economies depends critically on structural transformation and the emergence of productive entrepreneurship that would accelerate …) constraints and develops a theoretical framework that examines the main obstacles to entrepreneurship in Africa’s LDCs. The paper … economies, development of productive entrepreneurship cannot be left to markets alone. The policy analysis suggests that the …

Twenty years after the launch of market reforms, productive entrepreneurship and vibrant small and medium …

entrepreneurship gap. Using Oaxaca-type decomposition and its extensions on choice of weighting matrix for non-linear probability … entrepreneurship can be traced back to females owning smaller endowments than males. Empirical results also show differences in return …

market, the paper examines the barriers to job creation and youth entrepreneurship. It concludes with experiences of other …

productive entrepreneurship and private sector employment in Africa. …

of youth start-ups. Our paper contributes to closing a gap in the entrepreneurship and development literature with a … unemployment. We test the role of skills and training for productive youth entrepreneurship on data from a recent survey of …