OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Development Southern Africa is 5. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
COVID-19 and African tourism research agendas	82
Financial inclusion and human development: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa	51
Waste pickers in informal self-employment: Over-worked and on the breadline	24
Food insecurity in South Africa: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM wave 5	22
Technological innovation and economic growth in Southern Africa: Application of panel dynamic OLS regression	22
Inclusive tourism and municipal assets: Evidence from Overstrand local municipality, South Africa	18
Changing socio-ecologies of Kalahari: Local perceptions towards environmental change and tourism in Kgalagadi, Botswana	17
Doing tourism in Southern Africa amid the coronavirus pandemic: Navigating political, socio-economic and environmental inequalities	16
Botswana nature-based tourism and COVID-19: transformational implications for the future	16
Community perceptions on the benefits and challenges of community-based natural resources management in Zimbabwe	15
Innovative community ecotourism coping and recovery strategies to COVID-19 pandemic shocks: The case of Mahenye	15
The gendered effects of the Covid-19 crisis in South Africa: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM waves 1–5	14
Sustainable tourism planning and management for sustainable livelihoods	14
The COVID-19 pandemic and guesthouses in South Africa: Economic impacts and recovery measures	13
Motivation-based segmentation of rural tourism market in African villages	13
The effects of foreign direct investment on youth unemployment in the Southern African Development Community	12
Business and the SDGs: Examining the early disclosure of the SDGs in annual reports	12
Large investments, small farmers: A financialisation perspective on value chains in a development corridor	12
Application of virtual reality technologies in the comrades’ marathon as a response to COVID-19 pandemic	11
Spatial patterns of urbanisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A case study of Uganda	10
A global literature review of the drivers of indiscriminate dumping of waste: Guiding future research in South Africa	10
Development visions, livelihood realities – how conservation shapes agricultural value chains in the Zambezi region, Namibia	10
An assessment for enhancing sustainability in rural tourism products in South Africa	10
The role of the informal economy in promoting urban sustainability: Evidence from a small Zimbabwean town.	10
COVID-19 impacts on tourism: Southern Africa’s experiences	10

Competitiveness factors influencing tourists’ intention to return and recommend: evidence from a distressed destination	10
Catching up with the constitution: An analysis of National Health Insurance in South Africa post-apartheid	9
Class size and learner outcomes in South African schools: The role of school socioeconomic status	9
Revisiting transitory and chronic unemployment in South Africa	9
Climate change adaptation mainstreaming in the planning instruments of two South African local municipalities	9
Gender equality in labour force participation, economic growth and development in South Africa	9
Empowerment process in community-based tourism: Friend relationship perspective	9
Household air pollution and household health in Uganda	8
Retaining and recycling water to address water scarcity in the City of Cape Town	8
Environmental degradation and female economic inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa: Effort towards Sustainable Development Goal 5	8
How large is the missing middle and what would it cost to fund?	8
Revisiting the African supermarket revolution: The case of Windhoek, Namibia	8
Assessing gender gaps in employment and earnings in Africa: The case of Eswatini	7
Integrating social-ecological systems and global production networks: local effects of trophy hunting in Namibian conservancies	7
The contribution of services to international trade in Southern Africa	7
Dark tourism: Growth potential of niche tourism in the Free State Province, South Africa	7
The effect of financial development on income inequality in Africa	7
Analysing the contribution of urban agriculture towards urban household food security in informal settlement areas	7
How cash transfers activate beneficiaries’ decision-making in livelihood activities: A case of Soweto, South Africa	7
Residents’ trust in government, tourism impacts, and quality of life: Testing a structural model	7
Rethinking training: the role of the informal sector in skills acquisition and development in Zimbabwe	7
Limitations to community participation in tourism from local people’s perspectives: Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe	6
Family structure and household well-being: Evidence from South Africa	6
Understanding the nexus between savings and economic growth: A South African context	6
Formalising E-waste in Ghana: An emerging landscape of fragmentation and enduring barriers	6
Load-shedding in Kitwe, Zambia: Effects and implications on household and local economies	6
A generational catastrophe: COVID-19 and children’s access to education and food in South Africa	6
Age, employment and labour force participation outcomes in COVID-era South Africa	6
Characterisation, definition, and measurement issues of the middle class in sub-Saharan Africa	6
The role of regional value chains in fostering regional integration in Southern Africa	6
Financial openness, trade openness and financial development: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa	5
Household food security in Maputo: the role of Gendered Access to education and employment	5
Decomposition analysis of the Gini coefficient of consumer expenditures in Botswana	5
The impact of financial literacy on risk seeking and patient attitudes of university students	5
The Care Dependency Grant for children with disabilities in South Africa: Perspectives from implementation officials	5
Regional integration, regional value chains and the automotive industry in Sub-Saharan Africa	5
Characteristics, enablers and barriers affecting entrepreneurial behaviour for academics in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review	5
Success indicators among black owned informal Small Micro and Medium Enterprises’ (SMMEs) in South Africa	5