Africa. We estimate an augmented-gravity model that includes public deficit, public debt, public expenditure, inflation, and … the foreign reserves position. We also integrate Africa-specific variables such as existing economic blocs in the region … Southern Africa is promising, but many challenges still persist. The existing economic blocs can provide a first stepping stone …

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

sub-Saharan Africa, even though very little is known about the extent to which young workers in the region are satisfied … satisfaction of youth aged 15-29 in four countries from Eastern and Southern Africa: Madagascar, Malawi, Uganda and Zambia. We …

to the next. We explore the differential exposure to HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa as a substantial health …) for 11 countries in sub-Saharan Africa that provide information on mother's HIV status and enable us to link mothers and …% of their human capital to their children in the developing economies in sub-Saharan Africa. Second, our results show that …

other developed and emerging economies. Small firms in Africa create jobs mainly at the point of market-entry and play a …

poor countries of the tropics, and especially sub-Saharan Africa. Some researchers have suggested that ecological …

Fortson (2011) to examine the impact of mortality risk on human capital investment during the deadliest period of the pandemic … extensive margin of the schooling decision. The findings indicate that the decline in human capital investment associated with …