This analysis assesses the role of skills, human capital endowment, and migration as determinants of Sub-Saharan Africa … for economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, skilled labor seems to be the strongest determinant of participation in backward and … policies to improve Sub-Saharan Africa's integration in manufacturing global value chains should target: shifting from …

Armenia, Georgia, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Tajikistan have all experienced substantial out-migration of workers and an …

health faced by countries in Europe and Central Asia. Good basic education will not be enough, as job markets today demand … the prevalence of three adult health risk factors - obesity, smoking, and heavy drinking - as an additional proxy for … latent health status. This extension of the Human Capital Index could also be useful for assessing the state of human capital …

health and education, including: increased children's height; decreased risky behaviors among adolescents, including the … helping children and youth build human capital through better health and education, which has led to positive returns in the …

This paper documents inequality in health and education outcomes by constructing an index of human capital …

assuage fears of reverse causality between migration and human capital formation. The results highlight a significant impact … of European Union accession on human capital formation indicating that the prospect of migration can indeed fuel skill … formation even in the context of middle-income economies. And, if accompanied by policies to promote return migration, as well …

"Increasing adult mortality due to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa raises considerable concerns about the welfare of … health and education. One hypothesis for this variability is the resilience of the extended family network in some countries … survey data from 21 countries in Africa, this study examines trends in orphanhood and living arrangements, and the links …