COVID-19, Virtual Labor, and the Future of Work
Workers around the world are being hit hard by the impact of COVID-19. The Economist estimates that sectors facing the most significant output declines employ 38% of the world’s workforce, which now faces lay-off and furlough measures.
Increasing Development Outcomes through Evidence-Based Policy Making
Across the world, policy specialists have expressed serious concern on what has been referred to as the rising gap between official public policy and...
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Long criticized for their poor governance, African countries, particularly those in Central Africa, have embarked on far-reaching political and institutional reforms (1) . The...
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Introduction
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