Belinda Archibong

Jan 13, 2025 | brookings.edu | Belinda Archibong

Editor's note: This essay opens Chapter 3 of Foresight Africa 2025-2030, which explores how to transform Africa’s demographic advantage into greater economic and social prosperity by investing in women and youth and by dismantling structural biases and barriers.

Nov 27, 2024 | brookings.edu | Belinda Archibong

The U.S. President’s Emergency Relief Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, is possibly the single most successful policy to date in U.S.-Africa relations. It is one also one of the most successful foreign policy programs in U.S. history. Yet very few people have heard of it, and its future funding is currently on shaky ground in the current U.S. political climate.

Apr 22, 2024 | hoover.org | Peter Blair Henry |Belinda Archibong

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Apr 19, 2024 | nber.org | Belinda Archibong |Peter Blair Henry

Skip to main content The authors, Belinda Archibong and Peter Blair Henry, declare that they have no relevant or material financial interests that relate to the research described in this paper. The research has been funded by J-PAL, PEDL, Barnard and Columbia University. IRB was approved from Barnard College. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Apr 18, 2024 | brookings.edu | Belinda Archibong |Peter Blair Henry

AbstractUsing data from the largest online job portal in Nigeria, we document: (a) gender differences in salary offers for jobs, and (b) the response of (a) to recessions. Jobs in industries, where the number of job applicants skews female, offer lower starting salaries than jobs in industries where applicants skew male.