become widespread and have increased investment by businesses, especially in East Africa. Second, women-owned business in the … region significantly lag their male counterparts in capital investments. Using data for 16 Sub-Saharan African economies, the … study connects the two findings by exploring whether mobile money use by women-owned firms increases their investment. The …

studies the impact of an urban land titling program on firm investment. It finds that the program leads to increased … investment rate for titling firms, and the positive effect holds only for politically connected firms. The effects are likely …