Purpose – The generation is witnessing the greatest demographic transition and Africa is at the heart of it. There is mounting concern over corresponding rising unemployment and depleting per capita income. The purpose of this paper is to examine the issues from a long-run perspective by...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of inequality on female employment in 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for the period 2004–2014. Design/methodology/approach: Three inequality indicators are used, namely, the: Gini coefficient, Atkinson index and Palma...

Purpose: This study aims to assess the effect of globalisation on governance in 51 African countries for the period 1996-2011. Design/methodology/approach: Ten bundled and unbundled governance indicators and four globalisation variables are used. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess the importance of credit access in modulating governance for gender-inclusive education in 42 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa with data spanning the period 2004–2014. Design/methodology/approach: The generalized method of moments is used as...

Purpose: The paper explores the dark side of economic openness by examining empirically the nexus between the globalization process and human trafficking. Specifically, it is about showing in a global perspective how the growing process of free movement of people, goods, capital, services and...