countries, this paper finds that average enterprise-level employment growth rates are remarkably similar across regions. This is …, enterprises? employment in Sub-Saharan Africa is less sensitive to changes in access to infrastructure and finance relative to … access to finance generally hamper growth, in Sub-Saharan Africa they are actually associated with higher employment growth …

employed women work in vulnerable employment. In addition, youth unemployment rates in Sub-Saharan Africa are double those of … barriers that youth face in accessing employment in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the ways in which young women's employment is … evidence base on interventions that aim to support young women's employment, and identifies knowledge gaps and priority …

, the determinants and dynamics of individuals' participation in off-farm employment activities have not received adequate … individual-level off-farm (wage and self) employment participation rates; analyzes the extent and drivers of entry into off …-farm employment and continued employment; and conducts the analysis by gender and rural/urban location. A significant share of the …

This paper examines the earnings premiums associated with different types of employment in 73 countries. Workers are …, there are large net shifts from non-professional own-account work into formal wage employment. Across all regions and income …

This paper investigates the contribution of small firms to employment, job creation, and growth in developing countries …. While small firms (<20 employees) have the smallest share of aggregate employment, the SME sector's (<100 employees … and employment growth, even after controlling for firm age. Large firms, however, have higher productivity growth …