The productivity of non-farm enterprises in rural Africa may be associated with the productivity of other spatially … the best of our knowledge, that the productivity of rural non-farm enterprises in Africa has been studied in this way. …

We are the first to provide a comparative empirical analysis of non-farm entrepreneurship in rural Africa, using the … World Bank's unique LSMSISA dataset. This dataset covers six countries over the period 2005 to 2012. We find that rural … failed in Africa. …

Africa is not only the poorest and most rural continent, it is also the most youthful continent in terms of population … productivity in enterprises operated by young owners. Using the World Bank's recent LSMS-ISA database that covers six countries in … conclude that policies to support young entrepreneurs in rural Africa should not only focus on creating conditions that attract …

agriculture and focus on the literature on entrepreneurship in Africa's structural transformation. I present a conceptual model to …African agriculture's importance for sustainable development is well appreciated. Indeed, recent years have seen a … physical resources across occupations and space, and without which agriculture and industrial development, and hence structural …

Rural areas in Sub-Saharan Africa are typically underserved by financial services. Mobile money brings a substantial … work suggests that mobile money can accelerate urbanization and structural change in Sub-Saharan Africa. …

Investment in improved agricultural inputs is infrequent for smallholder farmers in Africa. One barrier may be limited …

agriculture, implying that average productivity in agriculture increases as the agricultural employment share decreases. We … from four Sub-Saharan African countries. Around one third of households engage in both agriculture and non … comparative and absolute advantage are negatively correlated - misaligned - in agriculture, casting doubt on the importance of …

), have been studied relatively less, especially in Africa which remains the most vulnerable continent to CC. We focus on Lake … Chad, which used to be the 11th-largest lake in the world. This African lake the size of El Salvador, Israel, or …. For Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria, and Niger - 25% of sub-Saharan Africa's population -, we construct a novel data set tracking …

; Africa ; Asia …