Although non-farm enterprises are ubiquitous in rural Sub-Saharan Africa, little is yet known about them. The … model and panel data estimators, this paper provide answers using data from Ethiopia, Niger, Nigeria, Malawi, Tanzania, and …

This paper investigates the impact of income diversification on farming households' welfare in Nigeria on two rounds of … the Nigeria General Household Survey-Panel, namely the 2010/2011 and 2012/2013. The study finds that income … diversification is the norm in Nigeria, with about 60 percent of farmers diversifying away from subsistence farming into non …

in Bangladesh, Chile, Ghana, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, and Sri Lanka. This paper shows that variation in business practices …

plan competition in Nigeria is used to help provide evidence on these two questions. The competition was launched with much …

the subsidy on fuel is one of the most contentious socioeconomic policy issues in Nigeria today. In this paper, an economy … in the subsidy generally results in an increase in Nigeria’s gross domestic product, it can have a detrimental impact on …

Inorganic fertilizer use across Sub-Saharan Africa is generally considered to be low. Yet, this belief is predicated on … Nigeria. The analysis finds that inorganic fertilizer use in Nigeria is not as low as conventional wisdom suggests. Low …

business plan competition in Nigeria. The first human predictions are business plan scores from judges, and the second are …

drivers of growth in Nigeria, and to predict growth rates of gross domestic product per capita for the country under different … natural resource rents are estimated to be particular important ingredients for a prosperous economic development in Nigeria …

on the emerging information and communications technology sector in Nigeria. Using a randomized control trial, the paper …