Abstract While the service sector is increasingly playing a bigger role in the structural transformation of developing countries, the sector’s level of technical efficiency remains understudied. This…

Background: Closing the tuberculosis diagnostic gap and scaling-up tuberculosis preventive treatment (TPT) are two major global priorities to end the tuberculosis epidemic. To help support these…

Nearly 2.3 billion people lack access to clean cooking fuels and technologies worldwide, representing a critical failure to achieve SDG7’s cooking energy access goal. In Sub-Saharan Africa, dependence…

Abstract: This study delves into the quality of health outcomes within Kenya's County Governments, underpinned by theoretical frameworks emphasizing citizens as vital stakeholders in budget…

In recent decades, there has been increasing research interest in individuals' support of and resistance to climate and environmental policy instruments. However, there is an empirical bias in the…

Uganda’s climate is changing in terms of rising temperatures and altered precipitation patterns, leading to extreme meteorological conditions such as prolonged drought, floods and landslides, yet the...

Innovation generally takes place in male-dominated industries. A gender gap might therefore exist. This study used data from the 2015 Tanzania Firm-Level Skills Survey to investigate the gender...

Youth unemployment remains disproportionately high in Africa. However, a growing digital economy, supported by improvements in information and communications technology, including access to the...

Climate change is one of the current global issues of concern given that it is affecting agricultural production. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which frequently experiences severe weather and natural...

Abstract: Two important risks faced by many smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa are erratic weather patterns and insecure land tenure. It is likely these risks will increasingly interact as…