OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of European Journal of Development Research is 2. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Political Patronage and Economic Opportunity: Vertical Integration in Egyptian Textiles and Clothing	95
Social Enterprise Under Moral Hazard: Who Gets State Subsidies and Active Financing?	44
The Challenge of Productivity-Based Development: Innovation Gaps and Economic Structure in Latin America	42
Educational Segregation and Household Occupation: Role of School Education in Reproduction of Social Hierarchy in India	33
‘I Dream of Going Home’: Gendered Experiences of Adolescent Syrian Refugees in Jordan’s Azraq Camp	26
Defining and Measuring Human Development: A Genealogical Analysis of the UNDP’s Human Development Reports	25
Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital in India: The Role of Gender and the Extended Family	22
What Drives Africa’s Inability to Comply with EU Standards? Insights from Africa’s Institution and Trade Facilitation Measures	22
Evidence Review on Results-Based Payments: Approach Paper	22
Impact of Credit Constraints on Financial Performance of Small and Medium Size Enterprises	21
The Development of Green Bond in Developing Countries: Insights from Southeast Asia Market Participants	21
What Enables Financial Resilience: Insights from a Participatory Research and Design Process with VSLA Members in Nigeria	20
Intra-Africa Agricultural Trade, Governance Quality and Agricultural Total Factor Productivity: Evidence from a Panel Vector Autoregressive Model	20
Cocoa: Origin Differentials and the Living Income Differential	20
The Politics of Who Gets What and Why: Learning from the Targeting of Social Cash Transfers in Zambia	17
Exploring the Relationship Between Maternal Occupation and Under-Five Mortality: Empirical Evidence from 26 Developing Countries	17
Financial Inclusion and Household Welfare: An Entropy-Based Consumption Diversification Approach	15
Household Income, Migration Networks, and Migration Decisions	14
Correction: Migration and the Autonomy of Women Left Behind	14
Valuing the 'neighbourhood': Responding to Racialised Post-War Development in Slave Island, Colombo	13
White Savior Narratives in International Development: A Discourse Analysis of the Kony2012 Campaign by Invisible Children	13
Thanks to Reviewers	13
An Impact Assessment of Farmer Participation on Food Security in Northwestern Ghana	12
Correction to: Does Local Elite Capture Vary by Levels of Political Connections? Evidence from an Indian Public Housing Program	12
Public Versus Private Health Financing Transition in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Exploring the Crowding-Out Effects	12

The Effects of Microfinance Programs on Recipients’ Livelihoods in Rural Bangladesh	12
Impact of Terms of Trade on GDP in the Context of Prebisch–Singer Theorem: Evidence from Egypt and Guinea	11
Working in the Informal Sector in Togo: Choice or Constraint?	11
Repercussions the Covid-19 Pandemic on the SDGs Achievement: Is it a New Era for the Development?	10
A Socio−economic Impact Analysis of the Political Crisis in Burundi with a Focus on Children: A Macro–Micro Framework	10
Differential Bunching Impacts Across the Income Distribution: Evidence from Tax Administrative Data	10
What Challenges for Global Development Research are Posed by a More Decolonial Approach? Colonial Genealogies and Responses	10
Chinese Aid Projects and Local Tax Attitudes: Evidence from Africa	10
Customary Land Certification, Governance and Natural Resource Use in Zambia: A Social Learning Approach	10
Rural Youth Aspirations in the Face of Environmental, Economic and Social Pressures: Transformation in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta	10
Targeted Poverty Alleviation for the Livelihood Improvement of Poverty-Stricken Households: A Case Study of Wuxi County, China	9
Correction to: An Ethnographic-Discourse Analysis of the Socio-political Effects of Interaction Between Cash Transfer Programme Authorities, Caregivers and Non-beneficiaries	9
COVID-19 and Federalism in India: Capturing the Effects of State and Central Responses on Mobility	9
The Decolonization of Development Studies and International Relations in Central and Eastern Europe: A Polish Perspective of Living Between the Core and Periphery	8
Assessing the Impact of Covid-19 in Mozambique in 2020	8
Academic Debate and Self-Criticism: Embracing Diversity at the Core of Development Studies	8
Impact Weaving: An Approach to Strengthening the Plausibility of Anticipated AR4D Impact Pathways	8
Revealing the Relational Mechanisms of Research for Development Through Social Network Analysis	8
Correction to: ‘People Consider Us Devils’: Exploring Patterns of Exclusion facing Adolescents with Disabilities in Ethiopia	8
Does Local Elite Capture Vary by Levels of Political Connections? Evidence from an Indian Public Housing Program	7
The Dynamics and Role of Gender in High-Value Avocado Farming in Kenya	7
Including Men in a Female Financial Model: An Analysis of Informal Grassroots Financial Associations	7
“Not All Income is Equal”: Rural Livelihood Diversification and Diet Quality in South–Western Kenya	7
Correction to: The Association Between Women's Education and Employment and Household Food Security in Afghanistan	7
Are Developing Countries Using Climate Funds for Poverty Alleviation? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa	7
Can Burkina Faso’s Agricultural Mechanization Program Reduce Poverty in the Country	7
Migration and the Autonomy of Women Left Behind	7
Determinants of Exports in a Small and Vulnerable Economy: Fiji Islands—A Disaggregated Analysis	6
Structural Transformation Through a Multi-vector Geo-economic Governance? BRI and Upgrading of the Uzbek Gas Industry	6
Trade Agreements, Technical Regulations, and Standards: Competitiveness Implications for Kenyan Exporters to European Union	6
Correction to: ‘I Just Keep Quiet’: Addressing the Challenges of Married Rohingya Girls and Creating Opportunities for Change	6
How Do Foreign Aid Agencies Learn? A Comparative Analysis of Organisational Learning Determinants in National Donor Bureaucracies	6
Can the Dragon Make the Lion Breathe Fire? The Links of Chinese Entrepreneurs in the Addis Ababa Economy	6
Implications of Cross-disciplinarity: Estimating the “Paper Drain” in Development Studies	6
Nourishing the Nexus: A Feminist Analysis of Gender, Nutrition and Agri-food Development Policies and Practices	6
Diversifying Away from Extractives: The Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese Capital and Industrialisation in the Kyrgyz Republic	5
Financing Constraints and Firm’s Productivity Under the COVID-19 Epidemic Shock: Evidence of A-Shared Chinese Companies	5
A Development Lens to Frugal Innovation: Bringing Back Production and Technological Capabilities into the Discourse	5
Colonial Legacies, Ethnicity and Fertility Decline in Kenya: What has Financial Inclusion Got to Do with It?	5
Evaluating the Contribution of Complex International Research-for-Development Programmes to the Sustainable Development Goals	5
University-Based Researchers as Knowledge Brokers for Climate Policies and Action	5
Laying the Foundations for Impact: Lessons from the GCRF Evaluation	5
COVID-19 Effects on Public Finance and SDG Priorities in Developing Countries: Comparative Evidence from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka	5
Fuelling Entrepreneurial Orientation in Enhancing Business Performance: Women Entrepreneurs’ Contribution to Family Livelihood in a Constrained Context, Bangladesh	5
Public Works Programmes and Cooperation for the Common Good: Evidence from Malawi	5
Effects of COVID-19 on Global Financial Markets: Evidence from Qualitative Research for Developed and Developing Economies	4
Climate Change, Malaria Prevalence and Cereal Yields in Sub-Saharan Africa	4
Correction to: Fiscal Policy, Multidimensional Poverty, and Equity in Uganda: A Child-Lens Analysis	4
The Impact of Agricultural Input Subsidy on Productivity: The Case of Ghana	4
Correction to: More than the Sum of Its Parts: Donor-Sponsored Cash-for-Work Programmes and Social Cohesion in Jordanian Communities Hosting Syrian Refugees	4

Using Outcome Trajectory Evaluation to Assess HarvestPlus’ Contribution to the Development of National Biofortification Breeding Programs	4
Financing the SDGs: How Bangladesh May Reshape Its Strategies in the Post-COVID Era?	4
Correction to: To Give or Not To Give? How Do Other Donors React to European Food Aid Allocation?	4
Duple Cacao-Chocolate and the Materiality of the Political Economy of Pleasure	4
Research-Practice-Collaborations Addressing One Health and Urban Transformation. A Case Study	4
Long-Term Effects of Childhood Exposure to War on Domestic Violence	4
Correction: Including Men in a Female Financial Model: An Analysis of Informal Grassroots Financial Associations	4
Assessing the Impact of Lending Through Kisan Credit Cards in Rural India: Evidence from Eastern India	4
Delving into the Determinants of Default Risk in Savings Groups: Empirical Evidence from Ecuador	4
‘Do Poor People’s Dreams Ever Come True?’ Educational Aspirations and Lived Realities in Urban Slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh	4
How Farm Household Spends Their Non-farm Incomes in Rural India? Evidence from Longitudinal Data	4
Effects of Mobile Money Education on Mobile Money Usage: Evidence from Ghana	4
How to Assess the Child Poverty and Distributional Impact of COVID-19 Using Household Budget Surveys: An Application Using Turkish Data	4
Decolonizing Development Studies: Rejecting or Repurposing the Master’s Tools?	4
Dismantling Development: Towards an Abolitionist Theory of Development	4
Generational Norms of Reporting Violence in Nyarugusu Refugees Camp	3
How are Research for Development Programmes Implementing and Evaluating Equitable Partnerships to Address Power Asymmetries?	3
Examination of Structural Shift in Food Consumption During the COVID-19 Pandemic in India	3
‘Mind the Gaps’: Exploring Regional and Gender Patterns in Threats to Ethiopian Adolescents’ Bodily Integrity	3
Two Cheers for Decentralisation: Unpacking Mechanisms, Politics and Accountability in the ICDS, Central India	3
Theorizing Postdevelopment	3
Citizens Committees and Local Elites: Elite Capture, Captured Elites, and Absent Elites in Health Facility Committees	3
Microcredit Impacts: Evidence from a Large-Scale Observational Study in Brazil	3
‘No One Should Be Terrified Like I Was!’ Exploring Drivers and Impacts of Child Marriage in Protracted Crises Among Palestinian and Syrian Refugees	3
A Typology of Young Cocoa Farmers: Attitudes, Motivations and Aspirations	3
An Ethnography of Endogenous Institutional Change in Community-Driven Development	3
An Ethnographic-Discourse Analysis of the Socio-political Effects of Interaction Between Cash Transfer Programme Authorities, Caregivers and Non-beneficiaries	3
Development Studies in the Mid-2020s: Reflecting on the Past, Looking to the Future	3
How COVID-19 Pandemic Worsens the Economic Situation of Women in South Africa	3
Fiscal Policy and Child Poverty in Belarus	3
Diaspora and Economic Development: A Systemic View	3
Integrating Environmental Justice into Child-Sensitive Social Protection: The Environmental Roots of Intergenerational Poverty in Amazonia	3
The Fear of Critical Race Methodologies	3
How Inclusive are the Local Economic Impacts of Social Protection in Uganda?	3
The Legitimacy of Sustainability Initiatives in Tanzania	3
Covid-19-induced Shocks, Access to Basic Needs and Coping Strategies	3
The Impact of Long-Term Finance on Job Quality, Investments and Firm Performance: Cross-Country Evidence	2
Temporary Migration and Savings Rates: Evidence from China	2
‘I Just Keep Quiet’: Addressing the Challenges of Married Rohingya Girls and Creating Opportunities for Change	2
The Historical Origins of Communal Violence in Africa: Common Pool Resources-Driven Trust and Its Contrasting Effects on Violence	2
‘I Wish Someone Would Ask Me Questions’: The Unheard Voices of Adolescents with Disabilities in Jordan	2
Why Formality Does Not Always Benefit Firms. Learning from Mozambique	2
Domestic Risk Factors, Violence and Marital Dissolution: Evidence from Demographic and Health Survey of India	2
Correction to: ‘Do Poor People’s Dreams Ever Come True?’ Educational Aspirations and Lived Realities in Urban Slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh	2
Correction to: Changing Patterns of Commercial Sex Work Amongst Adolescent Girls in Nepal: The Role of Technology	2
Why Target Communities Remain Subjects Rather than Partners of Development Agencies in Integrated Conservation and Development Projects in Latin America	2
Arab-German Trade and Institutions: The Effect of Good Governance on Arab Exports to Germany	2
A Demographic Case for a Global South Focus in Development Studies	2
One Step Away from 2030: An Assessment of the Progress of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the European Union	2
The Effect of Religious Constraints on Individual Labor Supply	2
Municípios in the Time of Covid-19 in Brazil: Socioeconomic Vulnerabilities, Transmission Factors and Public Policies	2
Navigating South Korea’s Development Studies: A Compressed Transformation	2
A Protocol for the Review of Examples of Transformational Change in the Energy and Public Health Sectors to Inform Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Interventions	2
Grower Power for Value Creation in High-Value Horticulture? The Case of Citrus in South Africa	2
Resilience Pathways of Informal Settlements in Nairobi: Stasis, Decline, Adaptation, and Transformation	2
No Development (Economics or Studies) Without Decolonisation	2
Changing Patterns of Commercial Sex Work Amongst Adolescent Girls in Nepal: The Role of Technology	2
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Assess Smallholder Farmers' Adoption of New Technologies in Development Interventions	2
Growth and Fiscal Effects of Insecurity on the Nigerian Economy	2
Does Evidence Matter? The Impact of Evidence Regarding Aid Effectiveness on Attitudes Towards Aid	2
Public Expenditure’s Role in Reducing Poverty and Improving Food and Nutrition Security: Cross-Country Evidence from SPEED Data	2
Reproductive Governance in a Fragile and Population-Dense Context: Family Planning Policies, Discourses, and Practices in Burundi	2
Do Perceptions of Rent-seeking Affect Farmers’ Attitude to Participating in Agricultural Input Support Programmes?	2
The Effect of Trauma Counseling Support and Social Protection on Enhancing Social Economic Resilience in Vulnerable Communities: A Natural Experiment in Northern Uganda	2
Entre abstraction et réalité dans la mise en œuvre du conseil agricole en Afrique subsaharienne: leçons apprises des expériences du département de l’Atlantique au Bénin	2
Multinationals, Capital Export, and the Inclusive Development Debate in Developing Countries: The Nigerian Insight	2
Towards a Development and Development Studies of Liberation	2
Correction to: On the Link Between Managerial Attributes and Firm Access to Formal Credit in Myanmar	2
Correction to: Chicken or Egg? A Bi-directional Analysis of Social Protection and Social Cohesion in Burundi and Haiti	2