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One hundred new women PhDs in economics for Francophone Africa by 2025
Focusing on reducing the gender gap, the project aims to strengthen analytical capacities in economics in Francophone Africa.
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Addressing Africa’s youth unemployment through skills for industries without smokestacks
This project seeks to inform strategies and policies on youth employment by examining the job creation potential of industries without smokestacks, such as agriculture, the service sector, tourism, and information and communication technology-base
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Supporting Innovation in the Technical and Vocational Education Sector: Towards Productivity and Competitiveness
This project aims to better equip Kenyan youth for the world of work by fostering innovations and designing relevant and effective technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programs.
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Amplifying Gender Transformative Impact from Women’s Financial Inclusion
This project part of a cluster of three projects jointly developed by the Employment and Growth (E&G) and the Agriculture and Food Security (AFS) programs to assess how financial sector innovations can have a gender transformative impact, beyo
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Gender Lens Investing: Contribution to Women’s Economic Empowerment and Way Forward
The project seeks to document the gaps and the challenges faced by women-led businesses, as well as the social and financing impact, if any, that various actors are able to create through Gender Lens Investing, i.e.
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Empowering vulnerable women in eastern Africa through innovative savings schemes
This project examines the role that innovative savings schemes play in empowering poor women to overcome economic vulnerabilities.
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How can a gender lens enhance maternal and child health social enterprises in Africa? (IMCHA)
Research shows that high gender inequity translates into poor health for mothers, pregnant women, and children. At the community and individual level, gender inequities and disparities can underlie dimensions of poverty among women.
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Youth employment and migration in eastern and southern Africa
This two-year project will propose and initiate evidence-based strategies for creating decent employment opportunities and supporting entrepreneurship in the face of the youth population boom Africa is experiencing.
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Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa: Strengthening Research Capacity
The Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa program aims to assist targeted developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa improve maternal, newborn, and child health.