understanding of rural non-farm entrepreneurship, particularly with regard to the role of young adults in this sector. This paper …Africa is not only the poorest and most rural continent, it is also the most youthful continent in terms of population … the contribution they make to rural household income, the (ii) determinants of enterprise operation, and (iii) labor …

Across the world, people in urban rather than rural areas are more likely to support gender equality. To explain this … global trend, this paper engages with geographically diverse literature and comparative rural-urban ethnographic research …