Development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) contributes to inclusive job creation, income generation and poverty reduction (Adenutsi, 2023; Mugano & Dorasamy, 2024; Nor, 2024). SMEs contribute to 34% of Kenyan GDP and 31.4% are female owned, 61% operating as unlicensed SMEs (Oxfam, 2021). In Egypy, SMEs employ 33% of the female workforce with the […]
See moreSustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8 calls for inclusive, sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all, especially youth and women. Yet, by 2023, global youth unemployment stood at 13%, or 64.9 million young people, with more than 20% not in employment, education, or training (ILO, 2024; WEF, 2024). In Africa, where […]
See moreHIV Self Testing strategy is known to increase HIV identification as a screening test towards conventional HIV testing.
See moreThe Ugandan government launched the Parish Development Model (PDM) in February 2022, aiming to improve the welfare of millions of poor citizens.
See moreThis policy brief presents evidence from a randomized field experiment conducted in 2023-2024 that gamified soccer-based prize-linked savings products can effectively promote savings.
See moreThis study explored the implementation and policy dynamics of the HIV self-testing program across community, health facility, regulatory, and quality control levels in Nairobi county, Kenya.
See moreBarriers, Bridges, Breakthroughs: Elevating African Scholars in International Development Research Working Paper Abstract Despite Africa representing nearly 20% of the world’s population and facing some of its most acute development challenges, African scholars account for less than 1% of publications in economics journals (Aigner, Greenspon & Rodrik, 2025). This report presents new large-scale empirical […]
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