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Biases in entrepreneurship and industrial policy in Africa
By Wim Naudé, Professor in Business and Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets, Maastricht University, Dean of the Maastricht School of...
Emma R Marmol
Sep 5, 20174 min read


Excessive informal sector: a drag on productivity
By Aleksander Surdej, Poland’s Ambassador to the OECD Photos by Victor Jiang / Shutterstock The informal economy remains a problem when...
Emma R Marmol
Aug 30, 20174 min read


Electricity for all in Africa: Possible?
By Bakary Traoré, Economist, Sébastien Markley, Statistician, and Ines Zebdi, Research Assistant, OECD Development Centre 1 Explore the...
Emma R Marmol
Aug 2, 20174 min read


Strengthening Regional Agricultural Integration in West Africa
By John Staatz, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University Photo credit: Ryan...
Emma R Marmol
Jul 26, 20174 min read


Where to start with the SDGs?
By Simon Scott, Counsellor, Statistics Directorate, OECD; Jeff Leitner, Fellow, New America and Managing Director, GreenHouse; and...
Emma R Marmol
Jul 20, 20175 min read


Infrastructure, jobs, good governance: Bringing Africans’ priorities to the G20 table
By Michael Bratton, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and African Studies at Michigan State University and senior...
Emma R Marmol
Jul 18, 20174 min read


Development in transition
By Alicia Barcena, Stefano Manservisi and Mario Pezzini This blog is part of an ongoing series evaluating various facets of Development...
Emma R Marmol
Jul 11, 20174 min read


We must co-create the future we want to see
By Emmanuel Faber, CEO of Danone Emmanuel Faber participated in the 2017 International Economic Forum on Latin America and the Caribbean...
Emma R Marmol
Jun 27, 20174 min read


Development Finance 2.0: Improving Conditions for Local Currency Financing
By Harald Hirschhofer, Senior Advisor, TCX 1 That is why donors, recipients and development banks have been developing programs to lower...
Emma R Marmol
Jun 20, 20174 min read


Reimagining job-oriented education to give youth the chance of a better future
By Mariana Costa, Co-founder and CEO of Laboratoria To find out more on youth and inclusive development, go to the 2017 International...
Emma R Marmol
Jun 19, 20173 min read


Fiscal space in developing countries: It’s about revenues
By Alexander Pick, Fiscal economist, OECD Development Centre OECD’s policy prescriptions in last year’s Economic Outlook and was high on...
Emma R Marmol
Jun 13, 20174 min read


Youth Employment and Inclusive Growth: Part of the same coin in Cambodia
By Emmanuel Asomba, Development Policy Researcher, and Ji-Yeun Rim, Youth Inclusion Project Co-ordinator, OECD Development Centre...
Emma R Marmol
Jun 7, 20173 min read


Small Business Acts : Catalyseurs de l’entrepreneuriat africain
Par Jean-Michel Sévérino et Jérémy Hajdenberg, co-auteurs d’Entreprenante Afrique 1 Explorez les Perspectives économiques en Afrique 2017...
Emma R Marmol
Jun 6, 20175 min read


What’s standing in the way of South Africa’s entrepreneurs?
By Talitha Bertelsmann-Scott, Head : Economic Diplomacy Programme, and the entire Economic Diplomacy Programme team, South African...
Emma R Marmol
Jun 2, 20173 min read


Making aid RANDy
By Simon Scott, Counsellor, OECD Statistics Directorate Entrance to the RAND headquarters in Santa Monica in 1968 (photo courtesy of the...
Emma R Marmol
May 23, 20173 min read


Implementing industrialisation strategies in Africa
By Dirk Willem te Velde, Director of Supporting Economic Transformation Programme and Head of International Economic Development Group,...
Emma R Marmol
May 18, 20174 min read


Green Industrialisation and Entrepreneurship in Africa
By Milan Brahmbhatt, Senior Fellow, New Climate Economy (NCE) and World Resources Institute1 Explore this topic further with the upcoming...
Emma R Marmol
May 17, 20175 min read


Business incubation needs a re-think
By Allon Raiz, Chief Executive Officer, Raizcorp Explore this topic further with the upcoming launch of the 2017 African Economic...
Emma R Marmol
May 15, 20175 min read


Little changes for women entrepreneurs in Africa unless mindsets and policies change
By Mike Herrington, Executive Director, GEM Global Explore this topic further with the upcoming launch of the 2017 African Economic...
Emma R Marmol
May 11, 20173 min read


Wanted: mechanism for additionality
By Paddy Carter, Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute Development Finance Institutions (DFIs). It means: making an investment...
Emma R Marmol
May 10, 20174 min read
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