African Development Review

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Volume 32, issue S1, 2020

Fostering jobs, entrepreneurship and capacity development for African youths: An introduction pp. S1-S4

Adeleke O. Salami and Adamon N. Mukasa

‘Mind the mismatch?’ Incidence, drivers, and persistence of African youths' skill and educational mismatches pp. S5-S19

Hanan Morsy and Adamon N. Mukasa

Ending youth unemployment in sub‐saharan Africa: Does ICT development have any role? pp. S20-S31

Amaka Metu, Emmanuel Ajudua, Ifeoma Eboh, Chimezie Ukeje and Chekwube Madichie

Effets de la qualité des institutions sur l'éducation en Afrique pp. S32-S44

Idrissa Ouedraogo, Henri Ngoa Tabi and Henri Atangana Ondoa

Does educational investment enhance capacity development for Nigerian youths? An autoregressive distributed lag approach pp. S45-S53

Lotanna Ernest Emediegwu

L'accès des jeunes au marché du travail au Togo et au bénin: Une évidence paramétrique et semi‐paramétrique pp. S54-S67

Koami M. Midagbodji and Aklesso Y. G. Egbendewe

Youth agripreneurship in the horticultural value‐chain: The case of small‐scale mango farmers in Southern Ghana pp. S68-S77

Rexford Akrong, Stephen G. Mbogoh and Patrick Irungu

Strengthening women's participation in the traditional enterprises of sub‐saharan Africa: The role of corporate social responsibility initiatives in Niger delta, Nigeria pp. S78-S90

Elda N. Okolo‐Obasi, Joseph I. Uduji and Simplice Asongu

Ouverture commerciale, institutions du marché du travail et emploi des jeunes en Afrique pp. S91-S105

Koffi Kpognon, Henri Atangana Ondoa, Mamadou Bah and Marie Fanny Messe

Efficacité du dispositif d'accompagnement à l'insertion professionnelle des jeunes au sénégal pp. S106-S118

Abou Kane, Mamadou Laye Ndoye and Aliou Seck

Volume 32, issue 4, 2020

Macroeconomic policies and sustainable employment yields in sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 515-527

Abidemi Adegboye

Does fiscal tightening (loosening) reduce public debt? pp. 528-539

Attahir Babaji Abubakar

External credit and export decision: Evidence from Nigeria pp. 540-550

Richard Kofi Akoto and Charles Adjasi

Impact of foreign direct investment on the agricultural sector in Nigeria (1981–2017) pp. 551-564

Chukwudi Emmanuel Edeh, Chidera Godson Eze and Sonia Onyinye Ugwuanyi

Regional unemployment in Egypt: Spatial panel data analysis pp. 565-577

Iman Al‐Ayouty and Hoda Hassaballa

Gender disparities in financial inclusion: Insights from Tanzania pp. 578-590

Florence D. Mndolwa and Abdul Latif Alhassan

Determinants of labor productivity among SMEs and large‐sized private service firms in Kenya pp. 591-604

Cyprian Amutabi and Anthony Wambugu

Analyse du différentiel de performances scolaires dans les pays PASEC sur la base de la régression quantile contrefactuelle pp. 605-618

Romuald Foueka

Ownership type and earnings gap decomposition: Evidence from the Ghanaian labor market pp. 619-631

Ebo Botchway and Kofi Fred Asiedu

Feminization of multidimensional urban poverty in sub‐Saharan Africa: Evidence from selected countries pp. 632-644

Amlaksetegn Zenebe Ede'o, Jibril Haji Ketebo and Badassa Wolteji Chala

Convergence institutionnelle et commerce bilatéral en Afrique centrale pp. 645-660

Dieudonne Mignamissi

Cooking technology and female labor market outcomes in sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 661-672

Uchenna Efobi and Oluwabunmi Adejumo

Governance, health expenditure and infant mortality in sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 673-685

Zechariah Langnel and Ponlapat Buracom

Household cooking fuel choice: Evidence from the Republic of Benin pp. 686-698

Boris Odilon Kounagbè Lokonon

Foreign direct investment and economic growth. Analysis of sectoral foreign direct investment in Tanzania pp. 699-717

Rosemary Stanley Taylor

Drivers of income inequality in Africa: Does institutional quality matter? pp. 718-729

Mark Edem Kunawotor, Godfred Alufar Bokpin and Charles Barnor

The impact of terrorism on agriculture in African countries pp. 730-743

Edmond Noubissi and Henri Njangang

Investigating the factors affecting nonperforming loans in commercial banks: The case of African lower middle‐income countries pp. 744-757

Odunayo Magret Olarewaju

Does trade in services improve African participation in global value chains? pp. 758-772

Françoise Okah Efogo

Volume 32, issue 3, 2020

Growing without changing: A tale of Egypt's weak productivity growth pp. 271-287

Hanan Morsy and Antoine Levy

The direct and indirect risk impacts on remittances: A cross‐regional specific effects pp. 288-302

Dorsaf Sridi and Imene Guetat

Economic growth dynamics between resource‐rich and resource‐poor countries in sub‐Saharan Africa: The role of politics and institutions pp. 303-315

Gameli Adika

Effect of transit road quality on trade costs in East Africa pp. 316-326

Sheila Kaminchia

Infrastructures éducatives et achèvement des études en contexte camerounais de décentralisation pp. 327-337

Perrier Carmelle Fouelefack, Luc Nembot Ndeffo and Eugenie Maiga

L'accès à l’électricité: une solution pour réduire la déforestation en Afrique? pp. 338-348

Novice Patrick Bakehe

Health care expenditure and health outcomes in sub‐Saharan African countries pp. 349-361

Jaison Chireshe and Matthew Ocran

Capital flight and diamond exports in the Central African Republic: The role of political governance crisis pp. 362-374

Thales Pacific Yapatake Kossele and Mom Aloysius Njong

Does financial development reduce the size of the informal economy in sub‐Saharan African countries? pp. 375-391

Henri Njangang, Luc Ndeffo Nembot and Joseph Pasky Ngameni

Electoral participation and household food insecurity in sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 392-403

Olayemi M. Olabiyi

Exchange rate volatility and pass‐through to inflation in South Africa pp. 404-418

Ken Miyajima

La diffusion des TIC ameliore‐t‐elle qualitativement les institutions politiques en Afrique? pp. 419-431

Désiré Avom and Louis de Berquin Eyike Mbongo

Impact of development aid on infant mortality: Micro‐level evidence from Côte d'Ivoire pp. 432-445

Didier Wayoro and Léonce Ndikumana

Does education reduce gender differentials in labor market participation? A Kenyan perspective pp. 446-458

Martin Mulwa and Timothy Gichana

Is the interest rate setting behaviour of the Bank of Ghana constrained by high debt levels? pp. 459-471

Abdul-Aziz Iddrisu and Imhotep Alagidede

Nonresident holdings of domestic debt in Nigeria: Internal or external driven? pp. 472-485

Amr Hosny

Demande extérieure et offre agricole de long terme: Cas des noix de cajou dans l'Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest‐Africaine (UEMOA) pp. 486-498

Laurent Oloukoi

Is there a nexus between China outward foreign direct investment and welfare in Côte dʼIvoire? Empirical evidence from the Toda–Yamamoto procedure pp. 499-510

Ehouma Jacques Allou, Ngozi Adeleye, Jianhua Cheng and Abdul Rehman

Volume 32, issue 2, 2020

Does microcredit reduce the gender gap in employment? Evidence from Egypt pp. 111-124

Mohamed Arouri and Nguyen Viet Cuong

International migrant remittances and labour force participation in Nigeria pp. 125-137

Ebele Nwokoye, Clement Izuchukwu Igbanugo and Stephen Kelechi Dimnwobi

Access to savings and household welfare evidence from a household survey in The Gambia pp. 138-149

Hamidou Jawara

Effects of farm credit access on agricultural commercialization in Ghana: Empirical evidence from the northern Savannah ecological zone pp. 150-162

Samuel Sekyi, Benjamin Musah Abu and Paul Nkegbe

Testing the nexus between renewable energy consumption and environmental quality in Nigeria: The role of broad‐based financial development pp. 163-175

Paul Iorember, Gideon G. Goshit and Dalis T. Dabwor

Gender earnings gap among the youth in Malawi pp. 176-187

Sung‐Bou Kim

Effects of financial reform on business entry in sub‐Saharan African countries: Do resource dependence and institutional quality matter? pp. 188-199

Frank Iyekoretin Ogbeide and Oluwafemi Adeboje

Women's empowerment and child health outcomes in Ghana pp. 200-215

Gloria Essilfie, Joshua Sebu and Samuel Kobina Annim

Social networks, rice value chain participation and market performance of smallholder farmers in Ghana pp. 216-227

Awal Abdul‐Rahaman and Awudu Abdulai

Financial distress and non‐executive director compensation: Evidence from state‐owned enterprises in South Africa post King III pp. 228-239

Abraham Simon Otim Emuron and Tian Yixiang

Price adjustment after hyperinflation in Zimbabwe pp. 240-256

Mike Nyawo and Neil Rankin

Spillover effects in public healthcare expenditure in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A spatial panel analysis pp. 257-268

Jamiil Jeetoo

Volume 32, issue 1, 2020

The impact of terrorism on public debt in African countries pp. 1-13

Mehdi Abid and Habib Sekrafi

Effect of agglomeration on technical efficiency of small and medium‐sized garment firms in Egypt pp. 14-26

Kenichi Kashiwagi and Erina Iwasaki

Ghana's national health insurance, free maternal healthcare and facility‐based delivery services pp. 27-41

Richard Agbanyo

Testing the impact of financial inclusion on income convergence: Empirical evidence from Nigeria pp. 42-54

Saifullahi Sani Ibrahim and Haruna Mohammad Aliero

Estimation of the East African Community's trade benefits from promoting intra‐regional trade pp. 55-66

Yvonne Umulisa

A Markov‐switching analysis of Nigeria's business cycles: Are election cycles important? pp. 67-79

Solomon Olakojo

Analyse de la consommation des biens culturels au Togo pp. 80-95

Victor Nyatefe and Mawussé Okey

Measuring poverty with noisy and corrected estimates of annual consumption: Evidence from Nigeria pp. 96-107

John Gibson and Omoniyi Alimi