responsiveness of employment to growth. The role of development aid in this context is problematic. Across Africa more aid went to … countries with a low employment intensity of growth. The paper proposes a new approach to aid and poverty in Africa, one that …Growth and poverty reduction in Africa are weakly linked. This paper argues that the reason is that Africa has failed …

inequality and poverty to changes in factor endowments and changes in economic and employment structures. We also provide some …

This paper discusses dimensions of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa and their causes. It starts with a review of the …

employment opportunities for unskilled African labourers. Youth residing in mining settlements, have a large vested interest in … the current and future development of mining. Focusing on Tanzania as typical of the emerging "new mineralizing Africa … school students towards mining as a form of employment and its impact on economic and social life in mining communities are …

With the aim of reducing women's greater unpaid care work than men&'s and increasing women's paid employment, this … analysis of 36 World Bank employment-related projects in Malawi, Mali, Niger, and Rwanda. It concludes that the vast majority …

transformation in Africa, focusing on sectoral output shares, sectoral employment shares, and the relative labour productivity of … sectors. We find that Africa is gradually advancing towards structural transformation but at a very slow speed. The empirical … product growth and population density reduce unemployment and non-employment. …

Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). Using a life cycle model, we argue that a long wage payment lag in this flagship … employment options. Empirical evidence based on primary data lends support to our key theoretical prediction that wage payment …