| Season of hope: Economic reform under Mandela and Mbeki A Hirsch IDRC, 2005 | 437 | 2005 |
| South Africa: When strong institutions and massive inequalities collide B Levy, A Hirsch, V Naidoo, M Nxele Carnegie endowment for international peace, 2021 | 125 | 2021 |
| Policy coordination and growth traps in a middle-income country setting H Bhorat, A Cassim, A Hirsch The Practice of Industrial Policy 211, 2014 | 64 | 2014 |
| Economic policy in South Africa: past, present, and future H Bhorat, A Hirsch, SMR Kanbur, M Ncube Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town, 2014 | 64 | 2014 |
| The oxford companion to the economics of South Africa H Bhorat, A Hirsch, R Kanbur, M Ncube OUP Oxford, 2014 | 63 | 2014 |
| Season of hope A Hirsch Co-produced by University of KwaZulu-Natal Press: Scottsville and …, 2005 | 53 | 2005 |
| The African Union’s Free Movement of Persons Protocol: Why has it faltered and how can its objectives be achieved? A Hirsch South African Journal of International Affairs 28 (4), 497-517, 2021 | 35 | 2021 |
| Post-colonial African economic development in historical perspective A Hirsch, C Lopes Africa Development/Afrique et Développement 45 (1), 31-46, 2020 | 30 | 2020 |
| South Africa’s evolving political settlement in comparative perspective B Levy, A Hirsch, I Woolard | 29 | 2014 |
| Governance and Inequality: Benchmarking and Interpreting South Africa's Evolving Political Settlement B Levy, A Hirsch, I Woolard Effective States and Inclusive Development Working Paper Series, 2015 | 25 | 2015 |
| The Ciskei: the political economy of control P Green, A Hirsch South African Labour Bulletin 7 (4-5), 65-85, 1981 | 19 | 1981 |
| The impact of resettlement in the Ciskei: Three case studies P Green, A Hirsch Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 1983 | 18 | 1983 |
| Season of Hope: economic reform under Mbeki and Mandela A Hirsch Ottawa: International Development Research Centre, 2005 | 17 | 2005 |
| Investment incentives and distorted development: Industrial decentralization in the Cskei A Hirsch Geoforum 17 (2), 187-200, 1986 | 17 | 1986 |
| Elaborate scaffolding, weak foundations: Business–government relations and economic reform in democratic South Africa A Hirsch, B Levy ESID Working Paper, 2018 | 16 | 2018 |
| From the GATT to the WTO: the global trade regime and its implications for South Africa A Hirsch South Africa in the Global Economy. Johannesburg: The South African …, 1995 | 15 | 1995 |
| Strategic consideration of the African Union Free Movement of Persons Protocol and other initiatives towards the freer movement of people in Africa A Hirsch South African Institute of International Affairs, 2021 | 14 | 2021 |
| Bantustan industrialization with specific reference to the Ciskei, 1973-1981 A Hirsch | 14 | 1984 |
| Trading up: towards a trade policy for industrial growth in South Africa A Hirsch Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town, 1993 | 13 | 1993 |
| The industrialisation of Dimbaza: population relocation and industrial decentralisation in a Bantustan A Hirsch Regional restructuring under apartheid: Urban and regional policies in …, 1987 | 13 | 1987 |