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Civil war-induced displacement and human capital

https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:130778&r=&r=afr

Published: May 31, 2026 00:00

We study the effect of conflict-induced displacement on human capital and occupational shifts, focusing on the Mozambican civil war (1977–1992), during which millions of civilians were forced to flee to the countryside, cities, and neighboring countries.…

Assessing the heterogeneous effect of unemployment on ecological footprint in Africa

https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:129052&r=&r=afr

Published: May 9, 2026 00:00

The paper investigates the impact of unemployment on the environmental quality known as the environmental Phillips Curve (EPC) hypothesis by accounting for the heterogeneity among African countries. To the best of our knowledge, no prior study has examined…

Political business cycles and democratization: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:138370&r=&r=afr

Published: May 8, 2026 00:00

The literature on Political Business Cycles (PBCs) has suffered from two limitations, namely a dominant focus on government policies rather than outcomes that could influence voter behaviour, and a lack of attention to the relationship between PBCs and…

Three partnership priorities for building productive, resilient, and sustainable agri-food systems in Africa

https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05614424&r=&r=afr

Published: May 5, 2026 00:00

African agriculture employs 45% of the continent's working population and accounts for 21% of its GDP. Yet the sector's technical and economic performance remains insufficient, both to meet the continent's growing food needs and to fully leverage its key…

Institutional Corruption and Green Crime in Rural Ghana: A Social and Ecological Disorganisation Analysis of Gold Mining Under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Extractivist Regime

https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:socarx:eu3pr_v1&r=&r=afr

Published: April 30, 2026 00:00

This chapter examines the intersection of institutional corruption and environmental crime in rural Ghana, focusing on gold extraction. Using a social and ecological disorganisation framework, it argues that the erosion of governance structures, shaped by…

Weather Shocks and Unintended Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa

https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:11364&r=&r=afr

Published: April 27, 2026 00:00

This paper examines the effects of drought shocks on unintended pregnancies across 18 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The results show that drought exposure increases the likelihood of unintended pregnancy by one to two percentage points (about 3 to 6…

The hidden burden: Mental health among people affected by neglected tropical diseases in Nigeria

https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:socarx:esdjx_v1&r=&r=afr

Published: April 23, 2026 00:00

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect over one billion people globally, disproportionately impacting populations in low-resource settings such as Nigeria. While the physical consequences of NTDs are well documented, their mental health burden remains…

Military Spending and Crowding-Out Effects: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:imf:imfwpa:2026/069&r=&r=afr

Published: April 10, 2026 00:00

This paper quantifies the effects of increases in military expenditures on education and health spending using local projections and different strategies to identify exogenous changes in military spending based on data for 33 sub-Saharan African (SSA)…

Beyond the Algorithm: Artificial intelligence, clinical decision-making, and the moral ecology of care in Africa

https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:socarx:5r37j_v1&r=&r=afr

Published: April 8, 2026 00:00

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly promoted as a tool to enhance clinical decision-making and thus, improve quality of healthcare. While much of the emerging scholarship on AI and healthcare in Africa has focused broadly on opportunities and…