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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Conference Papers & Reports
    Training Resources & Tools
    January, 2017
    South Africa

    Since its formation, Tshintsha Amkhaya held a number of gatherings, either workshops or indabas with resolute and progressive outcomes - from activities igniting the spirit of activism, a quest to call for accountability and planning of broad actions to be taken by a collective to challenge the status quo. 

     

    Amongst others, reports of these gatherings can be found by clicking on the following links:  

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    Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Urban Environmental Profile

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    April, 2016
    Tanzania, Africa

    The city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania has undergone a period of unprecedented urbanization that has contributed to the degradation of the city’s natural environment. With a growth rate above or near 5% for the past three decades, it is the fastest growing city in East Africa. The arrival of thousands of in-migrants year after year has overwhelmed the city’s ability to deliver adequate public services, housing and jobs. Unplanned, densely populated informal settlements that lack basic water, sewer, and waste services now cover much of the city’s land area.

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    December, 2016
    Madagascar, Africa

    Even though a large majority of poor households are engaged in agriculture, per capita productivity and real levels of sectoral growth remain low in Madagascar. Approximately 80 percent of the population are engaged in agriculture, which provides the main source of income for households, albeit at subsistence levels. Cultivation practices are based on extensification strategies with implications for Madagascar’s fragile natural resource base, rather than improving the productivity of existing farms and land use.

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    Developing Housing Finance

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    December, 2016
    Nigeria, Africa

    This report summarizes the results of the analytical work on housing market finance carried out by the World Bank Group at the request of the Ministry of Finance. The purpose of the work was to inform the policy dialogue about how best to develop a sustainable housing finance market in Nigeria, and improve the effectiveness of interventions aimed at stimulating the housing market and providing quality housing to the population. The work was funded by DFID and carried out over 2013 and 2014.

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    Lesotho Country Profile 2016

    Training Resources & Tools
    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2016
    Lesotho, Africa

    The Enterprise Surveys (ES) focus on many aspects of the business environment. These factors can be accommodating or constraining for firms and play an important role in whether an economy’s private sector will thrive or not. An accommodating business environment is one that encourages firms to operate efficiently. Such conditions strengthen incentives for firms to innovate and to increase productivity, key factors for sustainable development.

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    Farms, Cities and Good Fortune - Assessing Poverty Reduction in Uganda from 2006 to 2013

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    September, 2016
    Uganda, Africa

    Uganda’s progress in reducing poverty from 1993 to 2006 is a remarkable story of success that has been well told. The narrative of Uganda’s continued, albeit it slightly slower, progress in reducing poverty since 2006 is less familiar. This was a period in which growth slowed as the gains from reforms years earlier had been fully realized, and weak infrastructure and increasing corruption increasingly constrained private sector competitiveness (World Bank 2015). This report examines Uganda’s progress in reducing poverty, with a specific focus on the period 2006 to 2013.

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    August, 2016
    Botswana, Africa

    The Botswana Mining Investment and Governance Review (MInGov) collects and shares information on mining sector governance, its attractiveness to investors and how its activities affect national development. It reviews sector performance from the perspective of three main stakeholder groups – government, investors in the mining value chain and civil society – and identifies gaps between declared and actual government policy and practice.

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    eThekwini, South Africa Urban Environmental Profile

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    February, 2016
    South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

    The city of eThekwini or Durban has undergone a period of rapid urbanization that has contributed to the degradation of the city’s natural environment. Climate change is placing further strains on the city’s ability to manage the urban environment. The urban environmental profile of eThekwini has been prepared as the first component of the assignment promoting green urban development in Africa: enhancing the relationship between urbanization, environmental assets and ecosystem services, a project being conducted under the leadership of the World Bank.

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    Priorities for Ending Extreme Poverty and Promoting Shared Prosperity

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    March, 2016
    Ethiopia, Africa

    This Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) identifies the binding constraints to reducing extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity in Ethiopia. Achieving those goals requires a two pronged strategy of building on the strengths of past performance as well as introducing new elements. Progress in rural livelihoods drove poverty reduction in the past and will likely do so in the future. In addition, faster, and more inclusive, private sector-led structural change and ‘getting urbanization right’ are essential going forward.

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    Systematic Country Diagnostic

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    June, 2016
    Mozambique, Africa

    This Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) is designed to assess the key constraints and opportunities facing Mozambique as it strives to sustain robust growth and macroeconomic stability while accelerating poverty reduction and promoting greater economic inclusiveness. The SCD is organized into six chapters. Chapter two describes the evolution of poverty and inequality, explores their regional and demographic dimensions, and identifies strategies for accelerating poverty reduction.

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