Utilizing more renewable energy in a market that combines advancements in technology, finance, and customer engagement is one of the African Union's top priorities. On the other side, there is a dearth of information on how the financial sector upsets the development of renewable energy. We...

The paper uses firm-level data to examine gender wage and productivity gaps in the Ethiopian manufacturing sector for the period 1996-2010. It investigates gender wage differentials between skilled and unskilled workers after controlling for factors affecting average wages. Our findings show...

This paper explores the use of digital technologies, their association with performance outcomes, and the main constraints to greater use among microenterprises. The study uses a sample of more than 3,300 firms across seven Sub-Saharan African countries, of which over 70 percent are informal and...