| Land reform and human rights in contemporary Zimbabwe: Balancing individual and social justice through an integrated human rights framework A Hellum, B Derman World Development 32 (10), 1785-1805, 2004 | 116 | 2004 |
| Conflicts over land & water in Africa B Derman, R Odgaard, E Sjaastad (No Title), 2007 | 112 | 2007 |
| Environmental NGOs, dispossession, and the state: the ideology and praxis of African nature and development B Derman Human Ecology 23, 199-215, 1995 | 105 | 1995 |
| Serfs, Peasants, and Socialists: a former serf village in the Republic of Guinea W Derman University of California Press, 2021 | 101 | 2021 |
| The politics of IWRM in Southern Africa L Mehta, R Alba, A Bolding, K Denby, B Derman, T Hove, E Manzungu, ... Revisiting Integrated Water Resources Management, 168-182, 2017 | 99 | 2017 |
| Value of water: political ecology and water reform in Southern Africa B Derman, A Ferguson Human organization 62 (3), 277-288, 2003 | 92 | 2003 |
| Human rights, environment, and development: the dispossession of fishing communities on Lake Malawi B Derman, A Ferguson Human Ecology 23, 125-142, 1995 | 72 | 1995 |
| Strategic questions for strategic partners B Derman, E Sjaastad, E Lahiff Bohlin, A. et al, 306-324, 2010 | 65 | 2010 |
| Social impact analysis and development planning in the Third World W Derman, S Whiteford Routledge, 2019 | 59 | 2019 |
| Introduction to the special issue–flows and practices: The politics of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in southern Africa L Mehta, S Movik, A Bolding, B Derman, E Manzungu Water Alternatives Association, 2016 | 55 | 2016 |
| Neither tragedy nor enclosure: Are there inherent human rights in water management in Zimbabwe's communal lands? B Derman, A Hellum The European Journal of Development Research 14 (2), 31-50, 2002 | 54 | 2002 |
| Cultures of development and indigenous knowledge: The erosion of traditional boundaries B Derman Africa Today, 67-85, 2003 | 41 | 2003 |
| Livelihood rights perspective on water reform: Reflections on rural Zimbabwe B Derman, A Hellum Land Use Policy 24 (4), 664-673, 2007 | 40 | 2007 |
| After Zimbabwe’s fast track land reform: Preliminary observations on the near future of Zimbabwe’s efforts to resist globalization B Derman Colloque international, Les frontières de la question foncière, Montpellier, 2006 | 39 | 2006 |
| Intersections of human rights and customs: A livelihood perspective on water laws W Derman, A Hellum, P Sithole African water laws: Pplural legislative frameworks for rural water …, 2005 | 32 | 2005 |
| Changing land-use in the Eastern Zambezi valley: socio-economic considerations W Derman Centre for Applied Social Sciences, 1996 | 32 | 1996 |
| The new development rhetoric and Lake Malawi AE Ferguson, B Derman, RM Mkandawire Africa 63 (1), 1-18, 1993 | 31 | 1993 |
| Surges and ebbs: National politics and international influence in the formulation and implementation of IWRM in Zimbabwe E Manzungu, B Derman Water Alternatives 9 (3), 493, 2016 | 29 | 2016 |
| Intersections of law, human rights and water management in Zimbabwe: implications for rural livelihoods. B Derman, A Hellum, E Manzungu, P Sithole, R Machiridza Community-based water law and water resource management reform in developing …, 2007 | 29 | 2007 |
| Decentralization, devolution and development: Reflections on the water reform process in Zimbabwe B Derman, A Ferguson, F Gonese Report to BASIS CRSP, Madison, WI, 2000 | 29 | 2000 |
