| Does foreign aid really work? RC Riddell oup oxford, 2008 | 2089 | 2008 |
| Foreign aid reconsidered. RC Riddell | 679 | 1987 |
| Non—Governmental Organizations and Rural Poverty Alleviation RC Riddell, M Robinson, JD Coninck, A Muir, S White Oxford University Press, 1995 | 376 | 1995 |
| Manufacturing Africa: performance & prospects of seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa R Riddell, PE Coughlin (No Title), 1990 | 182 | 1990 |
| Conditionality or contract: perspectives on partnership for development S Maxwell, R Riddell Journal of International Development: The Journal of the Development Studies …, 1998 | 170 | 1998 |
| Heavy hands, hidden hands, holding hands? Donors, intermediary NGOs and civil society organisations A Bebbington, R Riddell NGOs, states and donors: Too close for comfort, 107-127, 1997 | 161 | 1997 |
| The end of foreign aid to Africa? Concerns about donor policies RC Riddell African Affairs 98 (392), 309-335, 1999 | 112 | 1999 |
| The direct funding of southern NGOs by donors: NEW agendas and old problems. A Bebbington, R Riddell | 96 | 1995 |
| The impact of NGO poverty alleviation projects: results of the case study evaluations. RC Riddell, MA Robinson | 87 | 1992 |
| Foreign direct investment in sub-Saharan Africa L Cockcroft, R Riddell World Bank Publications, 1991 | 74 | 1991 |
| Does foreign aid really work? An updated assessment RC Riddell An Updated Assessment (March 1, 2014). Development Policy Centre Discussion …, 2014 | 73 | 2014 |
| The land problem in Rhodesia; alternatives for the future RC Riddell | 72 | 1978 |
| Promoting development by proxy: the development impact of government support to Swedish NGOs. RC Riddell, AC Bebbington, L Peck | 70 | 1995 |
| Aid in the 21st Century R Riddell | 59 | 1996 |
| Judging success. Evaluating NGO approaches to alleviating poverty in developing countries. R Riddell | 57 | 1990 |
| Evaluating NGO development interventions RC Riddell International Perspectives on Voluntary Action, 222-241, 2013 | 55 | 2013 |
| Education for employment. R Riddell | 53 | 1980 |
| From Rhodesia to Zimbabwe. 7. The struggle for health. J Gilmurray, R Riddell, D Sanders | 51 | 1979 |
| From Rhodesia to Zimbabwe. 2. The land question. R Riddell | 50 | 1978 |
| Zimbabwe's land problem: the central issue R Riddell From Rhodesia to Zimbabwe, 1-13, 2013 | 46 | 2013 |
