The productivity of non-farm enterprises in rural Africa may be associated with the productivity of other spatially … from the geo-referenced 2011 Ethiopian Rural Socioeconomic Survey (ERSS) and the 2010/2011 Nigeria General Household Survey … productive. In Nigeria, we find evidence for spatial autocorrelation at the individual enterprise level but not at the community …

-income countries could raise income inequality in Europe and the US, empirical estimates indicated only a modest contribution of trade …. Globalisation has thus created pockets of losers, and recent evidence indicates that in addition to financial losses, residents of … 2018 and 2019 are unlikely to help the losers from globalisation. Instead, displaced workers may be better supported by a …

Recent research on Nigeria indicates declining income inequality. In contrast, anecdotal evidence suggests that only … research. First, we consider if inequality decreased in Nigeria between 2010 and 2018. We then explore how changes in …/factors contributing to inequality in Nigeria over time. Leveraging data from the four waves of the Nigeria General Household Panel Survey …

The issue of land inequality has garnered renewed interest in development literature due to its potential impact on the … the factors contributing to poverty is essential for effective, targeted policy initiatives in Nigeria. Investigating the … welfare policy and is the focus of our paper. Using data from the four waves of the Nigeria General Household Panel Survey …

rate, especially if in part achieved by lowering inequality, the Africa region would meaningfully contribute to the global …With the year 2015 - the MDG finishing line - approaching, post-2015 goals as they impact Africa need to be firmed. The … promote shared prosperity in every society. We examine feasibility of these objectives for Sub-Saharan Africa, the world …

Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) for Africa. Results suggest inequality between countries tends to be higher when the share of … inequality in Africa. Other factors correlated strongly with inequality reduction include human capital which tend to have large …This paper examines how inequality could be tackled through structural transformation using unit record data from the …

Redistributive systems in Africa are still in their infancy but are constantly expanding in order to finance increasing …, Mozambique, Tanzania, Ethiopia and South Africa. These countries show contrasted situations in terms of income distribution. We … learn from each other to improve social protection and reduce inequality. …

entrepreneurship in high-value added activities has made limited contributions to this growth, in part because of a weak business …