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  1. Library Resource
    August, 2014
    Burkina Faso

    The authors present evidence that in
    Burkina Faso, certain high-performing local institutions
    contribute to equitable economic development. They link
    reduced levels of poverty, and inequality to a high degree
    of internal village organization. The structure of these
    high-performing local organizations means they can exist in
    a number of African countries, because they depend more on
    internal participation, rather than on nay one

  2. Library Resource
    April, 2014
    Ethiopia

    The African Ministers' Council on
    Water (AMCOW) commissioned the production of a second round
    of Country Status Overviews (CSOs2) to better understands
    what underpins progress in water supply and sanitation and
    what its member governments can do to accelerate that
    progress across countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). AMCOW
    delegated this task to the World Bank's Water and
    Sanitation Program and the African Development Bank (AfDB),

  3. Library Resource
    September, 2014
    Sierra Leone

    This report presents an analysis of
    the Early Childhood Development (ECD) programs and policies
    which affect young children in Sierra Leone. This report is
    part of a series of reports prepared by the World Bank using
    the SABER-ECD framework. The country report includes
    analysis of early learning, health, nutrition and social and
    child protection policies and interventions in Sierra Leone,
    along with regional and international comparisons. The

  4. Library Resource
    January, 2014
    Congo

    The Congo Basin represents 70 percent of
    the African continent's forest cover and constitutes a
    large portion of Africa's biodiversity. Agricultural
    development is a central lever to help people out of
    poverty, as well as a key driver of deforestation.
    Forest-friendly agricultural development is a challenge for
    the region. This report describes some ways forest-friendly
    agricultural development can materialize in the Congo Basin.

  5. Library Resource
    April, 2014
    Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger

    The Sahel region has seen the forcible
    displacement of more than million persons as a result of
    conflict. Tackling displacement in the Sahel is critical for
    both poverty alleviation and stabilization, and only a
    development response will be adequate to the task. A
    development response to forced displacement in the Sahel
    requires a regional approach. Such an approach would have
    the benefits of being able to overcome challenges relating

  6. Library Resource
    June, 2014
    Zambia

    In September 2013, the World Bank
    launched the second Zambia economic brief, entitled
    Zambia's jobs challenge: realities on the ground. This
    report presents response of the youth to the facts and
    figures shared in the Zambia economic brief. It gives a
    broad range of discussion, often provocative, as to how
    Zambia's employment challenges can be tackled. It
    discusses the issues as diverse as cultural mind-set,

  7. Library Resource
    January, 2014
    Sierra Leone

    Sierra Leone is still recovering from a
    brutal civil war (1991-2002), fuelled in part by a valuable
    and easily extractable natural resource (diamonds). Sierra
    Leone now stands on the verge of an unprecedented period of
    economic growth, driven primarily by revenues from
    large-scale iron ore mining. Yet it continues to face many
    governance and developmental challenges. The rapid rise of
    the extractives governance agenda in Sierra Leone requires

  8. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    April, 2014
    Mozambique

    Agriculture and fisheries are the main pillars of Mozambique's economy, having contributed in the last few years to more than 25 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) and around 7 to 11 percentage points of the rate of economic growth. Agricultural development in Mozambique has been part of the government agenda because it is crucial to reducing poverty within rural zones.

  9. Library Resource
    April, 2014
    Africa, Northern Africa, Western Asia

    Disasters are increasing worldwide, with
    more devastating effects than ever before. While the
    absolute number of disasters around the world has almost
    doubled since the 1980s, the average number of natural
    disasters in Middle East and North Africa (MNA) has almost
    tripled over the same period of time. In the MNA, the
    interplay of natural disasters, rapid urbanization, water
    scarcity, and climate change has emerged as a serious

  10. Library Resource
    December, 2014
    Africa

    The Horn of Africa (HoA) region has many
    security and development challenges whose origins and
    consequences go well beyond the borders of individual
    countries. It is also a region with many human assets and
    resource endowments, and some of the most dynamic economies
    in the world. Despite its numerous challenges, the Horn of
    Africa offers significant potential to address cross-border
    issues that can help transform its countries and the region.

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