Kate Meagher

3.4k total citations
57 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Kate Meagher is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics and Urban Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Kate Meagher has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 20 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 8 papers in Urban Studies. Recurrent topics in Kate Meagher's work include Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (14 papers), Taxation and Compliance Studies (12 papers) and Urban and Rural Development Challenges (8 papers). Kate Meagher is often cited by papers focused on Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (14 papers), Taxation and Compliance Studies (12 papers) and Urban and Rural Development Challenges (8 papers). Kate Meagher collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Denmark. Kate Meagher's co-authors include Ilda Lindell, Tom De Herdt, Kristof Titeca, Maxim Bolt, Laura Mann, Abdul Raufu Mustapha, Larisa Florea, M. Mounir Bou‐Ali, Mustafa Tutar and Dermot Diamond and has published in prestigious journals such as Sensors and Actuators B Chemical, The Journal of Development Studies and The Journal of Peasant Studies.

In The Last Decade

Kate Meagher

54 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kate Meagher United Kingdom 23 896 601 380 289 211 57 1.9k
Barbara Harriss‐White United Kingdom 24 790 0.9× 489 0.8× 380 1.0× 121 0.4× 107 0.5× 108 1.7k
Thandika Mkandawire United Kingdom 18 730 0.8× 319 0.5× 521 1.4× 78 0.3× 153 0.7× 55 1.7k
Christina Malmberg Calvo 6 793 0.9× 545 0.9× 268 0.7× 159 0.6× 23 0.1× 11 1.9k
Pádraig Carmody Ireland 24 557 0.6× 251 0.4× 419 1.1× 140 0.5× 192 0.9× 86 1.7k
Sam Hickey United Kingdom 24 915 1.0× 301 0.5× 480 1.3× 129 0.4× 87 0.4× 72 2.0k
Jan Breman Netherlands 27 1.7k 1.9× 619 1.0× 624 1.6× 291 1.0× 325 1.5× 127 2.7k
Victoria Kwakwa 4 779 0.9× 519 0.9× 259 0.7× 148 0.5× 22 0.1× 8 1.8k
Gillian Hart United States 26 1.5k 1.7× 248 0.4× 819 2.2× 455 1.6× 336 1.6× 59 2.8k
Lourdes Benería United States 23 1.2k 1.3× 512 0.9× 529 1.4× 83 0.3× 63 0.3× 65 2.4k
Glyn Williams United Kingdom 21 1.1k 1.3× 244 0.4× 857 2.3× 365 1.3× 368 1.7× 111 2.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Meagher, Kate. (2025). Decolonizing Development Studies: Rejecting or Repurposing the Master’s Tools?. European Journal of Development Research. 37(2). 407–420.
2.
Meagher, Kate. (2019). Reflections of an Engaged Economist: An Interview with Thandika Mkandawire. Development and Change. 50(2). 511–541. 11 indexed citations
3.
Meagher, Kate. (2019). Working in Chains: African Informal Workers and Global Value Chains. Agrarian South Journal of Political Economy A triannual Journal of Agrarian South Network and CARES. 8(1-2). 64–92. 18 indexed citations
4.
Meagher, Kate, Laura Manna, & Maxim Bolt. (2016). Introduction: globalization, African workers and the terms of inclusion. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 1 indexed citations
5.
Meagher, Kate. (2014). Reforming the Unreformable: Lessons from Nigeria by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2012. Pp. 192. £17·95 (hbk). The Journal of Modern African Studies. 52(3). 511–512. 1 indexed citations
6.
Meagher, Kate. (2013). Taxing Times: Religious Conflict, Taxation and the Informal Economy in Northern Nigeria. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
7.
Meagher, Kate. (2013). Informality, Religious Conflict, and Governance in Northern Nigeria: Economic Inclusion in Divided Societies. African Studies Review. 56(3). 209–234. 15 indexed citations
8.
Meagher, Kate. (2010). Identity economics : social networks & the informal economy in Nigeria. 21 indexed citations
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Meagher, Kate. (2010). The Tangled Web of Associational Life: Urban Governance and the Politics of Popular Livelihoods in Nigeria. Urban Forum. 21(3). 299–313. 22 indexed citations
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Meagher, Kate, et al.. (2009). Legacies of Biafra: Violence, Identity and Citizenship in Nigeria. Africa Development: a Quarterly Journal of CODESRIA. 34(1). 1–82. 1 indexed citations
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Meagher, Kate. (2009). Trading on faith: religious movements and informal economic governance in Nigeria. The Journal of Modern African Studies. 47(3). 397–423. 36 indexed citations
12.
Meagher, Kate. (2008). Beyond the shadows: informal institutions and development in Africa - introduction. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 2 indexed citations
13.
Meagher, Kate. (2007). Hijacking civil society: the inside story of the Bakassi Boys vigilante group of south-eastern Nigeria. The Journal of Modern African Studies. 45(1). 89–115. 92 indexed citations
14.
Meagher, Kate. (2005). Social capital or analytical liability? Social networks and African informal economies. Global Networks. 5(3). 217–238. 101 indexed citations
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Meagher, Kate. (2003). A Back Door to Globalisation? Structural Adjustment, Globalisation & Transborder Trade in West Africa. Review of African Political Economy. 30(95). 74 indexed citations
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Meagher, Kate, et al.. (1999). Cross-border trade and the parallel currency market - trade and finance in the context of structural adjustment : a case study from Kano, Nigeria. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 29 indexed citations
17.
Meagher, Kate. (1997). Shifting the Imbalance. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 32(1-2). 81–92. 1 indexed citations
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Meagher, Kate. (1995). Parallel Trade and Powerless Places: Research Traditions and Local Realities in Rural Northern Nigeria. Africa Development: a Quarterly Journal of CODESRIA. 20(2). 5–19. 1 indexed citations
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Meagher, Kate. (1991). Limits to labour absorption : conceptual and historical background to adjustment in Nigeria's urban informal sector. 6 indexed citations
20.
Meagher, Kate. (1990). Institutionalising the bio‐revolution: Implications for Nigerian smallholders. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 18(1). 68–89. 7 indexed citations

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