Paula Nagler
Paula Nagler is Assistant Professor in Social Protection and Entrepreneurship at the Maastricht School of Management and PhD Fellow at UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University. Previous to her positions in Maastricht, she was a Policy Analyst at the OECD Development Centre in Paris. She also worked at the International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth in Brasília, the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington DC and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in Santiago de Chile.
Africa is the world’s youngest continent, with two-thirds of its labour force working on farms and at least another 15% in small rural enterprises.Can Africa’s rural economy create enough jobs for predominantly young job-seekers?
access_time 5 - 7 min
13 November, 2014
label_outline Inclusive Economy
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Entrepreneurship is ubiquitous in rural Africa. But why do rural households operate non-farm enterprises? How productive are they? And why do they exit the market?
access_time 3 - 5 min
20 October, 2014
label_outline Inclusive Economy
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Although governments and development agencies see farming as an important engine for job creation, rural non-farm businesses do not seem to generate enough work.
access_time 2 - 4 min
31 March, 2014
label_outline Employment & Income
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