| To the hands of the poor: water and trees. R Chambers, NC Saxena, T Shah | 568 | 1989 |
| The saga of participatory forest management in India NC Saxena CIFOR, 1997 | 191 | 1997 |
| What is meant by people's participation? NC Saxena JOURNAL OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT-HYDERABAD- 17, 111-114, 1998 | 132 | 1998 |
| Joint forest management: Policy, practice and prospects: India country study A Khare, M Sarin, NC Saxena, S Palit, S Bathla, F Vania, ... Policy that works for forests and people (United Kingdom), no 3, 2000 | 130 | 2000 |
| Hunger, under-nutrition and food security in India NC Saxena Poverty, Chronic Poverty and Poverty Dynamics: Policy Imperatives, 55-92, 2018 | 125 | 2018 |
| Livelihood Diversification and Non-Timber Forest Products in Orissa: Wider Lessons on the Scope for Policy Change? NC Saxena Overseas Development Institute, 2003 | 110 | 2003 |
| Food security and the millennium development goal on hunger in Asia GJ Gill, J Farrington, E Anderson, C Luttrell, T Conway, NC Saxena, ... London: Overseas Development Institute, 2003 | 91 | 2003 |
| India: Alleviating poverty through forest development N Kumar World Bank Publications, 2000 | 84 | 2000 |
| Report of the four member committee for investigation into the proposal submitted by the Orissa mining company for bauxite mining in Niyamgiri NC Saxena, S Parasuraman, P Kant, A Baviskar Unpublished Report submitted to Ministry of Environment and Forests, GoI, 2010 | 68 | 2010 |
| India's Eucalyptus craze: the god that failed. NC Saxena | 68 | 1994 |
| Virtuous cycles: The Singapore public service and national development NC Saxena United Nations Development Programme, 2011 | 63 | 2011 |
| Reaching the poor: The influence of policy and administrative processes on the implementation of government poverty schemes in India R Nayak, NC Saxena, J Farrington Overseas Development Institute, 2002 | 62 | 2002 |
| Wood product markets as incentives for farmer tree growing PA Dewees, NC Saxena Farms Trees and Farmers, 198-241, 2014 | 59 | 2014 |
| Tree planting and household land and labour allocation: case studies from Kenya and India PA Dewees, NC Saxena Farms Trees and Farmers, 242-268, 2014 | 50 | 2014 |
| ICDS in India: policy, design and delivery issues NC Saxena, N Srivastava IDS Bulletin 40 (4), 45-52, 2009 | 50 | 2009 |
| Trends and prospects for poverty reduction in rural India: Context and options NC Saxena, J Farrington, SK Mondal Overseas Development Institute, 2003 | 46 | 2003 |
| Trends and prospects for poverty reduction in rural India: Context and options NC Saxena, J Farrington, SK Mondal Overseas Development Institute, 2003 | 46 | 2003 |
| Rural poverty reduction through centrally sponsored schemes NC Saxena Indian Journal of Medical Research 126 (4), 381-389, 2007 | 45 | 2007 |
| Marketing constraints for Eucalyptus from farm lands in India NC Saxena Agroforestry Systems 13, 73-85, 1991 | 45 | 1991 |
| How have the poor done? Mid-term review of Ninth Plan NC Saxena Economic and Political Weekly, 3627-3630, 2000 | 42 | 2000 |
