| Putting the ‘rights‐based approach’to development into perspective A Cornwall, C Nyamu‐Musembi Third world quarterly 25 (8), 1415-1437, 2004 | 667 | 2004 |
| De Soto and land relations in rural Africa: breathing life into dead theories about property rights CN Musembi Market-Led Agrarian Reform, 41-62, 2013 | 335* | 2013 |
| What is the" rights-based approach" all about?: perspectives from international development agencies C Nyamu-Musembi, A Cornwall the Institute of Development Studies and partner organisations, 2004 | 288 | 2004 |
| Towards an actor-oriented perspective on human rights C Nyamu-Musembi Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, 2002 | 191 | 2002 |
| Are local norms and practices fences or pathways? The example of women’s property rights C Nyamu-Musembi Cultural transformation and human rights in Africa, 126-50, 2002 | 85 | 2002 |
| Why rights, why now? Reflections on the rise of rights in international development discourse A Cornwall, C Nyamu‐Musembi IDS bulletin 36 (1), 9-18, 2005 | 74 | 2005 |
| Mobilizing for democracy: citizen action and the politics of public participation L Thompson, N Kabeer, A Favareto, DC Nyamu-Musembi, D Okello, ... Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010 | 68 | 2010 |
| Corruption, accountability and gender: Understanding the connections N Hossain, CN Musembi, J Hughes, J Stern United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Development …, 2010 | 56 | 2010 |
| Voice and women's empowerment: Mapping a research agenda AM Goetz, C Nyamu the Institute of Development Studies and partner organisations, 2008 | 56 | 2008 |
| An actor-oriented approach to rights in development C Nyamu-Musembi IDS bulletin 36 (1), 41-51, 2005 | 56 | 2005 |
| Review of Experience in Engaging with “Non-State” Justice Systems in East Africa C Nyamu-Musembi Department for International Development (DfID), UK. Available online at …, 2003 | 52 | 2003 |
| Ruling out gender equality? The post-Cold War rule of law agenda in Sub-Saharan Africa C Nyamu-Musembi Third world quarterly 27 (7), 1193-1207, 2006 | 46 | 2006 |
| Kenyan civil society perspectives on rights, rights-based approaches to development, and participation S Musyoki, C Nyamu-Musembi the Institute of Development Studies and partner organisations, 2004 | 43 | 2004 |
| Ours by right P Kameri-Mbote, C Odote, C Musembi, W Kamande Strathmore University Press, 2013 | 38 | 2013 |
| What is the “Rights-based approach” all about? Perspectives from International Development Agencies? A Cornwall, C Nyamu-Musembi Third World Quarterly 25 (8), 1415-1437, 2004 | 37 | 2004 |
| Addressing formal and substantive citizenship: gender justice in sub-Saharan Africa C Nyamu-Musembi Gender justice, citizenship and development, 171-232, 2007 | 35 | 2007 |
| Mobility, marginality and tenure transformation in Kenya: Explorations of community property rights in law and practice CN Musembi, P Kameri-Mbote Nomadic Peoples 17 (1), 5-32, 2013 | 31 | 2013 |
| 8. Rights Talk and Rights Practice: Challenges for Southern Africa S Team IDS Bulletin 34 (3), 97-111, 2003 | 29 | 2003 |
| For or against gender equality? Evaluating the post-cold war'Rule of Law'reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa C Nyamu-Musembi UNRISD Occasional Paper, 2005 | 26 | 2005 |
| Pulling Apart? Treatment of Pluralism in CEDAW and Maputo Protocol CN Musembi | 25 | 2013 |
