| Political conditionality and foreign aid N Molenaers, S Dellepiane, J Faust World Development 75, 2-12, 2015 | 188 | 2015 |
| The great divide? Donor perceptions of budget support, eligibility and policy dialogue N Molenaers Third World Quarterly 33 (5), 791-806, 2012 | 77 | 2012 |
| What determines the suspension of budget support? N Molenaers, A Gagiano, L Smets, S Dellepiane World development 75, 62-73, 2015 | 66 | 2015 |
| From the theory of aid effectiveness to the practice: the European Commission's governance incentive tranche N Molenaers, L Nijs Development Policy Review 27 (5), 561-580, 2009 | 59 | 2009 |
| The World Bank, participation and PRSP: the Bolivian case revisited N Molenaers, R Renard The European journal of development research 15 (2), 133-161, 2003 | 57 | 2003 |
| Associations or informal networks? Social capital and local development practices N Molenaers Generating social capital: Civil society and institutions in comparative …, 2003 | 51 | 2003 |
| Responsibility, capacity, greenness or vulnerability? What explains the levels of climate aid provided by bilateral donors? C Klöck, N Molenaers, F Weiler Environmental Politics 27 (5), 892-916, 2018 | 46 | 2018 |
| Determinants of the flow of bilateral adaptation-related climate change financing to Sub-Saharan African countries J Robertsen, N Francken, N Molenaers Available at SSRN 2697497, 2015 | 43 | 2015 |
| Political ideology, quality at entry and the success of economic reform programs L Smets, S Knack, N Molenaers The Review of International Organizations 8 (4), 447-476, 2013 | 39 | 2013 |
| Why the European commission fails to adhere to the principles of good donorship: The case of the governance incentive tranche N Molenaers, L Nijs The European Journal of Development Research 23 (3), 409-425, 2011 | 37 | 2011 |
| Beyond the short versus long accountability route dichotomy: Using multi-track accountability pathways to study performance of rural water services in Uganda S Dewachter, N Holvoet, M Kuppens, N Molenaers World Development 102, 158-169, 2018 | 35 | 2018 |
| Budget support and policy/political dialogue: Donor practices in handling (political) crises N Molenaers, L Cepinskas, B Jacobs IOB, University of Antwerp, 2010 | 34 | 2010 |
| The rise and demise of European budget support: political economy of collective European Union donor action S Koch, S Leiderer, J Faust, N Molenaers Development Policy Review 35 (4), 455-473, 2017 | 27 | 2017 |
| Moving into the new aid approach, dilemmas for NGOs: the Belgian case N Molenaers, S Dewachter, S Dellepiane Public Administration and Development 31 (3), 188-204, 2011 | 25 | 2011 |
| Strengthening Civil Society from the Outside?: Donor-driven Consultation and Participation Processes in Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSP): the Bolivian Case N Molenaers, R Renard Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Antwerp, 2002 | 24 | 2002 |
| Evaluating NGO-capacity development interventions: Enhancing frameworks, fitting the (Belgian) context H Huyse, N Molenaers, G Phlix, J Bossuyt, B Fonteneau Evaluation 18 (1), 129-150, 2012 | 23 | 2012 |
| The cultural conditions for democracy and their implications for transitional societies N Molenaers, M Thompson Cultural theory as political science, 186-205, 2003 | 23 | 2003 |
| Civil society participation in Rwanda's poverty reduction strategy R Renard, N Molenaers | 23 | 2003 |
| 11 the trouble with participation: assessing the new aid paradigm N Molenaers, R Renard Doing good or doing better, 255, 2009 | 21 | 2009 |
| The Europeanisation of budget support: do government capacity and autonomy matter? S Koch, N Molenaers The Europeanisation of Development Policy, 90-104, 2017 | 20 | 2017 |