Tabea Lakemann

Greenfield FDI can support job creation in Africa, but its full impact is unclear. Using new data from 2013–2020, we find more projects than previously reported. While FDI boosts formal jobs in some sectors, its overall impact is modest and may even crowd out domestic employment.

Informal, low-quality employment in MSMEs remains a key challenge in low- and middle-income countries. Evidence from an RCT in Côte d’Ivoire shows that a light-touch business consulting program increased formal employment through better minimum wage compliance and more written contracts.

How effective are skills training programs in sub-Saharan Africa at improving participants’ skills, employment perspectives and income? This systematic review analyses recent, randomized studies conducted between 2019 and 2024, painting a slightly more optimistic picture than earlier studies.

Can consulting improve productivity and employment among small firms in developing countries? Our rigorous impact evaluation in Côte d’Ivoire shows that while a light-touch consulting programme had only muted impacts on business practices and firm performance, job quality improved herewith.

CSAE Conference 2024: Economic Development in Africa, Oxford Organisers: Centre for the Study of African Economies, Social Science Division, University of Oxford Tabea Lakemann (Speaker), Dr. Bernd Beber (Speaker)

The RéUsSITE team presented the results of two impacts evaluations at the 2024 conference of the Centre for the Study of African Economies in Oxford.

Rigorous Impact Evaluations in the SI Decent Work: Short-term Results Tabea Lakemann (Consultant)

GIGA Doctoral Programme

Session in GIGA Doctoral Programme

University of Göttingen Göttingen Germany

Block Seminar