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Glimpses of fiscal states in sub-Saharan AfricaThere is a widespread perception that taxing in sub-Saharan Africa has been and remains fraught with problems or government failure. This is not generally true...
Tax Revenue Sub-Saharan AfricaWorking Paper
Do gifts buy votes?: Evidence from sub-Saharan AfricaVote-buying—or the pre-electoral distribution of private goods in exchange for support at the ballot box—is often blamed for the poor economic performance of many sub-Saharan countries...
Elections vote-buying Sub-Saharan AfricaPresentation
Eva-Maria Egger to present evidence on reducing employment gender gaps in low- and middle-income countriesEva-Maria Egger will present evidence on reducing employment gender gaps in low- and middle-income countries at a virtual brown-bag seminar hosted by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Malawi on Wednesday 19 May 2021. The...
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Domestic savings mini workshop for country case authorsThis project workshop brought together the authors responsible for the country case studies of The domestic savings shortfall in developing countries – what can be done about it? project. The country studies will be included in a book volume...
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Female labour force participation in sub-Saharan Africa: A cohort analysisFemale labour force participation rates have stagnated in sub-Saharan Africa since the turn of the millennium...
Labour supply Gender Sub-Saharan AfricaWorking Paper
Welfare and the depth of informality: Evidence from five African countriesThis study explores the relationship between household poverty and depth of informality by proposing a new measure of informality at the household level...
Informality Measurement PovertyTechnical Note
The Economic Transformation Database (ETD): content, sources, and methodsThis note introduces the GGDC/UNU-WIDER Economic Transformation Database (ETD), which provides time series of employment and real and nominal value added by 12 sectors in 51 countries for the period 1990–2018...
Database Employment value addedJournal Article
Does connectivity reduce gender gaps in off-farm employment?: Evidence from 12 low- and middle income countriesTHIS ARTICLE IS ON EARLY VIEW | Gender gaps in labor force participation in developing countries persist despite income growth or structural change...
Gender gap Youth EmploymentWorking Paper
Does connectivity reduce gender gaps in off-farm employment?: Evidence from 12 low- and middle-income countriesGender gaps in labour force participation in developing countries persist despite income growth or structural change. We assess this persistence across economic geographies within countries, focusing on youth employment in off-farm wage jobs...
Gender gap Youth EmploymentJournal Article
COVID-19 and employment: Insights from the sub-Saharan Africa experienceThe COVID-19 pandemic poses risks not only for people’s health but also economic wellbeing. While the full socio-economic consequences remain uncertain, its impact on the labour market has become a key issue of global concern...
COVID-19 Employment Informal poorBackground Note
COVID-19 and employment: Insights from the sub-Saharan African experienceIntroduction The COVID-19 pandemic poses important risks for people’s health and economic wellbeing...
COVID-19 Employment Informal poorSeminar
Africa’s lockdown dilemma — high poverty and low trustOn 16 July 2020, two researchers of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme, Ivan Manhique and Ricardo Santos, will present their current research.
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Beyond lockdown: rebuilding the social contractContinued lockdown measures are straining the social contract between citizens and governments...
Social unrest Lockdown Sub-Saharan AfricaWorking Paper
Unequal expectations: Gender inequality in salary expectations of university studentsStudents’ expectations about their future wages are established in the literature as relevant determinants of the choices made for education progression and, at the university level, for the area and course to be studied...
Inequality Inequality decomposition StratificationWorking Paper
Africa’s lockdown dilemma: High poverty and low trustThe primary policy response to suppress the spread of COVID-19 in high-income countries has been to lock down large sections of the population...
COVID-19 Lockdown PovertyBook Chapter
Development and poverty in sub-Saharan AfricaWhen it comes to reporting on Africa, the international news media has, over time, delivered very mixed messages. Yet there are still many who characterize sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) as a region of hunger, economic crisis, and political unrest...
Sub-Saharan Africa Economic development Transformation