| Putting people first. Sociological variables in rural development. MM Cernea | 1878 | 1985 |
| The risks and reconstruction model for resettling displaced populations M Cernea World development 25 (10), 1569-1587, 1997 | 1218 | 1997 |
| The management of common property natural resources: Some conceptual and operational fallacies DW Bromley, MM Cernea World Bank Publications, 1989 | 1196* | 1989 |
| Risks, safeguards and reconstruction: A model for population displacement and resettlement MM Cernea Economic and Political Weekly, 3659-3678, 2000 | 1057 | 2000 |
| Poverty risks and national parks: Policy issues in conservation and resettlement MM Cernea, K Schmidt-Soltau World development 34 (10), 1808-1830, 2006 | 626 | 2006 |
| Risks and reconstruction: Experiences of resettlers and refugees MM Cernea, C McDowell The World Bank, 2000 | 600 | 2000 |
| Nongovernmental organizations and local development. MM Cernea | 483 | 1989 |
| Involuntary resettlement in development projects: Policy guidelines in World Bank-financed projects MM Cernea World Bank Publications, 1988 | 435 | 1988 |
| For a new economics of resettlement: a sociological critique of the compensation principle MM Cernea International social science journal 55 (175), 37-45, 2003 | 380 | 2003 |
| Preparing for resettlement associated with climate change A De Sherbinin, M Castro, F Gemenne, MM Cernea, S Adamo, ... Science 334 (6055), 456-457, 2011 | 371 | 2011 |
| The economics of involuntary resettlement: Questions and challenges MM Cernea World Bank Publications, 1999 | 344 | 1999 |
| Making development sustainable: from concepts to action I Serageldin, AD Steer, MM Cernea World Bank Publications, 1994 | 341 | 1994 |
| Farmer organizations and institution building for sustainable development. MM Cernea | 240 | 1987 |
| Understanding and preventing impoverishment from displacement: Reflections on the state of knowledge MM Cernea Journal of refugee studies 8 (3), 245-264, 1995 | 236 | 1995 |
| Compensation and benefit sharing: Why resettlement policies and practices must be reformed MM Cernea Water Science and Engineering 1 (1), 89-120, 2008 | 224 | 2008 |
| Impoverishment risks, risk management, and reconstruction: A model of population displacement and resettlement M Cernea UN Symposium on hydropower and sustainable development 27, 2004 | 221 | 2004 |
| Can compensation prevent impoverishment?: Reforming resettlement through investments MM Cernea, HM Mathur Oxford University Press, 2007 | 219 | 2007 |
| Why economic analysis is essential to resettlement: A sociologist's view MM Cernea Economic and Political Weekly, 2149-2158, 1999 | 215 | 1999 |
| The sociologist's approach to sustainable development MM Cernea Finance and development 30 (4), 11-13, 1993 | 196 | 1993 |
| Anthropological approaches to resettlement: Policy, practice, and theory MM Cernea Routledge, 2019 | 188 | 2019 |
