Despite their lauded promise in terms of yields and resilience, climate smart agriculture technologies are not widely used in Sub-Saharan Africa. Even in places where adoption occurred, many farmers abandon these technologies after only a few years. We study this problem by investigating the...

Agricultural productivity remains pivotal to the sustenance of the economies and livelihoods of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries. Given the emerging threat of energy and environmental uncertainties globally, this study makes a foray into understanding the link among energy poverty,...

A large share of the population of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) lacks access to modern energy services. To bridge the electricity access gap, distributed power generation systems such as minigrids emerge as attractive options in the power supply solution space. In this study, we empirically evaluate...

Poverty and inequality represent major policy syndromes that are relevant in the achievement of most United Nations’ sustainable development goals (SDGs) in sub-Saharan Africa, while economic growth is also essential for the achievement of attendant SDGs. The present study extends existing...

Despite the euphoria and hopes that followed the attainment of many Sub-Saharan African countries of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiatives, the region’s debt woe is at the center of global attention again less than 2 decades after the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries...

This study complements the extant literature by assessing economic sector and globalization channels for gender economic inclusion. The study is focused on 35 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 1995-2019 and the empirical evidence is based on fixed effects regressions. The following...

We study the role of proximity to historical ethnic borders in determining individual land ownership in Sub-Saharan Africa. Following an instrumental variable strategy, we document that individuals have a lower likelihood of owning land near historical ethnic borders. In particular, the...

We study the role of proximity to historical ethnic borders in determining individual land ownership in Sub-Saharan Africa. Following an instrumental variable strategy, we document that individuals have a lower likelihood of owning land near historical ethnic borders. In particular, the...

This paper assesses the effects of the development of infrastructural on the reduction of poverty in 35 countries of Sub-Saharan Africa during the period 2003-2020. After multiple regressions using fixed effects, random effects, generalized least squares and Drisc-Kraay methods, we obtained...

In this study, we examine the relationship between financial inclusion and energy poverty reduction, proxied with access to electricity and clean cooking technologies and fuels, using data from 23 Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries from 2004 to 2019. Evidence from dynamic ordinary least...