Gender

The BBC reports: Today Muslims across the world are celebrating Eid al-Adha, the Islamic day of sacrifice. Every Muslim who is rich enough is supposed to donate an animal to be slaughtered, and…

The Austrian Economists point us to this paper by Frederic Sautet on ‘The Role of Institutions in Entrepreneurship: Implications for Development Policy.’

How does bribery affect public service delivery? That is the question that Daniel Kaufmann, Judit Montoriol-Garriga and Francesca Recanatini ask in their most recent paper:

In 1999, there were 612,848 women entrepreneurs in Kenya, 47.7% of the total. From a new AfDB/ILO report (via Bankelele).
It is common, I feel, to underestimate women's role as…