sub-Saharan Africa

Workplace discrimination by customers directly, and negatively, impacts women’s outcomes in the service industry in sub-Saharan Africa.

What has new evidence taught us about the evolution of smallholder agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa over recent decades?

Insights from high-frequency phone survey data collection reveal that access, rather than hesitancy, prevents vaccine uptake in Sub-Saharan Africa

Changing economic conditions have differing impacts on women’s marital outcomes and family formation in polygynous vs non-polygynous areas

Land and labour market failures lead to inefficient adoption of otherwise promising irrigation technology

The bulk of this century’s population growth lies in the exceptionally high demand for children of poorer households in sub-Saharan Africa

An experiment reveals that church members enrolled in formal insurance give less money to their church and to other charitable organisations

Lessons on gender parity and staying healthy reduced intimate partner violence and led goal-minded girls to choose age-appropriate and ‘better’ boys

Collecting data using multiple survey methods can mitigate data errors that magnify the differences between low- and high-productivity farms