OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of African Economies is 3. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Fiscal Responses to Foreign Aid: Does the Permanence of Aid Matter?	32
Choice of the Type of School and Outcomes for Youth in the Labour Market in Togo	22
Child Labour and the Arrival of Refugees: Evidence from Tanzania	12
Measuring Trade Cost Reductions Through a New Bridge in Mozambique: Who Benefits From Transport Infrastructure?	11
Preface: African Economies: Recovery from Multiple Shocks	10
Growing with Debt in African Economies: Options, Challenges and Pitfalls	10
Community Participation and the Quality of Rural Infrastructure in Ethiopia	9
Supporting Micro-enterprise in Humanitarian Programming: Impact Evaluation of Business Grants versus Unconditional Cash Transfer	9
Poverty, Inequality and Social Protection Programs in Africa: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic	8
Informality and Inequality: The African Case	8
Preface	8
The Labour Market Impact of COVID-19 Lockdowns: Evidence from Ghana	7
Challenges in Changing Social Norms: Evidence from Interventions Targeting Child Marriage in Ethiopia	7
Preface	7
The Imperium of the Colonial Tongue? Evidence on Language Policy Preferences in Zambia	7
Debt Distress and Climate-Resilient Development in Sub-Saharan Africa	7
Impacts of Large School Grants and Admissions Algorithms on Student Achievement and Admissions Diversity: Evidence from High-Performing Kenyan Secondary Schools	6
COVID-19 Pandemic, Poverty and Health Outcomes in South Africa: Do Social Protection Programmes Protect?	6
What Explains the Firm Size Distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa and Why Does It Matter?	5
COVID-19 and Changes in Intentions to Migrate from The Gambia	5
Moral Hazard Incentives under Formal Insurance and Informal Insurance: Evidence from a Framed Field Experiment	5
Internal Conflicts and the Moderating Role of Property Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for Property Taxation	5
Response to ‘Polarization and Poverty Reduction in Africa: The Devil Is in the Choice of Equivalence Relation’	4
Tying One’s Hand: The Effect of Fiscal Rules on the Political Business Cycle in Africa	4
Cash Transfers, Negative Rainfall Shocks and Child Welfare in Ethiopia	4

Revisiting Poverty Trends and the Role of Social Protection Systems in Africa during the COVID-19 Pandemic	4
Cash Transfers and Social Capital: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Malawi	3
Africa’s Development Debts	3
Labour Mobility and Innovation in Africa	3
Does Linkages with MNEs Improve Firms’ Technological Upgrading in Africa?	3
A New Conceptual Framework for African Sovereign Debt: Finding an Optimal Outcome that Addresses Five Challenges	3
Increasing Tax Collection in African Countries: The Role of Information Technology	3
A Crossed Analysis of Participations in Labor and Grain Markets: Evidence from Malawi	3
Bombs and Babies: Exposure to Terrorism and Fertility Choices in Nigeria	3
Weather Shocks in The Gambia: Macroeconomic Effects and Households Vulnerability	3