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 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Trade openness, FDI, and income inequality: Evidence from sub‐Saharan Africa	69
COVID‐19 and food prices in sub‐Saharan Africa	65
Linear and non‐linear effects of infrastructures on inclusive human development in Africa	62
Household food security and the COVID‐19 pandemic in Nigeria	49
Impact of international trade, energy consumption and income on environmental degradation in Africa's OPEC member countries	44
The impact of COVID‐19 on African economies: An introduction	42
Gender disparities in financial inclusion: Insights from Tanzania	42
Drivers of income inequality in Africa: Does institutional quality matter?	39
Online and face‐to‐face learning: Evidence from students’ performance during the Covid‐19 pandemic	35
Does financial development reduce the size of the informal economy in sub‐Saharan African countries?	31
Rethinking the impact of GDP on financial development: Evidence from heterogeneous panels	29
Economic growth dynamics between resource‐rich and resource‐poor countries in sub‐Saharan Africa: The role of politics and institutions	27
Health care expenditure and health outcomes in sub‐Saharan African countries	26
The nexus between tourism, financial development, and economic growth: Evidence from African countries	26
Breaking the carbon curse: The role of financial development in facilitating low‐carbon and sustainable development in Algeria	26
The long‐run relationship between ODA, growth and governance: An application of FMOLS and DOLS approaches	23
The short‐term economywide impacts of COVID‐19 in Africa: Insights from Ethiopia	22
Household cooking fuel choice: Evidence from the Republic of Benin	20
Towards shared prosperity in sub‐Saharan Africa: How does the effect of economic integration compare to social equity policies?	19
The effects of foreign aid, foreign direct investment and domestic investment on economic growth in African countries: Nonlinearities and complementarities	18
What drive gender gap in financial inclusion? Evidence from Cameroon	18
Investigating the effects of globalization on economic sophistication in selected African countries	17
Strengthening women's participation in the traditional enterprises of sub‐saharan Africa: The role of corporate social responsibility initiatives in Niger delta, Nigeria	16
The adverse impact of the Covid‐19 pandemic on the labor market in Cameroon	16
The micro determinants of financial inclusion and financial resilience in Africa	16

Trade facilitation, institutions, and sustainable economic growth: Empirical evidence from Sub‐Saharan Africa	15
The impact of technological innovations on financial deepening: Implications for SME financing in Africa	15
Access to finance and rural youth entrepreneurship in Benin: Is there a gender gap?	15
What drives income inequality in sub‐Saharan Africa and its sub‐regions? An examination of long‐run and short‐run effects	14
Does infrastructural development foster export upgrading in Africa?	14
Financial inclusion and entrepreneurship willingness of youth: Evidence from Mali	14
Revisiting the nexus between domestic investment, foreign direct investment and external debt in SSA countries: PMG‐ARDL approach	12
Governance, health expenditure and infant mortality in sub‐Saharan Africa	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	11
Effect of environmental policies on exports from sub‐Saharan African countries	11
Is there a nexus between China outward foreign direct investment and welfare in Côte dʼIvoire? Empirical evidence from the Toda–Yamamoto procedure	11
Fiscal decentralization and efficiency of public services delivery by local governments in Ghana	10
Potentials of the African Continental Free Trade Area: A combined partial and general equilibrium modeling assessment for Central Africa	10
Africa as headwaiter at the dining table of global value chains: Do institutions matter for her participation?	10
Testing the triple deficit hypothesis for sub‐Saharan Africa: Implications for the African Continental Free Trade Area	10
Does board gender diversity matter in the banking sector? Evidence from Tunisia	10
Sub‐Saharan Africa's debt‐financed growth: How sustainable and inclusive?	10
Adoption et usage du mobile money au cameroun: Analyse comparative des determinants entre les villes de Douala et de Yaounde	10
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
‘Not a good time’: Assessing the economic impact of COVID‐19 in Africa using a macro‐micro simulation approach	9
Fiscal sustainability in Africa: Accelerating the post‐COVID‐19 recovery through improved public finances	9
Oil dependence and access to water and sanitation in African countries: Does the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative matter?	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
Youth agripreneurship in the horticultural value‐chain: The case of small‐scale mango farmers in Southern Ghana	9
Effects of good governance, sustainable development and aid on quality of life: Evidence from sub‐saharan Africa	9
Do remittances moderate financial development–informality nexus in North Africa?	9
Does government education expenditure affect educational outcomes? New evidence from sub‐Saharan African countries	8
Empirical analysis of urban youth unemployment in Ethiopia	8
The impacts of the Covid‐19 pandemic on employment in Cameroon: A general equilibrium analysis	8
Does ICT diffusion contribute to women's political empowerment in Africa?	8
Does digitalization limit the proliferation of the shadow economy in African countries? An in‐depth panel analysis	8
Household‐level poverty, consumption poverty thresholds, income inequality and quality of lives in sub‐Saharan Africa	8
Impact of development aid on infant mortality: Micro‐level evidence from Côte d'Ivoire	7
Impact of foreign direct investment on the agricultural sector in Nigeria (1981–2017)	7
La diffusion des TIC ameliore‐t‐elle qualitativement les institutions politiques en Afrique?	7
COVID‐19 impact on SADC labour markets: Evidence from high‐frequency data and other sources	7
Effets de la COVID‐19 sur la variation du revenu et la sécurité alimentaire des ménages au Togo	7
Foreign direct investment and economic growth. Analysis of sectoral foreign direct investment in Tanzania	7
Investigating the factors affecting nonperforming loans in commercial banks: The case of African lower middle‐income countries	7
Ending youth unemployment in sub‐saharan Africa: Does ICT development have any role?	7
COVID‐19 policy responses, inflation and spillover effects in the West African Economic and Monetary Union	7
Fiscal rules, fiscal performance and economic growth in Sub‐Saharan Africa	6
Assessing Ghana's bilateral exports potential and gap	6
Natural gas consumption and economic performance in selected sub‐Saharan African countries: A heterogeneous panel ARDL analysis	6
Post‐COVID‐19 recovery for African economies: Lessons for digital financial inclusion from Kenya and Uganda	6
Infrastructures physiques et croissance économique en Afrique de l'Ouest: Le rôle des institutions	6
Foreign institutional ownership and bank performance: Evidence from Tunisia	6

Macroeconomic implications of escalating stock of public debt: Evidence from sub‐Saharan African economies	6
Determinants of labor productivity among SMEs and large‐sized private service firms in Kenya	6
Exchange rate volatility and pass‐through to inflation in South Africa	6
Situating Africa in the exports patterns of China's Belt and Road Initiative: A network analysis	6
Estimating the effect of terrorism on agricultural production in Nigeria	6
Macroeconomic policies and sustainable employment yields in sub‐Saharan Africa	6