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  1. Library Resource
    September, 2013
    Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

    The population of Sub-Saharan Africa
    stood at 854 million in 2010. Annual population growth
    averaged 2.5 percent, with a relatively high sustained
    fertility rate, fostered by the fact that two-thirds of the
    population is under 25. The region has the highest
    proportion of poor people in the world, with 47.5 percent of
    its population living on less than $1.25 a day, as measured
    in terms of purchasing power parity in 2008. It is also the

  2. Library Resource
    June, 2014
    Africa

    This report is the first to examine
    tourism in Africa comprehensively and regionally and the
    first to recommend practical, evidence-based measures
    enabling the sector s economic and development power. This
    gives new impetus to the continent s development progress by
    leveraging tourism in pursuit of lasting poverty alleviation
    and the creation of significantly more jobs and
    opportunities for all Africans.

  3. Library Resource
    June, 2015
    Africa, Western Africa

    This book seeks to critically examine the challenges of fragility and security in West Africa, along with the factors of resilience. It seeks to investigate key drivers of conflict and violence, and the way in which they impact the countries of the subregion. Along with emerging threats and challenges, these include the challenge of youth inclusion; migration; regional imbalances; extractives; the fragility of political institutions and managing the competition for power; security; and land.

  4. Library Resource
    June, 2013
    Africa

    This is covers land administration and
    reform in Sub-Saharan Africa, and is highly relevant to all
    developing countries around the world. It provides simple
    practical steps to turn the hugely controversial subject of
    "land grabs" into a development opportunity by
    improving land governance to reduce the risks of
    dispossessing poor landholders while ensuring mutually
    beneficial investors' deals. This book shows how Sub

  5. Library Resource
    March, 2015
    Mali, Western Africa

    Urban and peri-urban land markets in rapidly expanding West African cities operate within and across different coexisting tenure regimes and involve complex procedures to obtain or make land available for housing. Because a structured framework lacks for the analysis of such systems, this book proposes a systemic approach and applies it to Bamako and its surrounding areas.

  6. Library Resource
    January, 2016
    Africa

    Drylands make up about 43 percent of the region’s land surface, account for about 75 percent of the area used for agriculture, and are home to about 50 percent of the population, including many poor. Involving complex interactions among many factors, vulnerability in drylands is rising, jeopardizing the livelihood for of millions.

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