's geographic variation in the suitability for cotton production combined with a surge in the world market price of cotton in 2010 … command political capital to coerce workers.The expansion in land attributed to cotton production led to increases in labor … demand and wages for cotton pickers; however, the price hike benefits only workers on entrepreneurial private farms, whereas …

With the year 2015 – the MDG finishing line – approaching, post-2015 goals as they impact Africa need to be firmed. The … goal of ending extreme poverty remains paramount. Globally, the World Bank set goals to end extreme poverty by 2030 and to … promote shared prosperity in every society. We examine feasibility of these objectives for Sub-Saharan Africa, the world …

agriculture and focus on the literature on entrepreneurship in Africa's structural transformation. I present a conceptual model to …

We are the first to provide a comparative empirical analysis of non-farm entrepreneurship in rural Africa, using the … failed in Africa …

Africa is not only the poorest and most rural continent, it is also the most youthful continent in terms of population … conclude that policies to support young entrepreneurs in rural Africa should not only focus on creating conditions that attract … needed in Africa's rural areas …

Although non-farm enterprises are ubiquitous in rural Sub-Saharan Africa, little is yet known about their productivity …, and location matter for labor productivity in rural Africa, and that policy decisions tackling the shortcomings could …

The last decade has seen a resurgence of parastatal crop marketing institutions in sub-Saharan Africa, many of which … higher levels of poverty …