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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Class Size and Learning: Has India Spent Too Much on Reducing Class Size?	54
Taking Cover: Human Capital Accumulation in the Presence of Shocks and Health Insurance	31
Poverty and Prices: Assessing the Impact of the 2017 PPPs on the International Poverty Line and Global Poverty	20
Does Aid Induce Foreign Direct Investment: Updated Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment	20
Impact of Twin Lockdowns on Hunger, Labor-Market Outcomes, and Household Coping Mechanisms: Evidence from Uganda	17
The Intergenerational Effects of Economic Sanctions	17
Structural Reforms and Labor Productivity Growth in Developing Countries: Intra or Inter-Reallocation Channel?	16
Social Protection amid a Crisis: New Evidence from South Africa’s Older Person’s Grant	15
Addressing Social Desirability Bias When Measuring Child Labor Use: An Application to Cocoa Farms in Côte d’Ivoire	15
The Effects of Community Health Worker Visits and Primary Care Subsidies on Health Behavior and Health Outcomes for Children in Urban Mali	13
Energy Efficiency and Local Macro Rebound Effects: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Rwanda	12
What Do Local Government Education Managers Do to Boost Learning Outcomes?	12
Opposition Media, State Censorship, and Political Accountability: Evidence from Chavez’s Venezuela	12
Do Women Contribute More Effort than Men to a Real Public Good?	12
Infrastructure and Structural Change in Africa	12
Shifting Attitudes towards Domestic Violence: The Impact of Primary Education on Women’s Marital Outcomes in Benin	11
The Pass-Through of International Commodity Price Shocks to Producers’ Welfare: Evidence from Ethiopian Coffee Farmers	11
Deep Trade Agreements and FDI in Partial and General Equilibrium: A Structural Estimation Framework	10
Group Incentives for the Public Good: A Field Experiment on Improving the Urban Environment	8
Trade Networks in Latin America: Spatial Inefficiencies and Optimal Expansions	7
The Learning Crisis of Developing Country Elites: Lessons from PISA-D	7
Unilateral Trade Preferences and Export Growth in Developing Countries	7
Domestically “Flying Geese”: Regional Manufacturing Investment Flows within China	7
Mobile Money and Economic Activity: Evidence from Kenya	7
International Commodity Prices Transmission to Consumer Prices in Africa	7

Import Competition, Formalization, and the Role of Contract Labor	7
Hidden Costs of War: Evidence from Nepal’s Maoist Insurgency	6
The Combined Role of Subsidy and Discussion Intervention in the Demand for a Stigmatized Product	6
Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Transformation in Africa	6
Does the Source of FDI Matter? The Case of Tax Havens	5
Investment Treaties, Local Institutions and Policies in the Global Land Rush	5
Does It Matter Who You Ask For Time Use Data?	5
Infrastructure Quality and FDI Inflows: Evidence from the Arrival of High-Speed Internet in Africa	5
Long-Term Effects of an Education Stipend Program on Domestic Violence: Evidence from Bangladesh	5
Trade Shocks, Population Growth, and Migration	4
Gender Differences in Informal Labor-Market Resilience	4
Heterogeneous Trade Effects of Pre-Shipment Inspections	4
Method Matters: The Underreporting of Intimate Partner Violence	4
Job Loss and Household Labor Supply Adjustments in Developing Countries: Evidence from Argentina	4
Reducing Delay in Payments in Welfare Programs: Experimental Evidence from an Information Dissemination Intervention	4
Effect of Moderate and Radical Rules on High-Caste Behavior and Norms in India	4
Direct Shock Experience vs. Tangential Shock Exposure: Indirect Effects of Flood Shocks on Well-Being and Preferences	4