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This study uses nightlight time data and machine learning techniques to predict industrial development in Africa. The results provide the first evidence on how machine learning techniques and nightlight data can be used to predict economic development in places where subnational data are missing...
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This study explores the effect of various demographic features on wealth share using yearly data for 43 countries. Empirical results from quantile regressions indicate that besides macroeconomic and institutional factors, population ageing and the high size of working population exhibit some...
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agricultural land and nutritional outcomes by examining gender differences. Results suggest significant effects of access to …, gender differences are reported. Access to agricultural land appears to be a significant determinant of improved children …
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The study investigates the relevance of information and communication technology (ICT) in modulating the effect of financial access on female economic participation. Female economic participation is proxied by female labor force participation, financial access is measured with deposit and credit...
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indicators of gender inclusion are also employed, namely: female employment and female unemployment rates. The empirical analysis …
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Inequality and gender economic exclusion are major policy concerns facing sub-Saharan Africa in the post-2015 … gender economic participation. The research focuses on 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa using annual data spanning from …, and 0.557 for the rule of law. As the main policy implication, for good governance to promote gender economic inclusion …
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This study investigates how enhancing gender inclusion affects inequality in 42 African countries for the period 2004 …: Gini coefficient, Atkinson index, and Palma ratio. The two gender inclusion measurements used include female labour force … the enhancement of gender inclusion dynamics. An extended threshold analysis is used to assess critical masses at which …
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This study complements existing literature by investigating how the advancement in information and communication technology affects the formal economic participation of women. The focus is on 48 African countries for the period 1990-2014. The empirical evidence is based on Ordinary Least...
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The present study contributes to the extant literature by assessing how microfinance institutions (MFIs) affect female entrepreneurship, contingent on female unemployment levels. The study focuses on 44 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for the period 2004 to 2018. The empirical evidence is...
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employment opportunities for the female gender and by extension, reducing female unemployment. The invalidity of the moderating …
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