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  1. Library Resource

    Unlocking the Potential of Agribusiness

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    March, 2013
    Kenya, Burkina Faso, Zambia, Ghana, Senegal, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa

    This report highlights the great potential of the agribusiness sector in Africa by drawing on experience in Africa as well as other regions. The evidence demonstrates that good policies, a conducive business environment, and strategic support from governments can help agribusiness reach its potential. Africa is now at a crossroads, from which it can take concrete steps to realize its potential or continue to lose competitiveness, missing a major opportunity for increased growth, employment, and food security. The report pursues several lines of analysis.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    March, 2016
    Africa, Western Africa

    Making evidence-based decisions regarding coastal environments, infrastructure, and natural resources and their interaction with people requires accurate data. Because of the nature of coastal phenomena and their impacts on livelihoods and the environment, integrated systems that collect and share data regionally and focus on coastal areas and marine conditions, land use, climate patterns, and natural hazards are needed. Monitoring coastal areas requires scientific input, public-private partnerships, and an interconnected effort among national and regional actors.

  3. Library Resource
    August, 2012
    Ghana

    Environmental degradation of coastal
    areas was identified as a key issue in Ghana's
    Environmental Action Plan. The central objective of the
    World Bank-assisted Integrated Coastal Zone Management
    (ICZM) initiative in Ghana, which commenced in 1995, was to
    identify economically, socially and environmentally
    appropriate interventions and projects in the coastal zone
    that improve the prospects for human development. ICZM is

  4. Library Resource
    August, 2012
    Niger

    The Niger Delta is one of the
    world's largest wetlands and includes by far the
    largest mangrove forest in Africa. Within this extremely
    valuable ecosystem, oil activities are widespread - Rivers
    State and Delta State produce 75 percent of Nigeria's
    petroleum, which represents over 50 percent of national
    government revenues. However, despite its vast oil reserves,
    the region remains poor. Gross National product (GNP) per

  5. Library Resource
    July, 2013
    Mauritania

    Regulatory reform in all its
    aspects--deregulation, re-regulation, simplification, and
    building new institutional capacities for developing and
    applying high quality market rules--should be integrated
    throughout Mauritania's efforts to generate the growth
    and market development needed to combat poverty, improve
    standards of living, and lay the foundation for a
    sustainable development. This report identifies practical

  6. Library Resource
    August, 2013
    Ghana

    The report first reviews macroeconomic
    aspects in Ghana, identifying that much of the
    non-traditional exports' expansion, reflects sporadic
    foreign investments in key agro-processing activities -
    which enjoy preferential treatment in European markets -
    but, its value-added seems at best marginal, questioning its
    sustainability, should preferences be removed. Besides
    compliance with a growing number of European Union

  7. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Niger

    This book comprises two distinct
    elements. The first, and major, part of the book (chapters
    1-3) is a unique and essential compilation of technical
    information and data on the entire Niger River system. It
    presents a comprehensive overview of the physical
    environment and hydrological functions of the watershed,
    thus providing the necessary background for examination of
    the challenges of resource management and development

  8. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Mali

    This report analyzes the
    government's decision on the outcome of a series of
    small power shifts triggered by pro-reform players. Reform
    advocates devised them whenever opportunities arose and used
    whatever maneuvering room there was to tilt the power
    balance between agency and farmers to further the goals of
    sustainability and partnership. The shifts were thought out
    for their strategic value, but most came without a timeline

  9. Library Resource
    July, 2013
    Nigeria

    This study explores the international
    development community's understanding of poverty and
    illustrates how it is related to environmental degradation.
    the study relies on three sources: a comprehensive general
    literature review, a review of past donor interventions in
    Nigeria, and original empirical evidence. The linkages found
    between poverty and environmental degradation are based on
    240 household surveys analyzed by income quintiles

  10. Library Resource
    August, 2012
    Niger

    The Niger River Basin Authority (NBA)
    brings together nine countries to promote integrated water
    resources management across political borders. The nine -
    Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire,
    Guinea, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria have embraced a shared
    vision to build institutional capacity, political agreement,
    and public support for cooperation. The countries agree that
    sustainable management and development of the basin's

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