Journal Special Issue
Aid and Employment

This Special Issue brings together five articles that tackle the questions of how and where foreign aid donors might usefully support a more inclusive or job-friendly pattern of economic growth in the African region.

Arguably, support to growth-enhancing structural change and employment creation is becoming increasingly important, both for donors and recipients of foreign aid. However, these are notoriously complex domains, where data and associated development strategies remain contested. Consequently, this Special Issue brings together five articles that tackle the questions of how and where foreign aid donors might usefully support a more inclusive or job-friendly pattern of economic growth in the region.

Table of contents
  1. Aid, Growth, and Employment in Africa
    Sam Jones, John Page, Abebe Shimeles, Finn Tarp
  2. Aid, Growth, and Jobs
    Gary S. Fields
    More Working Paper | Aid, Growth, and Jobs
  3. Aid, Employment, and Poverty Reduction in Africa
    John Page, Abebe Shimeles
    More Working Paper | Aid, Employment, and Poverty Reduction in Africa
    More Research Brief | Structural Change – Critical for Poverty Reduction in Africa
  4. Employment Effects of Multilateral Development Bank Support: The Case of the African Development Bank
    Anthony Simpasa, Abebe Shimeles, Adeleke O. Salami
  5. Is Small Beautiful? Small Enterprise, Aid, and Employment in Africa
    John Page, Måns Söderbom
    More Working Paper | Is Small Beautiful? Small Enterprise, Aid and Employment in Africa
  6. Priorities for Boosting Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence for Mozambique
    Sam Jones, Finn Tarp
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