Poverty alleviation has been positioned high on the international development agenda
following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in …

This paper investigates the effects of female financial inclusion on inclusive economic
development. Financial inclusion, understood as the access to and usage of a diverse range …

The conventional wisdom on firm dynamics, productivity growth, and job creation in
developing countries is based on data that, by design, excludes a vast number of micro-and …

Analysts of the S outh A frican labour market have mainly used household surveys to
analyse the labour market. It has been more difficult to explore the labour demand of firms …

This report provides an overview of current research on and knowledge about employment
trends and policies in sub-Saharan Africa. Access to productive employment is seen as …

We study firm dynamics using a novel database of all formally registered firms in Cote
d'Ivoire from 1977 to 1997, which account for about 60% of GDP. First, we examine entry …

The size of the informal sector is commonly associated with low per capita GDP and a poor
business environment. Recent episodes of reform and growth in several African countries …

1 This note builds upon a draft note prepared by the secretariat of the Platform Development
Policies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands: Promoting Productive and …

Previous research confirms the presence of a positive relationship between workplace
innovation and firm performance. Within this study we are interested in the scale effects in …

Since April 1994, the South African Government and the trade unions have been working
together as a means of realising sustained economic growth and development, job creation …