Outdated and inefficient labour laws and courts make it difficult for workers in Mexico to resolve labour disputes and secure compensation.
Social sciences in sub-Saharan Africa are severely underresourced.
This project will examine the evolution of entrepreneurial activity in the wake of the Arab Spring.
Women-owned enterprises tend to concentrate near the lower end of the productivity and growth scale in sub-Saharan Africa. This project will provide credible evidence to inform policies to address this challenge and to promote inclusive growth.
Despite impressive growth rates in East Africa, the effects of growth on poverty reduction and employment creation have been limited, particularly for youth.
Since 1990, the number of people in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) crossing borders has increased dramatically. While people migrate for a variety of reasons, most do so as a livelihood strategy.
Since the 1990s, economic liberalization and labour reforms have brought about significant changes to the banking and domestic service sectors in Ghana.
In developing countries, and in Sénégal in particular, the makeup of the family is constantly changing as new members arrive (through marriage, placement of children in the family's care, etc.) and others leave (through divorce, migration, pl