Africa is not only the poorest and most rural continent, it is also the most youthful continent in terms of population … understanding of rural non-farm entrepreneurship, particularly with regard to the role of young adults in this sector. This paper … the contribution they make to rural household income, the (ii) determinants of enterprise operation, and (iii) labor …

Although non-farm enterprises are ubiquitous in rural Sub-Saharan Africa, little is yet known about their productivity …, Malawi, Nigeria, and Uganda. Using the World Bank's LSMS-ISA database, we find that rural enterprises are on average less …, and location matter for labor productivity in rural Africa, and that policy decisions tackling the shortcomings could …

This paper examines an alternative to monitoring staff at a public health clinic in rural Uganda. The program sent SMS …

incomes from 1986 to 1999. Using a detailed household-level data set from rural China, we find robust evidence that initial …

This paper explores the relationship between fiscal decentralization, which gave greater rural industrialization and … fiscal authority to local governments, and the emergence of rural-rural undocumented inter-provincial labor migration during …

This paper examines whether workers living in rural areas are more likely to be self-employed, compared with those in …. We also study the time devoted to market work, and monthly earnings, of self-employed workers in rural and urban areas …. Results show that workers in rural areas are more likely to be self-employed than workers in urban areas, although engaging in …

local policy intervention of a staged broadband infrastructure installation across rural municipalities in the Province of … interpretation of our results. Overall, established corporate enterprises in 'underserved' rural and remote areas appear to profit …

continues to privilege the migration of working-age individuals who often leave children and elders behind in the rural areas …

program targeted at rural areas in France, including corporate and payroll tax exemptions. We find no impact of the program on …. Comparison with a contemporaneous urban scheme suggests ways the incentives of the rural program could be targeted more …