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Erick Boy

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Erick Boy

Erick Boy is the Chief Nutritionist in the HarvestPlus section of the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit. As head of nutrition for the HarvestPlus Program since 2008, he has led research that has generated scientific evidence on biofortified staple crops as efficacious and effective interventions to help address iron, vitamin A, and zinc deficiency in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and South Asia.

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Skin in the game: Microequity and mentorship for online freelancing-based microentrepreneurs in Bangladesh

2021Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab; Meki, Muhammad; Quinn, Simon; Shonchoy, Abu
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Skin in the game: Microequity and mentorship for online freelancing-based microentrepreneurs in Bangladesh

In this pilot project, we demonstrate the exciting potential of online freelancing for improving the incomes of poor youth in rural Bangladesh. We also highlight the constraints to this type of work: financing constraints for the high training cost, access to the necessary work infrastructure, and soft skills requirements to success in the market. We shed light on some promising possibilities for innovative financing contracts and for ‘virtual exporting companies’ to act as freelancing incubators and assist students in their development.

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2021

Authors

Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab; Meki, Muhammad; Quinn, Simon; Shonchoy, Abu

Citation

Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab; Meki, Muhammad; Quinn, Simon; and Shonchoy, Abu. 2021. Skin in the game: Microequity and mentorship for online freelancing-based microentrepreneurs in Bangladesh. PEDL ERG Research 5246. Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL). https://pedl.cepr.org/publications/skin-game-microequity-and-mentorship-online-freelancing-based-microentrepreneurs

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Bangladesh

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Southern Asia; Asia; Income; Youth Employment; Policies; Training; Capacity Development; Youth; Labour; Microenterprises; Credit; Rural Areas; Skill Training

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English

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Open Access

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Africa in global agricultural trade

2019Bouët, Antoine; Cosnard, Lionel; Fall, Cheickh Sadibou
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Africa in global agricultural trade

It is commonly agreed that trade integration can contribute to the acceleration of economic growth and to poverty alleviation. This is one of the main reasons why African leaders committed at Malabo in 2014 to tripling intra-Africa trade in agricultural commodities and services by 2025. This trade commitment package includes the establishment of a continental free trade area and a continental common external tariff. Its objective is also “to increase and facilitate investment in markets and trade infrastructure” (AUC 2014, 5).

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2019

Authors

Bouët, Antoine; Cosnard, Lionel; Fall, Cheickh Sadibou

Citation

Bouet, Antoine; Cosnard, Lionel; and Fall, Cheickh Sadibou. 2019. Africa in global agricultural trade. In Africa agriculture trade monitor 2019. Bouët, Antoine and Odjo, Sunday P. (Eds.) Chapter 2 Pp. 17-41. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147087

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Eastern Africa; Africa; Western Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Southern Africa; Imports; Exports; Trade; Production Possibilities

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896296909_02 Source record

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Book Chapter

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Intra-African trade integration

2019Odjo, Sunday P.; Traoré, Fousseini; Zaki, Chahir
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Intra-African trade integration

Regional integration arrangements have proliferated across Africa over the last 40 years. The most clearly stated objective of this quest for integration is to expand intraregional trade, as it is believed that the harmonization of regulations and policies will help reduce trade costs and facilitate economies of scale. This trend is now being accelerated as African policy makers are pushing for broader integration to realize the long-held desire for pan-African unity in the form of a continental free trade area. This chapter explores how effective regional trade arrangements (RTAs) have been in promoting intraregional trade in Africa. To do this we examine several indicators, since one single indicator cannot capture the multiple dimensions and determinants of trade integration (Bouët, Cosnard, and Laborde 2017).

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2019

Authors

Odjo, Sunday P.; Traoré, Fousseini; Zaki, Chahir

Citation

Odjo, Sunday P.; Traoré, Fousseini; and Zaki, Chahir. 2019. Intra-African trade integration. In Africa agriculture trade monitor 2019. Bouët, Antoine and Odjo, Sunday P. (Eds.) Chapter 3 Pp. 43-71. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147283

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Eastern Africa; Africa; Western Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Southern Africa; Imports; Exports; Trade; Production Possibilities

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896296909_03 Source record

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Book Chapter

Article has an altmetric score of 6