@article{fdi:010080002,
  title = {{D}o slum upgrading programmes improve employment ? : evidence from {D}jibouti},
  author = {{M}espl{\'e}-{S}omps, {S}andrine and {P}asquier-{D}oumer, {L}aure and {G}u{\'e}nard, {C}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}lum upgrading programmes are high on the international community's agenda. {Y}et their impact evaluations remain few and far between, especially when the programmes include different components such as roads, water supply, electricity, and community facilities. {I}n addition, employment is rarely considered as an outcome in the evaluation of slum upgrading programmes, although it is often one of the main priorities of slum upgrading policies. {T}his article analyses the effects on employment of such a programme in a {D}jibouti slum. {I}t uses a difference-in-difference approach to evaluate the average impact and heterogeneous effects of the programme. {W}e find that the project is unlikely to have improved access to employment in general and to formal wage jobs in particular, as was expected at the start of the project. {I}t has also failed to increase earned income. {N}onetheless, we show that self-employed activities have developed, more particularly in places adjacent to the project roads.},
  keywords = {{S}lums ; {U}rban project ; {I}mpact analysis ; {E}mployment ; {D}jibouti ; {DJIBOUTI}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}uropean {J}ournal of {D}evelopment {R}esearch},
  volume = {33},
  numero = {6},
  pages = {1555--1573},
  ISSN = {0957-8811},
  year = {2021},
  DOI = {10.1057/s41287-020-00305-9},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010080002},
}