Do Europeans even know what ‘shelter in the region’ looks like?
Nora Stel , Wim Naudé | 20 June 2025Shelter in the region represents a gap in the protection of refugees, which is in stark contrast with Europe’s professed commitment to human rights and international law.
▶Young entrepreneurs in rural Africa as drivers for job creation
Paula Nagler , Wim Naudé | 21 November 2024Can Africa’s rural economy create enough jobs for predominantly young job-seekers?
▶The Birth, Life and Death of SMEs in Rural Africa
Paula Nagler , Wim Naudé | 20 October 2024Entrepreneurship 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?
▶Rural non-farm business in Africa: where are the jobs?
Paula Nagler , Wim Naudé | 31 March 2025Although governments and development agencies see farming as an important engine for job creation, rural non-farm businesses do not seem to generate enough work.
▶Wim Naudé
Website: UNU-MERIT profile
Wim Naudé is Dean of the Maastricht School of Management, and holds the Chair in Business and Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets at the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics. Previously he was Professorial Fellow at UNU-MERIT, Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER in Helsinki, Research Director at North-West University in South Africa and Research Officer at CSAE, University of Oxford.



