Public works and employment programmes have long been considered a staple of social assistance. For the most part, though, they have been designed as short-term "safety nets". While, in some cases, the focus has also been on reducing poverty or addressing structural unemployment challenges,...

The levels and dimensions of income inequality in Africa are heterogeneous, with varying degrees of intensity, diversity and drivers. Since 1990, income inequality trends in the continent have been multi-dimensional, exhibiting a rising, a falling, a U-shaped, or an inverted U-shaped (∩)...