Time, poverty and family care responsibilities, legal rights, security concerns, and capacity constraints affect women more than men in both agriculture and entrepreneurship sectors. Financial inclusion that is transformative ...

This paper contextualizes and reviews recent research on unpaid care work in the Global South, with a particular focus on projects funded through the multi-donor Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) program ...

The research aimed to bridge the mismatch between job seekers and employers and mitigate job search obstacles through improving job matching in job fairs. It studied effects of bridging general information frictions (do ...

This brief describes a large rural workfare program in India that raised women’s employment and in turn benefited children’s education.

The number of self-help groups (SHG) promoted under the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) is 2,820,967 (October 2016). Social movements literature suggests that women’s agency and sense of self-worth is enhanced ...

This report provides survey findings, including: situational analysis of inclusive entrepreneurship; adoption of inclusive business; and inclusive entrepreneurship and firm performance in Kenya. Other results provide insight ...

This case study reveals a trade-off between building complexity and generating jobs, which points to a tension between the dual goals of growing exports and creating jobs in South Africa. One approach to determining the ...

Industry expansion in Ghana is hampered by difficulty in accessing larger markets within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) subregion: products that are exportable through a free tariff regime are ...

Social norms drive women to practice unpaid caring activities that constitute an important barrier to their access to paid activities within the labour market in Benin. Assessing how far unpaid caring activities affect ...