Can rapid urbanization in Africa reduce poverty? Causes, opportunities, and policy recommendations (Jeremy Barofsky, Eyerusalem Siba, Jonathan Grabinsky, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2016/09/07/can-rapid-urbanization-in-africa-reduce-poverty-causes-opportunities-and-policy-recommendations/

Enabling female entrepreneurs and beyond (Eyerusalem Siba, Brookings)

Investing in female entrepreneurs has a multiplier effect. Women often invest a higher proportion of their income back into their families and communities than men. Indeed, it is well-documented that when women control a greater proportion of household resources, the family allocates more money toward food and children’s education, and children that are healthier and more educated are better-prepared to contribute to a developing economy. However, many African women face cultural and social barriers to becoming entrepreneurs—creating the need for promoters of the gender empowerment agenda to acknowledge the entangled relationship between women and their social environment.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/africa-in-focus/posts/2016/07/25-enabling-female-entrepreneurs-siba

The case for gender-sensitive policies in sub-Saharan Africa (Eyerusalem Siba, Brookings)

Reflecting on International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8 every year, two questions kept me busy: why celebrate women, and is there any reasoning behind male preference? A common answer that I could find for both questions was that it is tougher to be a woman in environments where men and women are not treated equally.

http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/images/z/zf%20zj/zimbabwe_maize001/zimbabwe_maize001_16x9.jpg?w=230

Foresight Africa 2016: Industrialization, job creation, and structural transformation (Eyerusalem Siba, Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/africa-in-focus/posts/2016/01/20-foresight-africa-industrialization-job-creation-siba