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The heavy economic toll of gender-based violence : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Ouedraogo, Rasmane; Stenzel, David - 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns have led to a rise in gender-based violence. In this paper, we explore the economic … consequences of violence against women in sub-Saharan Africa using large demographic and health survey data collected pre … violence by 1 percentage point can reduce economic activities (as proxied by nightlights) by up to 8 percent. This economic …

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Gender equality and electoral violence in Africa : unlocking the peacemaking potential of women

Ouedraogo, Rasmane; Ouedraogo, Idrissa Mohamed - 2019

We examine the impact of gender equality on electoral violence in Africa using micro-level data from the sixth round of … Afrobarometer surveys. The sample covers 30 countries. We find that gender equality is associated with lower electoral violence … correlated with a reduction of the probability of electoral violence across the continent by around 4.2 percentage points. Our …

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Education and health for inclusiveness

Filmer, Deon; Gatti, Roberta; Rogers, Halsey; … - 2021

We discuss existing shortfalls and inequalities in the accumulation of human capital-knowledge, skills, and health. We analyze their immediate and systemic causes, and assess the scope for public intervention. The broad policy goals should be to improve: the quality, and not just the quantity,...

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Intergenerational social mobility in Africa since 1920

Ouedraogo, Rasmane; Syrichas, Nicolas - 2021

The COVID-19 crisis has a severe impact on education and employment and exposed the many social inequities that make some populations more vulnerable to shocks. Despite a vast literature on social mobility in advanced economies, little is known about it in African countries, mainly due to data...

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Struggling to make the grade : a review of the causes and consequences of the weak outcomes of South Africa's education system

Mlachila, Montfort; Moeletsi, Tlhalefang - 2019

While South Africa has made significant improvements in basic and tertiary education enrollment, the country still suffers from significant challenges in the quality of educational achievement by almost any international metric. The paper finds that money is clearly not the main issue since the...

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Emigration and Brain Drain : Evidence From the Caribbean

Mishra, Prachi - 2006

This paper quantifies the magnitude and nature of migration flows from the Caribbean and estimates their costs and benefits. The Caribbean countries have lost 10-40 percent of their labor force due to emigration to OECD member countries. The migration rates are particularly striking for the...