| The World Bank and NGOs: The limits of apolitical development PJ Nelson St. Martin’s, New York, 1995 | 435* | 1995 |
| New rights advocacy: Changing strategies of development and human rights NGOs PJ Nelson, E Dorsey Georgetown University Press, 2008 | 236 | 2008 |
| At the nexus of human rights and development: new methods and strategies of global NGOs PJ Nelson, E Dorsey World Development 31 (12), 2013-2026, 2003 | 214 | 2003 |
| Human rights, the Millennium Development Goals, and the future of development cooperation PJ Nelson Globalization and Common Responsibilities of States, 437-451, 2017 | 185 | 2017 |
| Transparency mechanisms at the multilateral development banks PJ Nelson World Development 29 (11), 1835-1847, 2001 | 102 | 2001 |
| Whose civil society? Whose governance? Decisionmaking and practice in the new agenda at the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank P Nelson Global Governance 6 (4), 405-431, 2000 | 100 | 2000 |
| New rights advocacy in a global public domain P Nelson, E Dorsey European Journal of International Relations 13 (2), 187-216, 2007 | 92 | 2007 |
| Internationalising economic and environmental policy: Transnational NGO networks and the World Bank's expanding influence PJ Nelson Millennium 25 (3), 605-633, 1996 | 89 | 1996 |
| Heroism and ambiguity: NGO advocacy in international policy P Nelson Development in Practice 10 (3-4), 478-490, 2000 | 70 | 2000 |
| The varied and conditional integration of NGOs in the aid system: NGOs and the World Bank P Nelson Journal of International Development 18 (5), 701-713, 2006 | 68 | 2006 |
| Conflict, legitimacy, and effectiveness: Who speaks for whom in transnational NGO networks lobbying the World Bank? PJ Nelson Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 26 (4), 421-441, 1997 | 68 | 1997 |
| New agendas and new patterns of international NGO political action P Nelson Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations 13 …, 2002 | 67 | 2002 |
| Agendas, accountability, and legitimacy among transnational networks lobbying the World Bank PJ Nelson Sanjeev Khagram, James V. Riker, and Kathryn Sikkink, eds., Restructuring …, 2002 | 61 | 2002 |
| Deliberation, leverage or coercion? The World Bank, NGOs, and global environmental politics PJ Nelson Journal of Peace Research 34 (4), 467-470, 1997 | 53 | 1997 |
| Who practices rights-based development? A progress report on work at the nexus of human rights and development PJ Nelson, E Dorsey World Development 104, 97-107, 2018 | 45 | 2018 |
| Multilateral development banks, transparency and corporate clients:‘public–private partnerships’ and public access to information PJ Nelson Public Administration and Development 23 (3), 249-257, 2003 | 32 | 2003 |
| Falling short of our Goals: Transforming the millennium development goals into millennium development rights E Dorsey, M Gómez, B Thiele, P Nelson Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 28 (4), 516-522, 2010 | 26 | 2010 |
| Information, Location, and Legitimacy: The Changing Bases of Civil Society Involvement in International Economic Policy P Nelson Global citizen action, 59-72, 2014 | 24 | 2014 |
| Transparencia, fiscalización y participación: la implementación de los nuevos mandatos en el Banco Mundial y el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo PJ Nelson FLACSO, Sede Argentina, 1996 | 23* | 1996 |
| Global Development and Human Rights: The Sustainable Development Goals and Beyond P Nelson University of Toronto Press, 2021 | 17 | 2021 |
