This chapter addresses the issue of social protection and welfare in Africa. Africa is a highly diversified continent … characterized by different socio-economic performances. It comprises the more developed countries of North Africa, as well as the … less developed sub-region of Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the existence of several problems and challenges, this part of the …

entrepreneurship, contingent on female unemployment levels. The study focuses on 44 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for the … unemployment levels in the implementation of policies designed for MFIs to promote female business ownership. The hypotheses that … MFIs are favorable for female business owners and some critical rates of female unemployment should be avoided in order for …

analysis. Some factors yield results consistent with those in the literature, but other factors such as unemployment and female …