by sub-regions, the magnitude of the colonial vestige in Africa is a significant determinant of emigration flows. Overall …

but positive in Africa. We suggest that amongst reasons why African women behave differently are that the conventional … non-employment. In Africa, there is a decline in paid employment which overwhelms the rise in self-employment and this is …

Africa. Five challenges resulting from this crisis are identified: a production challenge, an underutilization challenge, a …

In recent years, the private sector has been recognized as a key engine of Africa's economic development. Yet, the most … sector countries are concentrated in Western Africa (Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Niger, Senegal and Togo), Central Africa … (Cameroun, Republic of Congo) and Eastern Africa (Kenya, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania), with the addition of Mauritius. Countries …

Labor market integration raises welfare in the absence of distortions. This paper examines labor and goods market … integration in a general equilibrium model with social capital. The findings are: i) labor market integration has an ambiguous … integration if trading costs are no higher than private migration costs; otherwise the outcome is ambiguous; and iv) the creation …

. While the effects of product market integration on the trade-off between wages and employment in general is ambiguous, it is … shown that product market integration works like a general improvement in productivity via the specialization it allows …

Even when international product market integration is taking place between fairly similar countries with low labour … through exports and threats from imports. Is there any reason why the benefits and costs of product market integration should … be unequally distributed across different groups in the labour market? Considering integration as a gradual process …