| Reaching the peasant farmer: organization theory and practice in Kenya. DK Leonard | 358 | 1977 |
| African successes: Four public managers of Kenyan rural development DK Leonard Univ of California Press, 1991 | 310 | 1991 |
| Africa's stalled development: international causes and cures DK Leonard, S Straus Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003 | 298 | 2003 |
| The political realities of African management DK Leonard World Development 15 (7), 899-910, 1987 | 223 | 1987 |
| Gender bias and the college predictions of the SATs: A cry of despair DK Leonard, J Jiang Research in Higher education 40 (4), 375-407, 1999 | 171 | 1999 |
| Institutions of rural development for the poor: decentralization and organizational linkages. DK Leonard, DR Marshall | 151 | 1982 |
| Africa's Changing Markets for Health and Veterinary Services: the new institutional issues DK Leonard | 103 | 2000 |
| Structural reform of the veterinary profession in Africa and the New Institutional Economics DK Leonard Development and Change 24 (2), 227-267, 1993 | 102 | 1993 |
| What does the Somali experience teach us about the social contract and the state? DK Leonard, MS Samantar Development and Change 42 (2), 559-584, 2011 | 94 | 2011 |
| Institutional solutions to the asymmetric information problem in health and development services for the poor DK Leonard, G Bloom, K Hanson, J O’Farrell, N Spicer World Development 48, 71-87, 2013 | 77 | 2013 |
| Analyzing the organizational requirements for serving the rural poor DK Leonard Comparative Public Administration, 393-425, 2006 | 77 | 2006 |
| Where are'pockets' of Effective Agencies Likely in Weak Governance States and Why?: A Propositional Inventory DK Leonard Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, 2008 | 68 | 2008 |
| Does reliance on tax revenue build state capacity in sub-Saharan Africa? W Prichard, DK Leonard International Review of Administrative Sciences 76 (4), 653-675, 2010 | 62 | 2010 |
| The new institutional economics and the restructuring of animal health services in Africa. DK Leonard Africa's changing markets for health and veterinary services: the new …, 2000 | 51 | 2000 |
| The new institutional economics of privatising veterinary services in Africa DK Leonard, L Koma, C Ly, PSA Woods Revue Scientifique et Technique-Office international des épizooties 18, 544-561, 1999 | 50 | 1999 |
| The political economy of the development and transfer of agricultural technologies H Sims, D Leonard Making the link, 43-73, 2019 | 47 | 2019 |
| Institutions of rural development for the poor D Leonard IIS, 1982 | 46 | 1982 |
| The supply of veterinary services: Kenyan lessons DK Leonard Agricultural Administration and Extension 26 (4), 219-236, 1987 | 45 | 1987 |
| Does patronage still drive politics for the rural poor in the developing world? A comparative perspective from the livestock sector DK Leonard, JN Brass, M Nelson, S Ear, D Fahey, T Fairfield, MJ Gning, ... Development and Change 41 (3), 475-494, 2010 | 43 | 2010 |
| African practice and the theory of user fees DK Leonard Agricultural Administration 18 (3), 137-157, 1985 | 36 | 1985 |
