This article explores the evidence on rural labour markets and wage employment in sub-Saharan Africa. The article argues that much of the official statistical evidence on rural wage employment is either scarce or unreliable, and discusses a number of hypotheses and reasons for this. A number of...

Despite much research on large land deals for plantation agriculture in Africa, reliable data remain elusive, partly because of limited access to information and practical and methodological challenges. International debates are still shaped by misperceptions about how much land is being...

A remarkably high proportion of women wage workers in rural Mozambique are divorced, separated, or widowed. This paper explores the factors underlying the difference between the marital status of these wage workers and other rural women in Mozambique and establishes a strong relationship between...

1. Introduction : understanding rural wage employment in developing countries / Carlos Oya and Nicola Pontara -- 2. Rural labour markets and agricultural wage employment in semi- arid Africa : evidence from Senegal and Mauritania / Carlos Oya -- 3. Lifting the blinkers : a new view of power,...