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A human rights-consistent approach to multidimensional welfare measurement applied to sub-Saharan Africa
Arndt, Channing; Mahrt, Kristi; Hussain, M. Azhar; … - 2017
The rights-based approach to development targets progress towards the realization of 30 articles set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Progress is frequently measured using the multidimensional poverty index. While elegant and useful, the multidimensional poverty index is in...
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Gender-based violence and gender bias in schooling decision : evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
Koissy-Kpein, Sandrine A. - 2015
This paper examines the impact of gender based violence against women and girls (GBV), in the environment the children live in, on school attendance, school achievement, as well as boys' and girls' dropouts. Based on the sixth phase of the Demographic and Health Surveys from 18 sub-Saharan...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379718
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Women's labour supply and household insurance in Africa
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Umaña-Aponte, Marcela - 2012
This paper investigates whether cyclical variation in women's labour supply in Africa contributes to smoothing household consumption. We find little support for this hypothesis. Using comparable individual data on about 0.5 million women in 30 Sub-Saharan African countries merged with country...
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Gender, age cohort, and household investment in child schooling : new evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
Iddrisu, Abdul Malik; Danquah, Michael; Barimah, Alfred; … - 2020
Sub-Saharan Africa continues to post one of the highest gender gaps in educational outcomes in the world. Gender gaps in educational outcomes might be attributed to an uneven allocation of household resources towards the schooling of boys and girls. In this paper, we interrogate this issue using...
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Does HIV/AIDS matter for economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa?
Mveyange, Anthony; Skovsgaard, Christian; Lesner, Tine - 2015
Estimating the impact of HIV/AIDS epidemic on economic growth is challenging because of endogeneity concerns. In this … paper, we use novel data on male circumcision and distance from the first HIV outbreak as instrumental variables for the HIV/AIDS … epidemic in 241 regions across 25 countries in sub-Saharan Africa during 2003-12. Our main finding shows that the impact of HIV/AIDS …
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Policy diffusion, domestic politics and social assistance in Lesotho, 1998-2012
Granvik, Maria - 2016
. The reforms were rooted in both socioeconomic changes, with the AIDS pandemic highlighting the inadequacy of extended …
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Development as diffusion : manufacturing productivity and sub-Saharan Africa's missing middle
Gelb, Alan; Meyer, Christian J.; Ramachandran, Vijaya - 2014
We consider economic development of sub-Saharan Africa from the perspective of slow convergence of productivity, both across sectors and firms within sectors. Why have 'productivity enclaves', islands of high productivity in a sea of smaller low-productivity firms, not diffused more rapidly? We...
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The structural anatomy and institutional architecture of inclusive growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Thorbecke, Erik - 2014
The distinct features of inclusive growth within the context of sub-Saharan Africa are identified. The anatomy of growth is analysed by exploring the interrelationship among growth, inequality, and poverty. The present growth spell appears to have been relatively inclusive. The recent structural...
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The care connection : the World Bank and women's unpaid care work in select sub- Saharan African countries
Bibler, Sarah; Zuckerman, Elaine - 2013
With the aim of reducing women's greater unpaid care work than men&'s and increasing women's paid employment, this paper examines the extent to which World Bank investments address unpaid care work. The paper conducts an in-depth gender analysis of 36 World Bank employment-related projects in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010204209
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Gendered perspectives on economic growth and development in sub-Saharan Africa
Seguino, Stephanie; Were, Maureen - 2014
Researchers have linked sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) poor growth performance in recent decades to several factors, including geography, institutions, and low returns to investment. This literature has not yet integrated the research that identifies linkages between gender, economic development,...
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