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This study complements the extant literature by assessing economic sector and globalization channels for gender … gender employment in the industry and the negative effect is driven by the financial globalization sub-component of economic …-components positively affect gender employment in the service sector and the corresponding positive effect is driven by the trade …
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The study assesses the role of mobile money innovations on income inequality and gender inclusion in 42 Sub … the role of mobile money innovations in income inequality for gender inclusion are consistently negative. Fourth, given … distribution of gender inclusion, thresholds at which mobile money innovations can completely dampen the negative effect of income …
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This study assesses the effects of natural disasters on food security in a sample of 40 subSaharan African countries. First, we assess the effects of natural disasters on the four dimensions of food security and secondly, we disaggregated natural disaster using the two dimensions that are most...
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This study used a nationally representative survey from the 2012-2013 World Bank's General Household Survey for Nigeria, to examine the relationship between empowerment, measured using a modification of the Alkire et al. (2013) empowerment index, and household dietary diversity, based on the FAO...
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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 …, we argue that access to agricultural land by MHHs may be beneficial for long-term nutrition indicators while it is more …
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This study investigates how enhancing information and communication technology (ICT) affects female economic participation in sub-Saharan African nations. Three female economic participation indicators are used, namely female labor force participation, female unemployment and female employment...
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This study investigates how ICT affects gender economic inclusion via gender parity education channels. We examine the …
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This study explores whether female economic inclusion enhances tax performance in a sample of 48 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2000 to 2018. The study's empirical evidence is based on the generalized method of moments in order to account for endogeneity concerns. Three tax performance...
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in order for financial access to promote gender parity inclusive education in Sub-Saharan Africa. The focus is on 42 … for financial access to promote gender parity inclusive "primary and secondary education" and the Atkinson index should …
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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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