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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
    July, 2014
    Eswatini

    This history illustrates a number of
    themes encountered in Swaziland that faces developing
    countries and their external partners in Africa and beyond.
    Firstly, the history relates the experience of a small and
    comparatively insular country in addressing complex
    challenges deriving from rapid urbanization and, as a
    result, the growing need to adapt governance systems and
    structures. A second key issue is the challenge that small

  3. Library Resource
    June, 2014
    Liberia

    This Policy Memorandum provides policy
    advice to the government of Liberia (GOL) in an effort to
    mainstream gender issues in policies, programs, and projects
    supporting agricultural production and value-chain
    development. It is organized as follows. Section I reviews
    women's roles in Liberian agriculture and agricultural
    value chains, drawing on a variety of data sources,
    including the 2007 Core Welfare Indicator Questionnaire

  4. Library Resource
    August, 2014
    Egypt

    The objective of this paper is to
    present a succinct and up-to-date review of the urban sector
    in Egypt, with a focus on issues for which there is new
    insight or emerging government interest. The two main themes
    of the report are the challenges facing the urban sector and
    the policy implications at various levels of government.
    Some of the reports mains findings are: urbanization in
    Egypt takes on forms and processes which are not well

  5. Library Resource
    September, 2014
    Cameroon

    Many investments in infrastructure are
    built on the belief that they will ineluctably lead to
    poverty reduction and income generation. This has entailed
    massive aid-financed projects in roads in developing
    countries. However, the lack of robust evaluations and a
    comprehensive theoretical framework could raise questions
    about current strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using the
    second Cameroonian national household survey (Enquete

  6. 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

  7. Library Resource
    March, 2014
    Ghana

    The aim of the scoping study was to gain
    an understanding of the productive activities slum dwellers
    engage in that rely on energy services and the potentials
    and challenges of slums in Ghana regarding access to modern
    energy services and income generation from productive
    activities. The objective of the ESMED-EAfUP (Energy Sector
    Management Assistance Program - ESMAP/SME Development -
    Energy Access for the Urban Poor) programme is 'to

  8. 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,

  9. 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

  10. Library Resource
    August, 2014
    South Africa

    Countries everywhere are divided into
    two distinct spatial realms: one urban, one rural. Classic
    models of development predict faster growth in the urban
    sector, causing rapid migration from rural areas to cities,
    lifting average incomes in both places. The process
    continues until the marginal productivity of labor is
    equalized across the two realms. The pattern of rising
    urbanization accompanying economic growth has become one of

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