OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Development Southern Africa 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Treatment-seeking behaviour among persons with chronic diseases in Ghana: Does national health insurance status matter?	45
Towards an integrated framework for sustainable sport tourism development in Central Africa	30
‘Hampers’ as an effective strategy to shift towards sustainable diets in South African low-income communities	26
Prospects of successful blended pedagogies in South Africa: Planning, governance and infrastructure considerations	22
From zero-base budgeting to spending review – achievements and challenges	21
A generational catastrophe: COVID-19 and children’s access to education and food in South Africa	18
Determinants and constraints of women’s sole-owned tourism micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Tanzania	17
Patterns and trends in household food security in rural Mpumalanga Province, South Africa	17
Does the choice of cooking fuel empower Ghanaian women? An empirical analysis	15
Causes and consequences of critical healthcare skills shortage in the Southern Africa Development Community	15
Labour market trends in South Africa in 2009–19: A lost decade?	12
Investigating volunteer activities in South Africa	12
From fossil-dependent energy to a clean, non-polluting energy: Wind farms in Maluti-A-Phofung municipality, South Africa	11
Sound and cohesively implemented rural development strategies: A missing link in Africa’s fight against poverty?	10
Waste pickers and the law: Contradictory and fragmented regulation in three metropolitan municipalities	10
Analysis of depressive symptoms between formal and informal workers in South Africa during COVID-19 crisis	10
Measuring human capital in South Africa using a socioeconomic status human capital index approach	10
Decent Rural Employment in a specialised and a diversified production system in Tanzania	9
Gender analysis of labour force outcomes: Evidence from Cameroon	9
From recovery to resilience building in tourism	8
Transitioning wastewater treatment plants towards resource recovery: Challenges and opportunities in Zvishavane, Zimbabwe	7
Beyond ‘white monopoly capital’: Understanding race, control, and cohesion in the South African corporate elite	7
Characterisation, definition, and measurement issues of the middle class in sub-Saharan Africa	7
Foreign ownership and firm performance: Evidence from the South African informal sector	7
Sex crime rate and female labour force participation in South Africa	7

Leveraging social capital for the recovery and regeneration of the ecotourism sector in Cameroon	7
Effect of automation on unemployment: The case of Southern Africa	7
Ownership and inequality: Policy interventions in South Africa and possible ways forward	6
Rethinking South Africa’s household energy poverty through the lens of off-grid energy transition	6
The impact of commercial agriculture on household food and nutrition security in Lesotho	6
Urban development impact on climate variability and surface water quality in part of Mangaung metropolis of South Africa	6
The impact of freight infrastructure investment on employment in South Africa	6
Creating employment and reducing emissions: Options for South Africa	6
Can social networks improve job search behaviours among low-income youth in resource-limited settings? Evidence from South Africa	6
The impact of financial literacy on risk seeking and patient attitudes of university students	6
Time and temporality in organisations: The case of Eskom	6
Food insecurity in South Africa: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM wave 5	6
The impact of diabetes on labour market outcomes	5
Non-payment culture and the financial performance of urban electricity utilities in South Africa	5
The COVID-19 pandemic and guesthouses in South Africa: Economic impacts and recovery measures	5
Mainstreaming poverty, inequality and social exclusion: A systematic assessment of public policy in South Africa	5
A gendered analysis of Cyclone Idai disaster interventions in Chimanimani district, Zimbabwe	5
Does being male or female affect life satisfaction? Empirical evidence from Lesotho	5
Youth Employability programmes in South Africa: Which features work best and for whom?	4
Assessing how load-shedding affects the generation of household food waste in Merafong City Local Municipality, South Africa	4
Going beyond female-headed households: Household composition and gender differences in poverty	4
Estimating the economic multipliers for wildlife-based tourism in Zambia	4
The impact of population growth on municipal revenue: Implications for South African municipalities	4
Financial openness, trade openness and financial development: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa	4
Trends in household formation and living alone in South Africa, 1995–2011	4
Estimating the impact of large-scale mining on local communities in sub-Saharan Africa	4
Community-based peer mentorship improves academic performance: Evidence from Makhanda, South Africa	4
Residents’ perceptions of sustainable heritage tourism development in a rural municipality	4
Symmetric and asymmetric effects of financial deepening on income inequality in South Africa	4
Technological innovation and economic growth in Southern Africa: Application of panel dynamic OLS regression	4
Analysis of the labour market impacts of the coronavirus pandemic: Evidence from Zambia	4
The development of a spending review methodology in a developing country context	4