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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
‘Hampers’ as an effective strategy to shift towards sustainable diets in South African low-income communities	59
From zero-base budgeting to spending review – achievements and challenges	36
Towards an integrated framework for sustainable sport tourism development in Central Africa	26
Causes and consequences of critical healthcare skills shortage in the Southern Africa Development Community	23
Investigating volunteer activities in South Africa	13
From fossil-dependent energy to a clean, non-polluting energy: Wind farms in Maluti-A-Phofung municipality, South Africa	12
Determinants and constraints of women’s sole-owned tourism micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Tanzania	12
Labour market trends in South Africa in 2009–19: A lost decade?	12
Patterns and trends in household food security in rural Mpumalanga Province, South Africa	11
Analysis of depressive symptoms between formal and informal workers in South Africa during COVID-19 crisis	10
Does the choice of cooking fuel empower Ghanaian women? An empirical analysis	10
Climate change and health in the Global South: A scientometric analysis	9
Waste pickers and the law: Contradictory and fragmented regulation in three metropolitan municipalities	9
The role of government in facilitating digital transformation of SMMEs for economic growth	9
From recovery to resilience building in tourism	9
Gender analysis of labour force outcomes: Evidence from Cameroon	9
Sex crime rate and female labour force participation in South Africa	8
Ownership and inequality: Policy interventions in South Africa and possible ways forward	7
Foreign ownership and firm performance: Evidence from the South African informal sector	7
Beyond ‘white monopoly capital’: Understanding race, control, and cohesion in the South African corporate elite	7
Transitioning wastewater treatment plants towards resource recovery: Challenges and opportunities in Zvishavane, Zimbabwe	7
Rethinking South Africa’s household energy poverty through the lens of off-grid energy transition	6
Food insecurity in South Africa: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM wave 5	6
Non-payment culture and the financial performance of urban electricity utilities in South Africa	6
Can social networks improve job search behaviours among low-income youth in resource-limited settings? Evidence from South Africa	6

Youth Employability programmes in South Africa: Which features work best and for whom?	6
The impact of diabetes on labour market outcomes	6
Leveraging social capital for the recovery and regeneration of the ecotourism sector in Cameroon	6
Creating employment and reducing emissions: Options for South Africa	6
Going beyond female-headed households: Household composition and gender differences in poverty	5
Symmetric and asymmetric effects of financial deepening on income inequality in South Africa	5
Technological innovation and economic growth in Southern Africa: Application of panel dynamic OLS regression	5
Residents’ perceptions of sustainable heritage tourism development in a rural municipality	5
The kingmaker’s dilemma: developing a conceptual framework for understanding coalition fragility in metropolitan governance	5
Assessing how load-shedding affects the generation of household food waste in Merafong City Local Municipality, South Africa	5
Does being male or female affect life satisfaction? Empirical evidence from Lesotho	5
The impact of commercial agriculture on household food and nutrition security in Lesotho	5
Trends in household formation and living alone in South Africa, 1995–2011	5
A gendered analysis of Cyclone Idai disaster interventions in Chimanimani district, Zimbabwe	5
Challenges in the ocean economy of South Africa	4
Estimating the impact of large-scale mining on local communities in sub-Saharan Africa	4
Has competition law enforcement been effective in South Africa?	4
Employment uncertainty in the era of COVID-19: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM and the QLFS	4
Does moving between cities pay off? Economic outcomes for South Africa’s intercity migrants	4
The development of a spending review methodology in a developing country context	4
Estimating the economic multipliers for wildlife-based tourism in Zambia	4
Priority interventions for reducing stunting in the complementary feeding age group in South Africa	4
Analysis of the labour market impacts of the coronavirus pandemic: Evidence from Zambia	4
Community-based peer mentorship improves academic performance: Evidence from Makhanda, South Africa	4
Measuring stunting and tracking trends in prevalence in South Africa: Conceptual and methodological considerations	4