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  1. 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

  2. Library Resource
    Stakeholder Assessment of Opportunities and Constraints to Sustainable Land Management in Ethiopia cover image
    Reports & Research
    June, 2012
    Ethiopia

    Stakeholders' perceptions of
    opportunities and constraints to sustainable land management
    in Ethiopia was assessed through interviews and a review of
    secondary data. Stakeholders included farmers as well as
    representatives of development agencies, agricultural
    organizations, donors, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs),
    and agricultural research systems. Stakeholders generally
    perceive that the numerous, well-intentioned but piecemeal

  3. Library Resource
    September, 2014
    Mauritania

    Real gross domestic product (GDP)
    expanded by 6.7 percent in 2013, a modest deceleration from
    the 7 percent recorded in the previous year, but well above
    the average 4.9 percent rate of growth recorded over the
    last ten years. The economy benefited from strong growth in
    the agriculture (rebounding from last year's drought),
    mining and services sectors, which largely offset weaker
    activity in fishing activity. A continuation of these

  4. Library Resource
    September, 2013
    Africa

    This paper sheds light on how to harvest
    the "youth dividend" in Sub-Saharan Africa by
    creating jobs in agriculture. The agriculture that attracts
    the youth will have to be profitable, competitive, and
    dynamic. These are the same characteristics needed for
    agriculture to deliver growth, to improve food security, and
    to preserve a fragile natural environment. With higher
    priority accorded to implementation of well-designed public

  5. Library Resource
    January, 2014
    Africa

    Transforming agriculture in Africa is
    not simply about helping Africa; it is essential for
    ensuring global food security. But Africa s agriculture is
    also of critical importance when it comes to meeting the
    world s future needs for food and fiber. With the global
    population expected to exceed 9 billion by 2050, food
    security producing enough food of sufficient quality and
    making it accessible and affordable for consumers around the

  6. Library Resource
    March, 2012
    Niger

    The Niger Diagnostic Trade Integration
    Study (DTIS) has been prepared under the Integrated
    Framework (IF) for trade related technical assistance to
    least developed countries in response to a request from the
    Government of Burkina Faso. The study is to build the
    foundation for accelerated growth by enhancing the
    integration of its economy into regional and global markets.
    This Diagnostic Trade Integration Study (DTIS) is intended

  7. Library Resource
    March, 2012
    Africa, Guinea

    This report summarizes the findings of
    the study on Competitive Commercial Agriculture for Africa
    (CCAA). The objective of the CCAA study was to explore the
    feasibility of restoring international competitiveness and
    growth in African agriculture through the identification of
    products and production systems that can underpin rapid
    development of a competitive commercial agriculture. The
    CCAA study focused on the agricultural potential of

  8. Library Resource
    September, 2013
    Burundi

    The financial sector, dominated by the
    banks, is vulnerable to external shocks. The country is
    exposed to terms of trade shocks mainly from coffee and oil
    prices, which could impact banks through real sector
    effects. The banking system is also vulnerable to a decline
    in external assistance which funds nearly half of the
    government on which a large share of the economy depends.
    Burundi has not been directly affected by the international

  9. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Kenya

    After many decades of stagnation, Kenyan
    economy started to grow from the early-2000s. Much of this
    growth has been attributed to total factor productivity
    improvements in Kenyan economy arising out of many factors.
    A large share of this growth originated in urban areas, in
    the service and manufacturing sectors. These gains also
    paralleled reduction in poverty and higher enrolment in
    primary education. Yet, it has been argued that Kenyan

  10. Library Resource
    July, 2013
    Sudan

    This Country Economic Memorandum is the
    first economic report in a decade. It gives priority to
    updating knowledge about the evolution of social and
    economic developments during the 1990s. It reviewareas of
    progress in macroeconomic reforms and the lack of success in
    governance and institutional reforms. Substantial reforms
    were undertaken in this period , but the civil war continued
    to have a serious negative impact on Sudan's people and

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