This project seeks to examine the links between women's economic empowerment, women's paid work, and their unpaid care responsibilities.
The positive connection between women, their economic empowerment, the growth of economies, and communities' well-being is increasingly recognized worldwide.
Africa's persistent job crisis calls for more effective employment policies, including training programs and support for job searches.
This project will support the building of leaders of today and tomorrow in West Africa, a region where capacity for economic research and management remains very limited.
This project aims to help West African nations develop policies based on a better understanding of why youth leave rural areas, and what economic activities they pursue in cities.
Understanding why women are involved in small and micro-enterprise (SME) businesses in Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Uganda, and Rwanda can help governments design policies to support this sector of the economy.
Social sciences in sub-Saharan Africa are severely underresourced.
Support for entrepreneurship and small and medium enterprises is vital to stimulate jobs and to encourage self-employment in developing countries where labour markets are often unable to absorb the growing number of job seekers, including youth.
Labour income is crucial to the livelihoods of the poor in developing countries. Yet they face many constraints in finding decent jobs and developing small enterprises, and most are not covered by any form of social security.
Entrepreneurship has been a major driver of growth and job creation in Southeast Asia.