key drivers of gender gaps in agriculture productivity in Nigeria: women use fewer inputs and have limited participation … gender productivity gaps in Nigeria …

Ghana, like many other African countries, had made a commitment in 2003 to allocate at least ten percent of their … Public Expenditure Review (AgPER) for Ghana analyzes data on public spending from both government and donor sources to assess …

Ghana has experienced an extended period of robust growth since the early 2000s, supported by a favorable external … a surge in per capita income, Ghana graduated from low-income to lower-middle-income status. Despite the key role of the … extractive industries, recent growth has been relatively inclusive, and Ghana achieved its Millennium Development Goal of halving …

sectors in employment; the development of incomes; and the unemployment rate. Chapter three addresses the question of what … Nigeria could do to increase the availability of quality jobs and reduce rising youth unemployment. Chapters four discusses …Since 1999, Nigeria has made significant progress in economic reform. Sound macroeconomic policies, combined with …

recovery and political stabilization in the last decade, insufficient employment has been created, leading to high unemployment …Unemployment, especially youth unemployment, is a serious problem for the Republic of Congo. Despite the economic … institutional environment that is not fully supportive of employment creation. Action needs to be taken now to promote inclusive …

employment and earnings as a linkage between growth and poverty reduction, especially in low income countries. With the objective … of providing inputs into the policy discussion on how to enhance poverty reduction through increased employment and …

transfer effect of social programs; and, fourth, it looks at some special issues that impact on poverty, namely unemployment …, and the problems of indigenous peoples. Given the relatively high levels of unemployment, the persistence in educational … as well, further labor code, and unemployment insurance system reforms; efforts to consolidate, and intensify the quality …

This report focuses on growing trade in food staples in the Southern and Eastern African region of Africa as one of the … largest growth opportunities available to African farmers. This paper examines the impact of regional trade in food staples … incentives, consumption and trade. To do so, the paper develops a spatially disaggregated model o f maize and cassava markets in …