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Item Adapter les services de garde d’enfants aux besoins de la classe moyenne féminine en Afrique de l’Ouest : cas du Bénin, du Burkina Faso, de la Côte d’Ivoire et du Sénégal(2023-07) Kouadio Kouakou, Clément; Enouga, Mathilde; Thiaw, Moussa; Kengne, JosianeItem Africa’s COVID-19 response : a wasted opportunity(2023) Matola, Joseph UptileThis policy insight is a synthesis of six country case studies that analyze the extent to which policies in the post-COVID era are aligned to stated targets in their respective Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) submissions. The six countries are South Africa, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda and Benin. These case studies are an extension of an initial study of the climate change considerations in the fiscal stimulus packages adopted by the various countries when the pandemic first hit. This policy insight focuses on the progress made by the six countries in implementing their NDCs and the challenges they faced integrating these into COVID-19 recovery plans. It also looks at the policy choices that can be adopted to deliver a green recovery based on the successful implementation of the NDCs.Item Analysis of the effect of women's perception on improved cookstoves in rural areas in Benin(2023-05) Tossou, Judith U.; Igue, Charlemagne B.The introduction of a new improved cookstove called “Guev Cooker” in rural Benin requires an analysis of women's perceptions of current improved cookstoves they use in their household. Qualitative studies are essential to provide insight into the perspectives of cookstove users and to inform research and development of technologies that are both effective in reducing the hours spent on unpaid activities by women. Thus, the analysis of the effect of women's perception of improved cooking stoves in relation to domestic and remunerated activities in rural Benin was the subject of this research. The effect of perception (favorable, unfavorable) of improved cookstoves on use of traditional cookstoves is estimated using a probit regression applied to a sample of 531 women randomly selected in five communes of Benin, namely: Adjarra, Avrankou and Dangbo located in the department of Ouémé; Ifangni and Sakété located in the department of Plateau. At the end of analysis of results, as declared favorable perception, there is the saving of time for cooking food (51.5%) and the saving of time for the collection of fuel (49%) with use of improved stoves. The estimated results showed that the index of unfavorable perception of improved cookstoves has a positive effect on use of traditional cookstoves. On the other hand, the index of favorable perception relating to improved cookstoves has a negative effect on use of traditional cookstoves. Our results emphasize the importance of the implementation of policies by public decision-makers to increase the favorable perception of users of improved cookstoves.Item Assessing the impact and scalability of participatory homegrown programs on reducing and redistributing unpaid care work among women in Rwanda : a case of reseaux des femmes' unpaid care work project in Rwanda(2023-06) Abbot, Pamela; Malunda, Dickson; Byaruhanga, IsmaelThis report provides a descriptive overview of the quantitative baseline data collected in January and February 2022 for a research project evaluating a complex social intervention to reduce and redistribute women’s unpaid care work (UCW) in Rwanda using homegrown solutions. The intervention aims to reduce and redistribute UCW undertaken by women in Rwanda's rural areas, thereby improving their quality of life and increasing their empowerment. The findings discussed in this report are from a survey of intervention and control households and 7-day time diaries completed by husbands and wives in each household, with some illustrative material from simultaneous qualitative research.Item Benin’s nationally determined contributions and its economy(2023) Heffernan, IanIn this paper, we discuss the evolution of the nationally determined commitments (NDCs) of the government of Benin. We begin by describing Benin’s contribution, as well as its vulnerability, to the changing global climate. Next, we describe Benin’s NDCs and how they evolved between their initial inception in 2015 and their revision in 2021. We then move into a discussion of the policy tools envisioned and used to achieve the NDCs. We conclude with policy recommendations on how existing government policies could be better integrated with the NDCs.Item Caractérisation des effets de la crise sanitaire et des mesures gouvernementales sur les petits acteurs informels au Sénégal(2023-09) Beye, Assane; Sarr, Khady Yama; Dieng, Abdou Khadre; Ndiaye, Mohamed Ben OmarItem Cartographie de l’intersection entre l’émancipation économique des femmes, le travail de soins et l’énergie propre(2022-12) Grantham, Kate; DFID - UK Department for International DevelopmentItem Item Coletiva jovem (youths do collective) : a research and action project aimed at supporting production-oriented youth groups in the outskirts of São Paulo and Buenos Aires - final narrative report - executive summary(2021-09-29) Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias SocialesUnder the wider project “Innovation for the Economic Inclusion of Marginalized Youth” the Colectiva Joven Project aimed to implement a scalable, evidence-based initiative to support economic inclusion of young people in vulnerable communities with problematic drug use. Concerning the findings of the project, the actions of neighborhood organizations contribute to providing alternative paths to violence and exclusion, based on the (re)generation of personal and community ties and the formation of personal and institutional networks. This report outlines activities and achievements. Pandemic circumstances led to a timeline extension of six months.Item Commerce intracommunautaire dans l’espace UEMOA : effets et inégalités de genre(2021-04) LANKOANDE, Gountiéni Damien; SIRI, Alain; SAWADOGO, Martin; NIKIEMA, D. Edwige; BAZONGO, BaguinébiéItem Comparative study of policy responses to COVID-19 in LICs in Africa(2023) Adeniran, AdedejiThis brief assesses the policy responses to COVID-19 among low-income countries (LICs) in Africa. While LICs have adopted expansionary fiscal and monetary policies in the face of economic lockdown, as well as other mitigation strategies, the scale and quality of such responses have been modest compared with those of emerging and middle-income countries. Policy instruments have also varied across countries, in line with the level of development of domestic financial markets and the extent of digital inclusion. Pre-pandemic economic challenges, such as limited fiscal space, high debt levels and inflation, have also contributed to countries’ weak economic responses. External financing has been crucial for LICs’ ability to respond to the pandemic, but is still inadequate given the huge financial gap that exists. As LICs move from the relief to the recovery phase of COVID-19 economic management, a rethinking of economic responses is crucial both to bring about a swift recovery and to minimize the catastrophic impact of COVID-19 on recent developmental gains.Item CoMPRA : COVID-19 macroeconomic policy responses in Africa(2023) The South African Institute of International AffairsThe CoMPRA project was initiated following a call by the International Development Research Centre for rapid response policy research to the COVID-19 pandemic. The project’s overall goal is to inform macroeconomic policy development in response to the coronavirus pandemic by low- and middle-income countries, and development partners. It also calls for more climate-resilient and gender-responsive measures through evidence-based research. The project will focus broadly on Africa and specifically on Benin, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.Item Coping mechanisms to income loss by girls and women during COVID-19 : evidence from selected informal settlements in Kenya(Services for Science and Education Ltd, United Kingdom, 2023-02-25) Onono, Perez A.; Kosimbei, George K.; Omolo, Jacob O.; Rono, Gladys J.; Musyoka, Peter K.This study investigated the coping mechanisms that were adopted by girls and women to mitigate the impacts of income loss due to COVID-19 pandemic. Many households from the Kibra, Mathare, Obunga and Nyawita informal settlements lost employment and incomes during the pandemic leading to increased food insecurity. Girls and women bore a disproportionate share of the burden of employment and income loss and could not access basic necessities including food and house rent, suffered increased sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, and experienced increase in conflicts within households. To mitigate the impacts of income loss, households reduced food intake or skipped meals, made use of social support systems, begged from well-wishers. Use of risky and negative coping mechanisms including early and forced marriage, as well as transactional sex increased among adolescent girls, and young and older women. The study recommends design and implementation of business and non-business development services to engage women entrepreneurs in more stable income generating activities for enhanced post COVID-19 recovery. Early response of the government and other institutions to cushion vulnerable households during crises can significantly avert negative coping mechanisms and mitigate rising and compounded vulnerabilities and inequalities faced by girls and women.Item COVID-19 and Bangladesh : macroeconomic impacts and policy choices(Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), 2021-12) Bhattacharya, Debapriya; Khan, Towfiqul Islam; Rabbi, Md Mursalin HossainBangladesh, like most of the countries in the world, had to restrict mobility and economic activities to tackle the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Indeed, the pandemic has been exerting pressure on the economy through both global and domestic shocks leading to a detrimental impact on major macroeconomic correlates of the country. The present study urges that Bangladesh will need to pursue a countercyclical fiscal policy stance in the face of deceleration in aggregate demand. The study further maintains that greater fiscal resources should be directed towards those people, households and enterprises having a higher propensity to consume and invest. From this perspective, the study strongly advocates for direct cash transfers, food support, and enhanced public expenditures in health and education rather than a general increase in public expenditures and subsidised credit flow.Item COVID-19 and its impact on Senegal’s macroeconomic structure(2023) Ndiaye, Mouhamadou FallilouThe spread of COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021 has caused high mortality and morbidity rates across the globe. Senegal, along with other developing countries, experienced the weakening of major economic sectors such as tourism, health, agriculture, banking, and transport. This led to the deterioration of the macroeconomic environment – despite fast gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 6% over the past five years (2014-2019). As with most sub-Saharan countries, Senegal implemented a series of fiscal policies, and these, along with the new monetary policies of the Central Bank of West African States, aimed to enhance overall economic performance while keeping inflation down and restoring GDP growth.Item COVID-19 fiscal policy response and climate change action in Africa(2023) Matola, Joseph UpileThis report provides an analysis of the climate friendliness of the COVID-19 policy responses adopted by six countries across Africa including Nigeria, South Africa, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda and Benin. It is the first in a series of papers that will track the policy responses of countries and their respective contributions to the climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts. The report focuses on the fiscal measures that had been adopted for implementation at the time of writing, including additional and/or expedited budgetary expenditures, introduction or removal of government subsidies, and tax and other revenue measures introduced. Given the time lags that normally arise between announcement and implementation of fiscal measures, the report considers all measures announced by the fiscal authorities including those already implemented and those soon to be implemented.Item Crise sanitaire : nouvelle revelation de la precarite des emplois et des difficultes du secteur informel au Maroc(2023) Aazi, Fatima-Zahra; Mourji, Fouzi; Tamasamani, Yasser Yeddir; Ez-Rari, Abdelajaouad