scholarly journals Technological Advancement and the Evolving Gender Identities: A Focus on the Level of Female Economic Participation in Sub-Saharan Africa

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uchenna Efobi ◽  
Simplice A. Asongu
Keyword(s):  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Gender Identities ◽  
Economic Participation ◽  
Sub Saharan

Inequality and the economic participation of women in sub-Saharan Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simplice Asongu ◽  
Nicholas Odhiambo
Keyword(s):  
Gini Coefficient ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Female Employment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Gini Coefficient ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
Economic Participation ◽  
Gender Inclusion ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Generalised Method Of Moments

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 ratio. Two indicators of gender inclusion are also employed, namely: female employment and female unemployment rates. The empirical analysis is based on the generalised method of moments. Findings The following main findings are established. First, inequality increases female unemployment in regressions based on the Palma ratio. Second, from the robustness checks, inequality reduces female employment within the frameworks of the Gini coefficient and Palma ratio. Originality/value Studies on the relevance of income inequality on female economic participation in SSA are sparse.

scholarly journals Thresholds of income inequality that mitigate the role of gender inclusive education in promoting gender economic inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simplice Asongu ◽  
Nicholas Odhiambo
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Gini Coefficient ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Female Employment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Economic Participation ◽  
Sub Saharan

Purpose This study aims to provide the thresholds of inequality that should not be exceeded if gender inclusive education is to enhance gender inclusive formal economic participation in sub-Saharan Africa. Design/methodology/approach The empirical evidence is based on the generalised method of moments and data from 42 countries during the period 2004-2014. Findings The following findings are established. First, inclusive tertiary education unconditionally promotes gender economic inclusion, while the interaction between tertiary education and inequality is unfavourable to gender economic inclusion. Second, a Gini coefficient that nullifies the positive incidence of inclusive tertiary education on female labour force participation is 0.562. Second, the Gini coefficient and Palma ratio that crowd-out the negative unconditional effects of inclusive tertiary education on female unemployment are 0.547 and 6.118, respectively. Third, a 0.578 Gini coefficient, a 0.680 Atkinson index and a 6.557 Palma ratio are critical masses that wipe out the positive unconditional effects of inclusive tertiary education on female employment. The findings associated with lower levels of education are not significant. Practical implications As the main policy implication, income inequality should not be tolerated above the established thresholds for gender inclusive education to promote gender inclusive formal economic participation. Other implications are discussed in the light of sustainable development goals. Originality/value This study complements the existing literature by providing inequality thresholds that should not be exceeded for gender inclusive education to promote the involvement of women in the formal economic sector.

Processes, Products & Policy: Investigating how drought events are perceived differently across spatial scales

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josie Baulch ◽  
Justin Sheffield ◽  
Jadu Dash
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Scaling Analysis ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
High Resolution Data ◽  
New Era ◽  
Drought Assessment ◽  
Satellite Technology ◽  
Sub Saharan

<p>Traditionally, availability of consistent, high quality, high-resolution data for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been limited, with political barriers, poverty and slow technological advancement all contributing to this issue. Over the past 30 years, a rapid increase in the advancement of satellite technology has led to the new era of ‘big data’, which includes a number of high-resolution, global remote sensing datasets. With an overwhelming amount of data now being downloaded and processed, we need to be sure that the best products are being used, in the most appropriate way, to determine the onset and evolution of extreme hydrological events and to influence policy implementation. This study uses scaling analysis of a number of hydrological and agricultural variables to investigate how spatial resolution influences monitoring of drought events. By studying the 2016/17 drought in Kenya, and assessing the drought footprint at various resolutions, it is evident that the data and its scale largely influences the apparent drought signal. Across all the variables, coarser data showed a significantly reduced drought extent than finer data, with a number of regions appearing to not fall below the drought threshold, when in reality, that area was experiencing drought. The implications of these scale issues could be significant, as drought policies in Kenya are implemented on a county level basis. By understanding the importance of effective scaling between the decision-making scale (policy), the data used for drought assessment (products) and the impacts of drought on the ground (processes), updated drought management and mitigation techniques can be used, with potential to reduce vulnerability to future drought events.</p>

scholarly journals Globalisation and Female Economic Participation in Sub-Saharan Africa

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simplice Asongu ◽  
Uchenna Efobi ◽  
Belmondo Tanankem ◽  
Evans Stephen Osabuohien
Keyword(s):  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Economic Participation ◽  
Sub Saharan

scholarly journals THE CHURCH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-179
Author(s):  
Komi Ahiatroga Hiagbe
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
The People ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Point Of Departure ◽  
The Church

The snail-pace of social and economic development within sub-Saharan Africa is of major concern not only to the development community, but to all who have the continent’s well-being at heart. Various attempts (many rather elusive) at diagnosis and prescription of the right antidotes to the problem have been made for decades. This paper, however, shares Jeffrey Sachs’s optimism in End of Poverty with the point of departure being that organised religion holds the key to a reversal of the trend. The paper explores the impact of religious beliefs on the development of some communities in the past and the present before concluding that Christianity could unlock the prospects to sub-Saharan Africa’s economic fortunes. In the view of this researcher, African theological reflections, in response to the challenges of endemic corruption, nepotism, superstition, and bad work ethics on the continent, must be grounded in the language, traditional beliefs, values and practices (i.e. culture) of the people as grounds for integration with the modern scientific and technological advancement that confronts the continent. This underscores the need for Christianity itself to become that culture which is willing to accommodate a consciously reconstructed past as the pathway to a developed future.

scholarly journals Globalisation and Female Economic Participation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Gender Issues ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simplice A. Asongu ◽  
Uchenna R. Efobi ◽  
Belmondo V. Tanankem ◽  
Evans S. Osabuohien
Keyword(s):  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Economic Participation ◽  
Sub Saharan

scholarly journals Trends in Cereal Production and Yield Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa Between 1990-2015

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 98-107
Author(s):  
Richard A Nyiawung ◽  
Neville Suh ◽  
Bishwajit Ghose
Keyword(s):  
Research Training ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Population Increase ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Land Area ◽  
Smallholder Farming ◽  
Continuous Increase ◽  
Yield Production ◽  
Cereal Production ◽  
Sub Saharan

Cereal serves as a very important and vital staple food for many smallholder farming communities in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In this paper, we examined changes in land under cereal production; changes in cereal yield; and changes in cereal production between 1990 and 2015 in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA). The paper looks at the threats and potential of cereal production with respects to how it helps to address issues of food security and improvements needed to enhance and promote production in the region. The study reveals that 33 (75%) of countries in SSA have experienced an expansion in land under cereal production while 11 (25%) of countries have reduced land under cereal production with an average increase of 679,664 hectares. Further, 32 (73%) of countries have experienced an increase in cereal yield, while 12 (27%) of countries have experienced a reduction in cereal yield, averaging to 311 kg per hectare in SSA. The study also shows that 35 (80%) of countries have experienced an increase in cereal production while 9 (20%) of countries have experienced a reduction in cereal production with a total of 1635201 kg per hectare in SSA. Overall, about 71% of the countries in SSA are experiencing a continuous increase in cereal production, yield levels and land area under cereal production, while about 29% are experiencing a reduction in cereal yield, production levels and land area under cereal production. However, SSA still has the lowest yield growth rate with the highest number of food-insecure persons (35.5% of its population), which is forecast to exacerbate further given the continuous population increase. Hence, it is essential to step up cereal production from the current attainable levels to an actual or reasonable and scalable level through innovative research, training, and technological advancement and production capabilities in the region.

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