We examine the impact of gender equality on electoral violence in Africa using micro-level data from the sixth round of … violence and underscore the urgency of addressing gender inequality in Africa … Afrobarometer surveys. The sample covers 30 countries. We find that gender equality is associated with lower electoral violence …

reflect and perpetuate gender norms that limit women's economic participation, and removal of these impediments through legal …It is well established that a wide range of legal impediments in countries' domestic laws have prevented women from … reform has been shown to be an effective method to catalyze greater participation of women in the economy-along with the …

consequences of violence against women in sub-Saharan Africa using large demographic and health survey data collected pre …The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns have led to a rise in gender-based violence. In this paper, we explore the economic …-pandemic. Relying on a two-stage least square method to address endogeneity, we find that an increase in the share of women subject to …

We estimate a gravity model to address the question of whether Africa’s bilateral trade with industrial countries is … African country tends to “overtrade” compared with developing countries in other regions, although the degree to which Africa …

maintain export earnings. But low growth in factor productivity in Africa compared to competitors caused declining export …