Au Sénégal, les uns réclament des emplois, avec tout ce que cela peut supposer comme sécurité en termes de régularité des revenus et de protection sociale. Les autres, plus modestes, veulent tout simplement un travail qui leur permette de vivre décemment, de payer la scolarité des enfants, d’accéder à des soins de santé de qualité, de participer dignement aux dépenses du foyer. Travail et emploi comptent incontestablement parmi les préoccupations majeures du pays. Mais comment en rendre co...

Microcredit programmes, long considered efficient development tools, now face unprecedented crises in a number of countries. Is this the end of microcredit or rather an essential step in its expansion? Should we stop microcredit altogether or rethink the way it is implemented?Drawing on extensive empirical research conducted in various parts of the world - from Morocco to Senegal to India - this important volume examines the whole chain of microcredit to provide the answers to thes...

This book addresses the long understudied topic of wage issues in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It offers an overview of wage issues in Africa, examines income inequalities, wages and causality, as well as wage determinants such as shocks, representations, and earning strategies. It also examines gender issues in the labour market.The book consists of 14 chapters divided into four parts. It covers several countries from North Africa (Egypt, ...