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Should policy seek to promote small firms or large ones in Africa?
Is small beautiful when it comes to firms in poor countries? Whatever one thinks is the answer to that question the pervasiveness of small scale enterprises in countries in sub-Saharan Africa is not in dispute. In a recent CSAE discussion … Continue reading
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Tagged Development, Employment, Labour, Macro Policy Management, Political Economy, Poverty
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Why self-employed women earn less: Building a search-match model with data from Ghana
In many African labour markets, women are over-represented in sectors where earnings gaps are largest. For example, in urban Ghana, self-employed women outnumber self-employed men by a ratio of nearly 3:1, but male earnings are double female earnings in that … Continue reading
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Tagged Development, Employment, Firms, Labour
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Migration and labour mobility
The third plenary, and final session, of the CSAE Conference 2015 featured three presentations on different aspects of migration, and its relationship with the broader theme of economic development. Michael Clemens (CGD): Skilled migration and development Michael Clemens of the … Continue reading
How useful is education in Africa?
Travelling around any poor country in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) the visitor is struck by how far schools outnumber factories. The large number of schools is due partly to the success of one of the MDGs which is that primary education … Continue reading
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Tagged Development, Education, Employment, Firms, Jobs, Labour
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How to increase your GDP without anyone noticing
African GDP statistics have been in the news recently. Both Ghana and Nigeria in West Africa have seen revisions to their GDP which, in the case of Ghana, has made it a middle income country with per capita GDP, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Development, Employment, Growth, Inequality, Jobs, Labour, Nigeria
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