OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of World Bank Economic Review is 4. 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
Taking Cover: Human Capital Accumulation in the Presence of Shocks and Health Insurance	63
Impact of Twin Lockdowns on Hunger, Labor-Market Outcomes, and Household Coping Mechanisms: Evidence from Uganda	31
Does Aid Induce Foreign Direct Investment: Updated Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment	24
Class Size and Learning: Has India Spent Too Much on Reducing Class Size?	23
Poverty and Prices: Assessing the Impact of the 2017 PPPs on the International Poverty Line and Global Poverty	21
Structural Reforms and Labor Productivity Growth in Developing Countries: Intra or Inter-Reallocation Channel?	19
Addressing Social Desirability Bias When Measuring Child Labor Use: An Application to Cocoa Farms in Côte d’Ivoire	18
Social Protection amid a Crisis: New Evidence from South Africa’s Older Person’s Grant	17
The Effects of Community Health Worker Visits and Primary Care Subsidies on Health Behavior and Health Outcomes for Children in Urban Mali	17
Do Women Contribute More Effort than Men to a Real Public Good?	15
Energy Efficiency and Local Macro Rebound Effects: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Rwanda	15
Infrastructure and Structural Change in Africa	13
What Do Local Government Education Managers Do to Boost Learning Outcomes?	13
Shifting Attitudes towards Domestic Violence: The Impact of Primary Education on Women’s Marital Outcomes in Benin	12
Group Incentives for the Public Good: A Field Experiment on Improving the Urban Environment	11
Trade Networks in Latin America: Spatial Inefficiencies and Optimal Expansions	11
Deep Trade Agreements and FDI in Partial and General Equilibrium: A Structural Estimation Framework	10
Unilateral Trade Preferences and Export Growth in Developing Countries	10
International Commodity Prices Transmission to Consumer Prices in Africa	9
The Learning Crisis of Developing Country Elites: Lessons from PISA-D	8
Mobile Money and Economic Activity: Evidence from Kenya	8
Does It Matter Who You Ask For Time Use Data?	7
The Combined Role of Subsidy and Discussion Intervention in the Demand for a Stigmatized Product	7
Infrastructure Quality and FDI Inflows: Evidence from the Arrival of High-Speed Internet in Africa	7
Hidden Costs of War: Evidence from Nepal’s Maoist Insurgency	7

Import Competition, Formalization, and the Role of Contract Labor	7
Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Transformation in Africa	7
Domestically “Flying Geese”: Regional Manufacturing Investment Flows within China	7
Long-Term Effects of an Education Stipend Program on Domestic Violence: Evidence from Bangladesh	6
Does the Source of FDI Matter? The Case of Tax Havens	6
Gender Differences in Informal Labor-Market Resilience	6
Investment Treaties, Local Institutions and Policies in the Global Land Rush	6
Reducing Delay in Payments in Welfare Programs: Experimental Evidence from an Information Dissemination Intervention	5
Is There an Underside to Economic Growth? A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Malaysia	5
Method Matters: The Underreporting of Intimate Partner Violence	5
Direct Shock Experience vs. Tangential Shock Exposure: Indirect Effects of Flood Shocks on Well-Being and Preferences	5
Heterogeneous Trade Effects of Pre-Shipment Inspections	5
Trade Shocks, Population Growth, and Migration	5
Job Loss and Household Labor Supply Adjustments in Developing Countries: Evidence from Argentina	5
Effect of Moderate and Radical Rules on High-Caste Behavior and Norms in India	5
Heuristics on Call: The Impact of Mobile-Phone-Based Business-Management Advice	4
Catch-Up Growth and Inter-industry Productivity Spillovers: Evidence from Trade Data	4
Minding the Gap: Aid Effectiveness, Project Ratings and Contextualization	4
Rural Labor Supply and Recall Window Sensitivity	4
Child Labor Bans, Employment, and School Attendance: Evidence from Changes in the Minimum Working Age	4
Firms and Labor in Times of Violence: Evidence from the Mexican Drug War	4
(Joint) Bank Savings, Female Empowerment, and Child Labor in Rural Ethiopia	4
Subnational Income, Growth, and the COVID-19 Pandemic	4