The G²LM|LIC Programme is pleased to announce a 3-day course on evaluation methods joint with J-PAL MENA and UNICEF Egypt on November 11-13, 2024 in Cairo, Egypt. The target audience are postgraduate students, faculty members, and early career researchers in government and non-governmental organisations who would like to develop their skills in programme evaluation using…
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New Working Papers from G²LM|LIC Mentoring Programme!
A new working paper from the G²LM|LIC Mentoring Programme, titled “Reservation Wages for Young People in Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: Does Gender Create Differences?” by Christian Zamo, Akono Eric Hubert Ngoko, and André Dumas Tsambou, supported by the Centre d’Etudes et de Recherche en Economie et Gestion and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), investigates…
New Working Paper Published!
A new G²LM|LIC working paper by Ragui Assaad, Caroline Krafft, and Jackline Wahba titled “The Lives and Livelihoods of the Displaced in Sudan: Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees” offers an in-depth analysis of the conditions faced by Sudan’s 1.1 million refugees and 3.7 million internally displaced persons (IDPs). Utilizing data from the Sudan Labor Market…
New Working Papers Published!
A new G²LM|LIC working paper titled “Labor Market Dynamics in Sudan through Political Upheaval and Pandemic” by Ragui Assaad, Caroline Krafft, and Sarah Wahby studied the impact of recent shocks on Sudan’s economy, society, and labor market. The study examines job finding and labor market entry dynamics, unemployment durations, and employment exits during this turbulent…
G²LM|LIC Policy Meeting on April 18, 2024: Boosting Women’s Labour Force Participation – Evidence from Western and Sub-Saharan Africa
Thank you to all speakers, Andy Hinsley from FCDO for contributing the introductory remarks and all participants for an interesting discussion! The online workshop assembled recent empirical evidence on possibilities to improve the position of women in the labour market and their access to it in Western and Sub-Saharan Africa and discusses policy solutions. The…
New synthesis paper published!
A new G²LM|LIC synthesis paper by Michelle Rao and Gabríela Diaz-Pardo (both LSE) systematically reviews the literature on the impact of cash transfers on women’s employment and empowerment, covering 30 cash transfer programs on adult women across 19 lower and middle-income countries, using data from the G²LM|LIC Jobs of the World database. Find the paper…
G²LM|LIC Mentoring/H.E.R. – Career Structures in Economics
On March 6 and 7, a joint workshop of G²LM|LIC and LSE’s Hub for Equal Representation in the Economy (H.E.R.) took place at LSE in London. Eight mentees from the G²LM|LIC Mentoring Programme were selected to join a conference on Career Structures in Economics, to present their mentored paper and attend a session on research…
G²LM|LIC & BREAD Conference on Development Economics
On Friday, December 15 and Saturday, December 16, 2023 the G²LM|LIC and BREAD Conference on Development Economics took place in Nairobi, Kenya. The conference consisted of presentations of advanced stage research by senior or junior researchers, and presentations of early stage research by junior researchers. A special feature of the conference was that eight young…
Reminder: Call for Applications for FREE Online Development Economics Course
The IZA/FCDO Programme on Gender, Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries (G²LM|LIC) is sponsoring the ONLINE EVENT: “Development Economics Course”, January 15 – March 18, 2024. The course is free of charge for the participants. Application deadline is November 10, 2023. Watch the trailer for the course here! Students and researchers from Africa are…
The Structure of the Labor Force and Employment in Sudan
In the midst of a turbulent period in Sudan since 2018, this study meticulously examines Sudan’s labour market dynamics in 2022. With its last household survey conducted in 2011, Sudan has faced a series of significant economic and political shocks. This includes the secession of South Sudan in 2011, leading to declining per capita GDP,…