This paper aims to revisit the pace and patterns of structural change in Morocco with a renewed perspective focusing on subnational trends to document the macro patterns. In that perspective, we first build a within-country sectoral longitudinal dataset covering employment and value added (VA)...

This paper aims to revisit the pace and patterns of structural change in Morocco with a renewed perspective focusing on subnational trends to document the macro patterns. In that perspective, we first build a within-country sectoral longitudinal dataset covering employment and value added (VA)...

This paper assesses the mitigating role of remittances during the adverse COVID-19 employment shock on Nigeria’s food insecurity. Based on pre-COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 surveys, we use a difference-in-difference approach while controlling for time and household fixed effects. Results indicate...

The objective of this paper is to assess the impact of lockdown on human mobility based on a sample of Africa countries. Using a difference-in-difference (DiD) approach we find that lockdown causes a sharp decline in people's movement suggesting high compliance with social distancing...