| Botswana: A development-oriented gate-keeping state E Hillbom African Affairs 111 (442), 67-89, 2012 | 244 | 2012 |
| Diamonds or development? A structural assessment of Botswana's forty years of success E Hillbom The Journal of Modern African Studies 46 (2), 191-214, 2008 | 173 | 2008 |
| Endogenous processes of colonial settlement. the success and failure of european settler farming in sub-saharan africa E Frankema, E Green, E Hillbom Revista de Historia Economica-Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic …, 2016 | 47 | 2016 |
| Long‐term trends in economic inequality: lessons from colonial Botswana, 1921–74 J Bolt, E Hillbom The Economic History Review 69 (4), 1255-1284, 2016 | 44 | 2016 |
| Cattle, diamonds and institutions: main drivers of Botswana's economic development, 1850 to present E Hillbom Journal of International Development 26 (2), 155-176, 2014 | 43 | 2014 |
| “The family farms together, the decisions, however are made by the man”—Matrilineal land tenure systems, welfare and decision making in rural Malawi AA Djurfeldt, E Hillbom, WO Mulwafu, P Mvula, G Djurfeldt Land Use Policy 70, 601-610, 2018 | 38 | 2018 |
| To Have and to Hold: Continuity and change in property rights institutions governing water resources among the Meru of Tanzania and the BaKgatla in Botswana; 1925-2000 E Hillbom Lund Studies in Economic History 28, 2003 | 33 | 2003 |
| Farm intensification and milk market expansion in Meru, Tanzania E Hillbom African Studies Review 54 (1), 145-165, 2011 | 21 | 2011 |
| Botswana–A Modern Economic History: an African diamond in the rough E Hillbom, J Bolt Springer, 2018 | 20 | 2018 |
| Potential for diversification? The role of the formal sector in Bechuanaland Protectorate's economy, 1900-65 J Bolt, E Hillbom Economic History of Developing Regions 30 (2), 95-124, 2015 | 19 | 2015 |
| Slaves as capital investment in the Dutch Cape Colony, 1652–1795 E Hillbom, P Svensson Agricultural transformation in a global history perspective, 154-177, 2013 | 18 | 2013 |
| Moving forward in African economic history: Bridging the gap between methods and sources M Jerven, G Austin, E Green, C Ucke, E Frankema, J Fourie, JE Inikori, ... African Economic History Network, 2012 | 18 | 2012 |
| Agricultural development and the distribution of water resources in Kgatleng District, Botswana E Hillbom Development Southern Africa 27 (3), 413-427, 2010 | 18 | 2010 |
| Pro-poor agricultural growth–Inclusion or differentiation? Village level perspectives from Zambia AA Djurfeldt, E Hillbom Geoforum 75, 220-233, 2016 | 17 | 2016 |
| Agricultural Transformation in a Global History Perspective E Hillbom, P Svensson Routledge, 2013 | 17 | 2013 |
| Afrika-en kontinents ekonomiska och sociala historia E Hillbom, E Green SNS förlag, 2010 | 17 | 2010 |
| Botswana: Caught in a natural resource trap 1 E Hillbom Natural Resources and Economic Growth, 77-99, 2015 | 14 | 2015 |
| When water is from God: formation of property rights governing communal irrigation furrows in Meru, Tanzania, c. 1890–2011 E Hillbom Journal of Eastern African Studies 6 (3), 423-443, 2012 | 14 | 2012 |
| ‘The Family Farms Together, the Decisions, However Are Made by the Man’–Matrilineal Land Tenure Systems, Welfare and Decision Making in Rural Malawi A Andersson Djurfeldt, E Hillbom, WO Mulwafu, P Mvula, G Djurfeldt Land Use Policy 70, 601-610, 2018 | 13 | 2018 |
| Success and failure of European settler farming in colonial Africa E Frankema, E Green, E Hillbom African Economic History Working Paper Series, 2014 | 13 | 2014 |
