OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of European Journal of Development Research 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Fuelling Entrepreneurial Orientation in Enhancing Business Performance: Women Entrepreneurs’ Contribution to Family Livelihood in a Constrained Context, Bangladesh	88
Microcredit Impacts: Evidence from a Large-Scale Observational Study in Brazil	42
The Belt and Road Initiative and Dynamics of Structural Transformation	35
Cost–Benefit Analysis (CBA) or the Highway? An Alternative Road to Investigating the Value for Money of International Development Research	27
Research–Practice–Collaborations in Engineering	26
The Development of Green Bond in Developing Countries: Insights from Southeast Asia Market Participants	24
Defining and Measuring Human Development: A Genealogical Analysis of the UNDP’s Human Development Reports	21
Covid-19-induced Shocks, Access to Basic Needs and Coping Strategies	21
Determinants of Exports in a Small and Vulnerable Economy: Fiji Islands—A Disaggregated Analysis	21
The Impact of China–Africa Trade on the Productivity of African Firms: Evidence from Ghana	20
Why is Labor in the SSA LDCs Moving from One Low Productivity Sector to Another?	20
Implications of Cross-disciplinarity: Estimating the “Paper Drain” in Development Studies	19
Financing Constraints and Firm’s Productivity Under the COVID-19 Epidemic Shock: Evidence of A-Shared Chinese Companies	19
Can the Dragon Make the Lion Breathe Fire? The Links of Chinese Entrepreneurs in the Addis Ababa Economy	18
Correction: The Spending Challenge for Reaching the SDGs in Sub-Saharan Africa	18
The Impact of the Disability Allowance on Financial Well-Being in the Maldives: Quasi-experimental Study	17
The Challenge of Productivity-Based Development: Innovation Gaps and Economic Structure in Latin America	17
Improving Women’s Position in the Household: Evidence from a Maternity Cash Transfer Programme in India	16
Educational Segregation and Household Occupation: Role of School Education in Reproduction of Social Hierarchy in India	16
Inclusive, Cross-Sectoral and Evidence-Based Decision-Making for Resilience Planning and Decision-Making in a Devolved Context	15
Social Ties Development as Competitive Strategies in Vegetables Marketing: Evidence from Small-Scale Farmers in Benin	15
Generational Norms of Reporting Violence in Nyarugusu Refugees Camp	14
Citizens Committees and Local Elites: Elite Capture, Captured Elites, and Absent Elites in Health Facility Committees	14
The Role of Land Inheritance in Youth Migration and Employment Choices: Evidence from Rural Nigeria	12
Agriculture-Nutrition Linkages, Cooking-Time, Intrahousehold Equality Among Women and Children: Evidence from Tajikistan	12

Fostering Innovation Activities with the Support of a Development Bank: Evidence from Brazil 2003–2011	12
Insights into smallholder capacity for agricultural commercialisation: Evidence from four African contexts	12
Political Patronage and Economic Opportunity: Vertical Integration in Egyptian Textiles and Clothing	11
‘I Dream of Going Home’: Gendered Experiences of Adolescent Syrian Refugees in Jordan’s Azraq Camp	11
Gender Inclusivity of India’s Digital Financial Revolution for Attainment of SDGs: Macro Achievements and the Micro Experiences of Targeted Initiatives	11
Fiscal Policy and Child Poverty in Belarus	11
Correction to: ‘I Just Keep Quiet’: Addressing the Challenges of Married Rohingya Girls and Creating Opportunities for Change	10
Chinese State Capital as a Partner for Resource-Based Structural Transformation? The Belt and Road Initiative and Downstream Linkages in Bolivia and Kazakhstan	10
Trade Agreements, Technical Regulations, and Standards: Competitiveness Implications for Kenyan Exporters to European Union	10
Social Safety Nets and Food Insecurity in MENA in the Time of COVID-19	10
Social Enterprise Under Moral Hazard: Who Gets State Subsidies and Active Financing?	10
Is the Study of Development Humiliating or Emancipatory? The Case Against Universalising ‘Development’	10
Impact of Irrigation on Food and Nutrition Security Among Rice Farmers in Benin	10
Unity in Diversity? Reflections on Development Studies in the Mid-2020s	9
Correction to: Malawi at the Crossroads: Does the Fear of Contracting COVID-19 Affect the Propensity to Vote?	9
What Drives Africa’s Inability to Comply with EU Standards? Insights from Africa’s Institution and Trade Facilitation Measures	9
Correction to: The Dynamics and Role of Gender in High-Value Avocado Farming in Kenya	9
Plural Futures of/for Development? The Case for Global and International Development, and Against All Inequalities Everywhere	9
Technology Transfer on the Belt and Road: Pathways for Structural Transformation in Ethiopia’s Standard Gauge Railways	9
Correction to: ‘I Dream of Going Home’: Gendered Experiences of Adolescent Syrian Refugees in Jordan’s Azraq Camp	9
Correction: Gender and Disability: The Experiences of Microaggressions Against Women with Disabilities in the Philippines	9
A Demographic Case for a Global South Focus in Development Studies	8
Correction to: Chicken or Egg? A Bi-directional Analysis of Social Protection and Social Cohesion in Burundi and Haiti	8
What Enables Financial Resilience: Insights from a Participatory Research and Design Process with VSLA Members in Nigeria	8
Investigating Financial Development and Its Direct and Indirect Environmental Effects in South Africa: Fresh Policy Insights	8
Repensando el desarrollo: Hacia una justicia cognitiva en la generación del conocimiento	8
Exploring the Relationship Between Maternal Occupation and Under-Five Mortality: Empirical Evidence from 26 Developing Countries	8
How Does Firm ESG Performance Impact Financial Constraints? An Experimental Exploration of the COVID-19 Pandemic	8
Thanks to Reviewers	8
Amendment of the Hindu Succession Act and Women’s Human Capital in India: Evidence from the National Family Health Survey	8
Centring Race: Unpacking Informality Through the Lens of Black Tax	7
No Development (Economics or Studies) Without Decolonisation	7
Influencing Aid Policy: Perceptions of How Member States Shape EU Development Cooperation	7
Financial Inclusion and Household Welfare: An Entropy-Based Consumption Diversification Approach	7
Delving into the Determinants of Default Risk in Savings Groups: Empirical Evidence from Ecuador	7
Thanks to Reviewers	7
COVID-19 Effects on Public Finance and SDG Priorities in Developing Countries: Comparative Evidence from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka	6
Colonial Legacies, Ethnicity and Fertility Decline in Kenya: What has Financial Inclusion Got to Do with It?	6
Arab-German Trade and Institutions: The Effect of Good Governance on Arab Exports to Germany	6
The Poverty Reduction Effect of Social Protection: The Pros and Cons of a Multidisciplinary Approach	5
Why Target Communities Remain Subjects Rather than Partners of Development Agencies in Integrated Conservation and Development Projects in Latin America	5
Role of Education, Age, and Family Size on Food Insecurity in Pakistan: A Quantile Regression Analysis	5
University-Based Researchers as Knowledge Brokers for Climate Policies and Action	5
Domestic Risk Factors, Violence and Marital Dissolution: Evidence from Demographic and Health Survey of India	5
Cocoa: Origin Differentials and the Living Income Differential	5
Laying the Foundations for Impact: Lessons from the GCRF Evaluation	5
Public Works Programmes and Cooperation for the Common Good: Evidence from Malawi	5
Production of Indigenous Food Crops: Implications for Children’s Nutritional Status of Farm Households in Northern Ghana	5
Impact of Credit Constraints on Financial Performance of Small and Medium Size Enterprises	5
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Assess Smallholder Farmers' Adoption of New Technologies in Development Interventions	5

The Politics of Who Gets What and Why: Learning from the Targeting of Social Cash Transfers in Zambia	5
Climate Change, Malaria Prevalence and Cereal Yields in Sub-Saharan Africa	5