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The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is characterized by historically low female labor force participation. Morocco is among the few countries that have recorded a sustained drop, from 26.3 percent in 2004 to 22 percent in 2019. Even conditional on...

In Saudi Arabia, younger men are becoming more progressive and more accepting of having a wife who works outside the home for pay. However, the family backgrounds and upbringings of young women may have conditioned them to believe otherwise. Such pressures may...

The strong performance of Ghana's economy over the last two decades has not resulted in job creation and improvements in employment conditions, especially among youth. Among the factors that influence unemployment in Ghana, inadequate access to education...

Youth unemployment is a pervasive global problem. In Malawi, one third of unemployed youth remain jobless for more than 2 years. The most important youth employment barriers include information frictions and limited job-search abilities among young people...

The ongoing use of inefficient cook stoves in rural Benin imposes time and health burdens on women, constraining their labor market participation. This situation prevents the attainment of gender and related labor market outcomes. The introduction of improved...

Health insurance is a critical tool for managing healthcare costs and reducing economic vulnerability, yet informal sector workers who constitute a large portion of the workforce in developing economies often face significant barriers to accessing such...

Despite the potential of mobile money to expand financial services to underserved populations, challenges on the supply side limit its effectiveness. This proposal aims to address these barriers by focusing on improving the liquidity of registered agents who...

This project assesses the potential of the i-AgriBroom app to improve smallholder farmers’ access to affordable and reliable agricultural inputs in Nigeria. The platform integrates digital identity verification, financial services, and group purchasing tools...