OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of International Development 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
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Driving Triple‐Bottom‐Line Value: Networks and Impacts in South Africa's Emerging Game Meat Industry	39
Human Capital and Export Performance in East Asia: Focusing on Gender Inequality	32
Globalization and the “zero hunger” goal in Africa: Starving in an open world?	24
Local economic development in Thailand	24
Heterogeneous effects of violence on student achievement: Evidence from Colombia	22
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Participation in ROSCAs as a Driver of the Household Energy Transition in Cameroon	20
Tax Relations in Contexts of Fragility: A Case Study of Somalia	19
Labour migration and food security in rural Mozambique: Do agricultural investment, asset building and local employment matter?	18
The Impact of Vision Problems on Households' Incomes: Evidence From the 2019 and 2022 Rounds of the Turkey Health Survey	18
Funding schemes for infrastructure investment and poverty alleviation in Africa: Evidence from Guinea‐Bissau	18
Choosing between energy and ecologies of health: Understanding developmentalism, state formation and local life worlds	18
Are natural resources also bad for infrastructure quality?	17
Social and emotional well‐being and economic insecurity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders: A multidimensional approach	17
The dynamics of overlapping borrowing in the microcredit sector of Bangladesh	15
The effect of environmental centralisation on productivity: Evidence from an administrative reform in China	15
China–Africa skills transfer through overseas economic and trade cooperation zones	14
China's Science Museum Gift to Ethiopia: Rethinking Shared Agency in Industrialization‐Driven Development Aid	14
Social and Financial Barriers to Safe (Drinking) Water and Sanitation: The Role of Development Agents in Ethiopia	14
Proliferation of Corruption in Africa: The Ineluctable Role of Inequality of Opportunity	14
Multinational enterprises' sustainability practices and focus on developing countries: Contributions and unexpected results of SDG implementation	14
Higher education and employability in Tanzania: Students' account	14
Voices From the RMG Factories: Assessing Female Labourers' Perception Regarding Social Protection in the Ready‐Made Garments Industry of Bangladesh	13

Trends, patterns and socioeconomic determinants of child and adolescent labour in India: Empirical analysis using national sample survey data	13
Community Banking and Microfinance in the Global South	13
Globalization‐induced social changes and their environmental impacts: Assessing the role of information and communication technology in sub‐Saharan Africa	13
Varieties of development: On the plurality of political economies and how to harness it	13
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Impact of Sanctions Policy Shifts: A Case Study of the United States and Cuba, 1994–2020	12
Climbing the Coffee Global Value Chain—Three Decades of Trade and Upgrading	12
Estimating the Evolving Trade Effect of Foreign Aid in the Context of Aid Competition: Evidence From European Countries	12
Global value chains participation and environmental pollution in developing countries: Does digitalization matter?	12
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Mapping emerging trends and South–South cooperation in regional knowledge networks: A bibliometric analysis of avian influenza research in Southeast Asia	11
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City connectivity via global intra‐firm linkages: An analysis of Indian cities	11
Machine Learning Approach for Decoding the Efficiency of the World's Largest Welfare Scheme ‘MGNREGA’: A Deep Dive Into Welfare State Dynamics and Local Heterogeneity	11
The impact of financial inclusion initiatives: Evidence from meta‐analysis	10
Nutrition, multidimensional poverty and income: The case of Nepal	10
The impact of Chinese aid on political trust	10
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Conflict's impacts on food systems: Mapping available evidence of interactions	9
Attention Versus Handshakes: Pathways of Influence in China's Foreign Aid and Loans	9
Bank lending behaviour and systemic banking crisis in Africa: The role of regulatory framework	9
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Global challenges and developing economies: Strategies for inclusive and sustainable growth	9
Bypassing Bribes: Mobile Money and Corruption in Africa	9
Expansion, cohesion and diversity: The network advantages of microfinance groups in Indian villages	9
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Local‐level exposure to conflicts and child health: Evidence from Côte d'Ivoire	9
No Time to Waste: A Synthesis of Evidence on Time Reallocation Following Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Interventions	9
Limits of energy access research on unreliability	8
Chinese aid and crime: Evidence from Africa	8
Does economic freedom foster education in Sub‐Saharan Africa?	8
Rethinking social assistance amid the COVID‐19 pandemic: Guaranteeing the right to income security in Ecuador	8
Institutions and venture capital market development in sub‐Saharan Africa	8
Social capital effects on resilience to food insecurity: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan	8
The Poverty Reduction Capacity of Nature‐Based Tourism in Lao PDR—A Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) Study	8
The Political Economy of Mining Rent Sharing: Is Government Effectiveness Really Costly?	8
Africa's lockdown dilemma: High poverty and low trust	8
Chinese Development Finance and African Policy Space: Towards Productive Incoherence?	8
Smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for two‐wheel tractor‐based mechanisation services in Zambia and Zimbabwe	7
Spillovers from gender equality onto economic equality: Evidence from 162 nations	7
A Typology of Malian Farming Households	7
Technological intensity and local socio‐economic development	7
Does global value chain participation boost high technology exports?	7
Exploring why religious faith may distinguish faith‐based from non‐faith‐based NGOs: Theoretical insights from Cambodia	7
Social sustainability, poverty and income: An empirical exploration	7
The Diversity of the Circular Economy in the City of Tashkent, Uzbekistan	7
The Drug War and Regional Social Capital in Mexico	7
Climbing the economic ladder: The role of microfinance institutions in promoting entrepreneurship in Pakistan	7
Digital divides among microenterprises: Evidence from sub‐Saharan Africa	7
Between Tradition and Transformation: Community Voices on the Dipo Womanhood Rites in Yilo‐Krobo, Ghana	7

Does the Belt and Road Initiative Promote the Status of Global Agricultural Trade Network?	7
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Recessions and recoveries in Central African countries: Lessons from the past	7
Analysing the ASEAN–China Free Trade Agreement Effect on China's Environmental Sustainability Using Synthetic Control Method (SCM)	7
Does Credit From Various Sources Improve MSME Performance? An Empirical Analysis for a Large Transitioning Developing Economy of India	7
Five decades of neoliberal developmentalism in “Least Developed Countries”: A decolonial critique	7
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Nazareno Strampelli and the first Green Revolution	6
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Chinese and Indian economic relations and development assistance to Zimbabwe: Rationale, controversies and significance	6
Impact of Self Help Group membership on the adoption of child nutritional practices: Evidence from JEEViKA's health and nutrition strategy programme in Bihar, India	6
Translocal Livelihoods, Socio‐Economic Differentiation and Lower Level Urbanisation in Uganda	6
Pandemic‐induced income shocks and dietary diversity in India	6
A multidimensional approach to measuring vulnerability to poverty among refugee populations	6
Aid to Educate? The Impact of Foreign Aid on Local School Enrolment in Nigeria	6
Industrial Robots and Environmental Pollution: Evidence From Chinese Cities	6
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Digital technology adoption among smallholder farmers in Vietnam: Implications for digital agricultural extension strategies	6
Status and Determinants of Female‐Headed Households' Food Security: The Case of Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia	6
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What explains collective action: The impact of social capital, incentive structures and economic benefits	6
Transplanting China's ecological civilization to the Belt and Road Initiative: What will it take?	6
Household Livelihood Strategies and Outcomes in Conflict‐Affected Areas of Northeastern Ethiopia	6
Derivatives use and the risk‐taking behaviour of African banks	6
Cultivation and competition in Colombia: Disentangling the effects of coca price changes on violence	6
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Farmers' awareness of digital credit: Does financial literacy matter?	6
Effects of Theft on Investment Decisions of Agricultural Enterprises in Cameroon	6
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Decoupling of functional and household income distribution by economic growth: new findings from analysing the three‐way growth‐equity nexus	5
Challenges of cooperation for development: A case‐study analysis of Cuban health solidarity programmes in Nigeria	5
Labour force participation of immigrant women in Canada: With a special focus on female immigrants from the Middle East and North Africa	5
The role of financial constraints in firm transition—Evidence from Indian manufacturing	5
Gender Gaps in Wages and Fringe Benefits: Insights From a Ghanaian Perspective	5
North–South development competition and the quality and sustainability of Chinese and Japanese trans‐national infrastructure initiatives	5
Chinese aid and corruption in African local governments	5
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Poverty at a distance: Supply and demand side factors and the formation of civil society organizations in Iraq	5
Convergence analysis of artificial intelligence research capacity: Are the less developed catching up with the developed ones?	5
Harsh Winter Shocks and Distress Sales: Consumption and Asset Smoothing Among Livestock Farmers in Kyrgyzstan	5
Economic Drivers of China's Declining Fertility: The Role of Digital Inclusive Finance and Household Debt	5
The Political Economy of Receiving Aid: A Research Agenda	5
The importance of human development in combating energy poverty	5
From poppy to pill: A comprehensive strategy to combat illicit synthetic drug production in Southeast Asia	5
A Systematic Review of the Role of Networks in Information Dissemination and Resource Pooling Among Farmers in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Impact on Farm Improvements, Empowerment and Behaviour Change	5