Persistent gender gaps characterize labor markets in many African countries. Utilizing Eswatini's first three labor … market surveys (conducted in 2007, 2010, and 2013), this paper provides first systematic evidence on the country's gender … the global financial crisis had a less negative impact on women than it had on men. Both unadjusted and unexplained gender …

Limited access to finance is one of the major barriers for women entrepreneurs in Africa. This paper presents a model …

in Eswatini, a country with one of the highest female unemployment rates in Africa. The paper first shows that higher …

education in East Africa requires policies that go beyond raising average school quality and should attend to the distribution …

providing evidence of a resource curse. Extractive industries in South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia have positive direct …

-Saharan Africa. It first presents a model where firm creation requires entrepreneurial search and paying the start-up costs, while …

Africa and Asia, including labor−management relations in South Africa and other jurisdictions in both Africa and Asia. The …, namely Asia and Africa. It includes a discussion of the Africa-Asia nexus or Sino-Africa interface in labor …