| Selling wealth to buy poverty: the process of the individualization of landownership among the Maasai pastoralists of Kajiado district, Kenya, 1890-1990 MMEM Rutten Saarbrücken [etc.]: Breitenbach, 1992 | 380 | 1992 |
| Impacts of large-scale farming on local communities’ food security and income levels–Empirical evidence from Oromia Region, Ethiopia M Shete, M Rutten Land use policy 47, 282-292, 2015 | 141 | 2015 |
| Weapons of mass destruction: Land, ethnicity and the 2007 elections in Kenya M Rutten, S Owuor Kenya's Uncertain Democracy, 46-65, 2013 | 100 | 2013 |
| Out for the Count: The 1997 general elections and prospects for democracy in Kenya M Rutten, A Mazrui, F Grignon The1997 General Elections and Prospects for Democracy in Kenya. Kampala …, 2001 | 88* | 2001 |
| Parks beyond parks: genuine community-based wildlife eco-tourism or just another loss of land for Maasai pastoralists in Kenya? M Rutten | 82 | 2002 |
| Land-use changes by large-scale plantations and their effects on soil organic carbon, micronutrients and bulk density: empirical evidence from Ethiopia M Shete, M Rutten, GC Schoneveld, E Zewude Agriculture and human values 33, 689-704, 2016 | 54 | 2016 |
| Land reform in Africa: lessons from Kenya M Rutten The Diversity of Development: Essays in Honour of Jan Kleinpenning; Naerssen …, 1997 | 44 | 1997 |
| Partnerships in community-based ecotourism projects: experiences from the Maasai Region, Kenya: volume 1 M Rutten African Studies Centre, 2004 | 31 | 2004 |
| 5 Mobile cash for nomadic livestock keepers: The impact of the mobile phone innovation (M-Pesa) on Maasai pastoralists in Kenya M Rutten, M Mwangi Transforming innovations in Africa, 79-101, 2012 | 29 | 2012 |
| International migration and national development in sub-Saharan Africa. Viewpoints and policy initiatives in the countries of origin. Final report EB Zoomers, AL van Naerssen Den Haag: Buitenlandse zaken, 2006 | 26 | 2006 |
| Why De Soto’s ideas might triumph everywhere but in Kenya: a review of land-tenure policies among Maasai pastoralists M Rutten Inside poverty and development in africa, 83-118, 2008 | 21 | 2008 |
| The Kenyan media in the 1997 general elections: A look at the watchdogs J Kadhi, M Rutten Out for the count: the, 242-273, 1997 | 21 | 1997 |
| The district focus policy for rural development in Kenya: The decentralization of planning and Implementation, 1983-9 MMEM Rutten D. Simon (ed) Third World Regional Development - A Reappraisal, 154-171, 1990 | 18 | 1990 |
| Selling wealth to buy poverty: the process of the individualization of landownership among the Maasai pastoralists of Kajiado district M Rutten Kenya 1990, 1992, 1890 | 18 | 1890 |
| Inside poverty and development in Africa: Critical reflections on pro-poor policies M Rutten, A Leliveld, D Foeken Brill, 2008 | 17 | 2008 |
| The tragedy of individualizing the Commons: The outcome of subdividing the Maasai pastoralist group ranches in Kajiado District, Kenya M Rutten Fifth Common Property Conference: Reinventing the Commons. May, 24-28, 1995 | 16 | 1995 |
| How natural is natural? Seeking conceptual clarity over natural resources and conflicts M Rutten, M Mwangi Conflicts over Natural Resources in the Global South–Conceptual Approaches, 51, 2014 | 15 | 2014 |
| Shallow wells: A sustainable and inexpensive alternative to boreholes in Kenya M Rutten African Studies Centre, 2005 | 15 | 2005 |
| Election day and the results C Hornsby, M Rutten, A Mazrui, F Grignon Out for the Count: The, 1997 | 15 | 1997 |
| Impact of large scale agricultural investment on income and food security in Oromiya region, Ethiopia M Shete, M Rutten Presentation at the Annual World Bank Conference On Land And Poverty, April …, 2013 | 13 | 2013 |
