OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Studies in Comparative International Development 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Beyond Donation: China’s Policy Banks and the Reshaping of Development Finance	35
The Rise of the Investor State: State Capital in the Chinese Economy	30
The Rise of Data Politics: Digital China and the World	29
Exploring the Parameters of China’s Economic Influence	28
How Do Different Forms of Foreign Aid Affect Government Legitimacy? Evidence from an Informational Experiment in Uganda	24
Foreign Aid and State-Society Relations: Theory, Evidence, and New Directions for Research	18
Mapping Populism and Nationalism in Leader Rhetoric Across North America and Europe	17
Rethinking Foreign Aid and Legitimacy: Views from Aid Recipients in Kenya	17
Taxing the People, Not Trade: the International Monetary Fund and the Structure of Taxation in Developing Countries	16
Controlling Corruption in Development Aid: New Evidence from Contract-Level Data	14
Populism and Hindu Nationalism in India	13
Remittances, Corruption, and Human Development in Latin America	12
Populism, Nationalism, and Nationalist Populism	11
Are Peruvians Enticed by the “China Model”? Chinese Investment and Public Opinion in Peru	11
State Responses to the Gold Rush in the Andes (2004–2018): The Politics of State Action (and Inaction)	10
Right-Wing Populism and Vigilante Violence in Asia	10
The Most Vulnerable Poor: Clientelism Among Slum Dwellers	10
Populism and Nationalism: An Overview of Similarities and Differences	9
A “China in the World” Paradigm for Scholarship	9
Migrant Remittances and Demand for Redistribution	7
From “the Moon Is Rounder Abroad” to “Bravo, My Country”: How China Misperceives the World	7
The Impact of Aid Dynamics on State Effectiveness and Legitimacy	7
Take or Reject State Power? The Dual Dilemma for Teachers’ Unions in Brazil and Mexico	6
Does Foreign Aid Bifurcate Donor Approval?: Patronage Politics, Winner–Loser Status, and Public Attitudes toward the Donor	5
More than Meets the Eye: Understanding Perceptions of China Beyond the Favorable–Unfavorable Dichotomy	5

Democracy, Natural Resources, and Infectious Diseases: the Case of Malaria, 1990–2016	5
When Do Strong Parties “Throw the Bums Out”? Competition and Accountability in South African Candidate Nominations	5
Populism and the Past: Restoring, Retaining, and Redeeming the Nation	4
Electoral Volatility in Latin America, 1932–2018	3
The Incoherence of Institutional Reform: Decentralization as a Structural Solution to Immediate Political Needs	3
Aiding Dependency: a Cross-National Analysis of Foreign Aid and Tax Compliance	3
Aid Management, Trust, and Development Policy Influence: New Evidence from a Survey of Public Sector Officials in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries	3
No Accounting for Bad Contracting: Private Military and Security Contracts and Ineffective Regulation in Conflict Areas	3
Upgrading Big Brother: Local Strategic Adaptation in China’s Security Industry	3
Inequality and Immigration Policy	3
Civil War, Institutional Change, and the Criminalization of the State: Evidence from Guatemala	3
Transformation Towards Renewable Energy Systems: Evaluating the Role of Development Financing Institutions	3
Foreign Aid, Norm Diffusion, and Local Support for Gender Equality: Comparing Evidence from the World Bank and China’s Aid Projects in Africa	2
Disease, Disaster, and Disengagement: Ebola and Political Participation in Sierra Leone	2
Foreign Aid, Government Spending, and Contributions toward Public Goods: Experimental Evidence from the Philippines	2
Electoral Rules, Social Structure, and Public Goods Provision: Outcomes, Spending, and Policies	2
The Last Strike: Age, Career Incentives and Taxation in China	2
The Complex Imprint of Foreign Rule: Tracking Differential Legacies along the Administrative Hierarchy	2
Donor-Funded Women’s Empowerment in Tajikistan: Trajectories of Women’s NGOs and Changing Attitudes to the International Agenda	2
Electoral Politics, Fiscal Policy, and the Resource Curse	2
Vote Buying as Rent Seeking: Land Sales in China’s Village Elections	2
Climbing to the Top? How Globalized Competition for Capital Affects Judicial Independence	1
Remittances and Revenue in Latin America, 1990–2017	1
The Dollar Cycle of International Development, 1973–2017	1
Ethnic Polarization and Human Development: The Conditional Effects of Minority Language Recognition	1
The Perils of Parliamentarism: Executive Selection Systems and Democratic Transitions from Electoral Authoritarianism	1
Compensating for Instability? Economic Openness, Threat of Social Unrest, and Welfare Provision in China	1
Exit or Voice? Corruption Perceptions and Emigration	1
Fairness and Tax Morale in Developing Countries	1
Effect of Participation and Alignment on the Sustainability of Development Aid Output: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Uganda	1
Greasing the Wheels: the Politics of Environmental Clearances in India	1
Jumpstarting Ideological Alignments in Clientelist Party Systems: Evidence from Honduras’s 2009 Coup	1
Decentralization and Pro-poor Participation in Ghana: Unmasking the Barriers to Inclusive Grassroots Development	1
Harmony or Cacophony? A Disaggregated Analysis of Aid Fragmentation	1
Multilevel Research Designs: Case Selection, Levels of Analysis, and Scope Conditions	1
How Climate Change Affects Organized Criminal Group Behavior	1
Clientelism and Community Support in Times of Crisis: Evidence Following Floods in Ghana	1
When Mayors Deliver: Political Alignment and Well-being	1
Static Electricity: Institutional and Ideational Barriers to China’s Market Reforms	1
Legislator Attributes and Advocacy Focus: Non-electoral Sources of Parochialism in an Indirectly-Elected Legislature	1
Resilience to Shrinking as a Catch-Up Strategy: a Comparison of Brazil and Indonesia, 1964–2019	1
State of the Fiscal Contract in Lagos’ Informal Settlements	1
Post-neoliberal Populism in Latin America and Eastern Europe: Recognizing Family Resemblance	1
The Impact of Institutional Formation on Firms’ Strategic Choices in Knowledge Development, Absorptive Capacity and Vertical Integration	1
Routine Problems: Movement Party Institutionalization and the Case of Taiwan’s New Power Party	1
Can Partial Growth Coalitions Build Pathways Out of the Middle-Income Trap? The Case of Querétaro, México	1