there a gender gap?	16
Strengthening women's participation in the traditional enterprises of sub‐saharan Africa: The role of corporate social responsibility initiatives in Niger delta, Nigeria	16

Trade facilitation, institutions, and sustainable economic growth: Empirical evidence from Sub‐Saharan Africa	16
What drives income inequality in sub‐Saharan Africa and its sub‐regions? An examination of long‐run and short‐run effects	15
Does infrastructural development foster export upgrading in Africa?	14
Effect of environmental policies on exports from sub‐Saharan African countries	13
Governance, health expenditure and infant mortality in sub‐Saharan Africa	13
Revisiting the nexus between domestic investment, foreign direct investment and external debt in SSA countries: PMG‐ARDL approach	12
Testing the triple deficit hypothesis for sub‐Saharan Africa: Implications for the African Continental Free Trade Area	12
The impact of terrorism on agriculture in African countries	12
Can Africa raise export competitiveness through economic complexity? Evidence from (non)‐parametric panel techniques	12
Fiscal decentralization and efficiency of public services delivery by local governments in Ghana	11
Effects of good governance, sustainable development and aid on quality of life: Evidence from sub‐saharan Africa	11
Empirical analysis of urban youth unemployment in Ethiopia	11
Potentials of the African Continental Free Trade Area: A combined partial and general equilibrium modeling assessment for Central Africa	11
Sub‐Saharan Africa's debt‐financed growth: How sustainable and inclusive?	11
Does ICT diffusion contribute to women's political empowerment in Africa?	10
Adoption et usage du mobile money au cameroun: Analyse comparative des determinants entre les villes de Douala et de Yaounde	10
Youth agripreneurship in the horticultural value‐chain: The case of small‐scale mango farmers in Southern Ghana	10
Does board gender diversity matter in the banking sector? Evidence from Tunisia	10
Does government education expenditure affect educational outcomes? New evidence from sub‐Saharan African countries	10
‘Not a good time’: Assessing the economic impact of COVID‐19 in Africa using a macro‐micro simulation approach	10
Africa as headwaiter at the dining table of global value chains: Do institutions matter for her participation?	10
Oil dependence and access to water and sanitation in African countries: Does the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative matter?	9
Do remittances moderate financial development–informality nexus in North Africa?	9
Investigating the factors affecting nonperforming loans in commercial banks: The case of African lower middle‐income countries	9
Technology, poverty and income distribution nexus: The case of fertilizer adoption in Ethiopia	9
Does trade in services improve African participation in global value chains?	9
Effects of health expenditures on infant and child mortality rates: A dynamic panel data analysis of 37 African countries	9
Impact of bilateral investment treaties on foreign direct investment in Africa	9
Fiscal sustainability in Africa: Accelerating the post‐COVID‐19 recovery through improved public finances	9
Impact of foreign direct investment on the agricultural sector in Nigeria (1981–2017)	9
Does digitalization limit the proliferation of the shadow economy in African countries? An in‐depth panel analysis	9
Household‐level poverty, consumption poverty thresholds, income inequality and quality of lives in sub‐Saharan Africa	8
Foreign institutional ownership and bank performance: Evidence from Tunisia	8
Globalization and the proportion of women in vulnerable employment in sub‐Saharan Africa: The role of economic, social, and political conditions	8
Ending youth unemployment in sub‐saharan Africa: Does ICT development have any role?	8
COVID‐19 policy responses, inflation and spillover effects in the West African Economic and Monetary Union	7
Interdependence among West African stock markets: A dimension of regional financial integration	7
Effets de la COVID‐19 sur la variation du revenu et la sécurité alimentaire des ménages au Togo	7
Spillover effects of corruption and democracy on territorial attractiveness of foreign direct investment in sub‐Saharan Africa	7
COVID‐19 impact on SADC labour markets: Evidence from high‐frequency data and other sources	7
Macroeconomic policies and sustainable employment yields in sub‐Saharan Africa	7
Foreign direct investment and economic growth. Analysis of sectoral foreign direct investment in Tanzania	7
Macroeconomic implications of escalating stock of public debt: Evidence from sub‐Saharan African economies	7
Natural gas consumption and economic performance in selected sub‐Saharan African countries: A heterogeneous panel ARDL analysis	7
The effect of shocks to GDP on employment in SADC member states during COVID‐19 using a Bayesian hierarchical model	6
Fiscal rules, fiscal performance and economic growth in Sub‐Saharan Africa	6
Situating Africa in the exports patterns of China's Belt and Road Initiative: A network analysis	6
Does fiscal tightening (loosening) reduce public debt?	6
Infrastructures physiques et croissance économique en Afrique de l'Ouest: Le rôle des institutions	6
Assessing public debt sustainability under COVID‐19 uncertainty: Evidence from Côte d'Ivoire	6

Estimating the effect of terrorism on agricultural production in Nigeria	6
Determinants of labor productivity among SMEs and large‐sized private service firms in Kenya	6
Bigger or better? The effect of public spending on happiness in Africa	6
Assessing Ghana's bilateral exports potential and gap	6
Post‐COVID‐19 recovery for African economies: Lessons for digital financial inclusion from Kenya and Uganda	6