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Limited access to finance is one of the major barriers for women entrepreneurs in Africa. This paper presents a model …
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In 2005 China provided duty-free access to 190 items from 25 least developed sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Three years later duty-free access was extended to 454 items from 31 SSA LDCs. We find no evidence that China's preferential market access program for the least developed sub-Saharan...
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developing countries see insufficient investment in projects that would reallocate labor towards better jobs. The concept of JLEs … investment. This paper shows that the optimal way to allocate subsidies to offset JLEs is through a competitive bidding process …
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We are the first to provide a comparative empirical analysis of non-farm entrepreneurship in rural Africa, using the … failed in Africa. …
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Africa is not only the poorest and most rural continent, it is also the most youthful continent in terms of population … conclude that policies to support young entrepreneurs in rural Africa should not only focus on creating conditions that attract … needed in Africa's rural areas. …
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This paper investigates the impact of parenting courses on families' time use with their children in urban areas in Italy. Courses aimed at raising parental awareness of the importance of educational activities were offered in four cities (Naples, Reggio Emilia, Teramo and Palermo) within the...
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-Saharan Africa. Following an instrumental variable strategy, we document that individuals have a lower likelihood of owning land near … historical ethnic borders in Sub-Saharan Africa. …
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employment. In this context, this study analyses the two-way linkages between FDI and domestic investment in Sub-Saharan Africa … attracting foreign investment to non-resource rich countries. -- FDI ; private investment ; public investment ; Africa …While the recent increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) to African countries is a welcome development, the …
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solidarity ; informal insurance ; investment ; micro and small enterprises ; sharing ; Sub-Saharan Africa …Sharing is a norm in many societies. We present a theoretical model on the trade-off between sharing and investment … patterns: entrepreneurs following an 'insurance regime' comply with sharing norms, are insured but reduce investment in their …
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