-level household datasets from a range of countries in Africa, we examine the drivers of agricultural risks, while exploring the role … of context as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on household welfare, with a focus on farm households relative … variations across contexts and countries in Africa. We also find that farm households witnessed important reductions in their …

paper examines how the temporary migration of parents for the sole purpose of work affects the health outcomes of children … health used, height-for-age, serves as a proxy for stunting. The evidence suggests that whether parental migration is … beneficial or deleterious to child health depends on which parent moved. In particular, migration of the mother has an adverse …

The informal sector makes up an overwhelming share of both gross domestic product and total employment in Africa. In … this paper, we lay out some of the basic characteristics of the informal sector in sub-Saharan Africa, relevant …

explicitly take into account general equilibrium effects such as selective migration in response to the war, I then develop an … particular, I leverage the structure of the model along with observed income information and migration flows to identify firm … effect. Selective migration in response to the war also seems to play an important role and implies that local reduced …

This paper looks at the prospects of a demographic dividend in Africa in the near future. While acknowledging that the … have stalled once they have begun, we nevertheless conclude that there are many underlying features of Africa today which … on some of the economic implications of a demographic dividend in Africa, including the helpful fact that when it occurs …

cent of the missing women are 'missing' from Africa. This paper employs a novel methodology to determine how the phenomenon … of missing women is distributed across Africa. Moreover, it provides estimates of the extent of excess female mortality … mortality for women in Africa. …

precision of results generated by public opinion surveys. Survey research on basic health and education services sub …-Saharan Africa shows that the perceived 'user friendliness' (or ease of use) of services drives popular evaluations of government …

children's human capital in the form of cognitive skills, socioemotional skills and health, which pertain directly to some …

welfare remain far below average, something that could likely be avoided if land reform beneficiaries would receive full …

effects of foreign aid on capital investment (human capital, physical capital) in sub-Saharan Africa. Our methodological …