African development. Medical search. Frequent questions

The amount of investment in youth development is minimal in South Africa because they concentrate on the professional game. (bbc.com)
The attacking midfielder has yet to represent South Africa at any international level but has already made five appearances off the bench for Lokeren. (bbc.com)
We always go for boys who have got quick feet and show good vision but Ayanda could be the biggest thing ever to come out of South Africa. (bbc.com)
Public Budgeting in African Nations: The Case of South Africa Gerrit van der Waldt and Shikha Vyas-Doorgapersad 9. (routledge.com)
Shikha Vyas-Doorgapersad is Professor of Public Management and Governance at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. (routledge.com)
Five additional countries, including South Africa, joined in July. (imf.org)
This review focuses on levy-financed training funds in eight Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries: Botswana, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. (ilo.org)
The record trading day in China, dubbed "Black Monday," and escalating fears over an economic downturn further wounded currencies in South Africa and Zambia as their exports of gold, wine and copper have become cheaper. (ibtimes.com)
Decomposing the impact of human capital on household income inequality in South Africa: Is education a useful measure? (repec.org)
Regulatory sandbox for FinTech regulation: Do the conditions for effective adoption exist in South Africa? (repec.org)
South Africa, once the 'powerhouse' economy in Africa, has dropped 28 places since 1990 in the United Nations human development report. (socialistworld.net)
The recent marvellous general strike in Nigeria and the battle against privatisation in South Africa hint at how this catastrophic situation can be overcome - mobilising the power of the working class and the urban and rural poor, to challenge the system. (socialistworld.net)
R&D expenditure in South Africa has shown a steady growth in both nominal and real terms since 1993. (hsrc.ac.za)
The UK is committed to supporting the development and climate resilience of infrastructure services in African cities," affirms UK Minister of State for Development and Africa Andrew Mitchell (his position is roughly equivalent to that of a Deputy Minister in South Africa). (miningweekly.com)
The DBSA is in the process of developing and Implementing the National Water Programme for South Africa. (polity.org.za)
Rise Mzansi, whose application with the Electoral Commission of South Africa to contest as a political party was recently approved, is ready to contest the elections in all nine provinces. (polity.org.za)
The Development Bank of Southern Africa is one of the leading African Development Finance Institutions, wholly-owned by the government of South Africa. (dbsa.org)

The 2023 Africa Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report covers the period January to December 2022. (worldbank.org)
Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is set to decelerate from 3.6% in 2022 to 2.5% in 2023. (worldbank.org)
Only 15 out of 48 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have met or exceeded the World Health Organization (WHO) target of 40% of the population with a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine by the end of 2021, while only four countries (Rwanda, Seychelles, Mauritius, and Cabo Verde ) have reached the 70% target by mid-2022. (worldbank.org)
As of October 2022, 25.4% of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa has received at least one dose while 19.8% are fully vaccinated according to the WHO regional office for Africa. (worldbank.org)
As of October 2022, the World Bank has been committed $4.68 billion through 65 COVID-19 operations to support vaccine acquisition, distribution, and deployment in Sub-Saharan Africa. (worldbank.org)

More wind and solar energy can support economic development in North Africa and the Middle East and also secure climate-neutral access to energy for its population," explains Jochen Flasbarth, President of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). (umweltbundesamt.de)
He and Morocco's Minister of Environment and Energy, Fouad Douiri, opened a two-day international conference on renewable energy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENAREC - Middle East and North African Renewable Energy Conference) on Tuesday, 15 May 2012, in Marrakesh. (umweltbundesamt.de)
According to UBA, wind and solar energy in particular hold huge development potential in the countries of North Africa. (umweltbundesamt.de)
Such a cooperation effort between the European energy area and North Africa could move the vast area ahead towards meeting all its demand for energy from renewable sources in the long term. (umweltbundesamt.de)
Renewable energy provides North Africa and the Middle East with excellent opportunities to develop a green economy. (umweltbundesamt.de)
Some 500 experts from politics, finance and the renewable energy sectors are meeting in Marrakesh from 15 to 16 May 2012 to explore options and means to advancing the use of renewable energy in North Africa and the Middle East. (umweltbundesamt.de)
The issues at the focus of this conference are how to speed up the development of renewable energy in the North Africa, the experience gained in Europe through its own development of renewable energy, which approaches to promoting and financing of projects exist, and how renewable energy can be integrated into the existing local economic sectors (agriculture, tourism, industry, and water supply). (umweltbundesamt.de)
The goal of developing renewable energy in North Africa already resulted in the foundation in 2009 of a consortium known as DESERTEC Industrial Initiative (DII), whose members are from industry and finance (desert electricity project).This industrial initiative aims to develop a sound basis for investment through feasibility studies on the potential and technology needed to supply solar energy to both North Africa and Europe. (umweltbundesamt.de)
Note: This map and country list displays countries covered in the Middle East/North Africa geographic region. (cdc.gov)
The Middle East/North Africa region is home to more than 879 million people and spans across 25 countries where over 22 languages are spoken. (cdc.gov)
Today, CDC's presence in the region includes the Middle East/North Africa regional office established in 2020 in Muscat, Oman, a country office in Pakistan, and technical experts based in the region. (cdc.gov)
The Middle East/North Africa region is diverse socially, politically, and economically. (cdc.gov)
The establishment of the Middle East/North Africa regional office has strengthened health diplomacy efforts in the region and better positions CDC to work collaboratively with host countries and partners in the region to prepare for and respond to broad public health priorities and public health threats in the region. (cdc.gov)

On International Women's Day 2023 , we steered our focus towards closing the digital gender divide in Eastern and Southern Africa. (worldbank.org)
The adoption by the African Union of the theme of the Year 2023 as the " Year of AfCFTA: Acceleration of the African Continental Free Trade Area Implementation", is expected to generate greater political commitment and accelerate the effective implementation of the AfCFTA to fully benefit the African citizenry and achieve the Aspirations and goals of Agenda 2063. (co.ke)

In Eastern and Southern Africa, $3 billion has been committed through 31 operations in 20 countries and in Western and Central Africa, $ 1.68 billion has been committed through 34 operations in 21 countries. (worldbank.org)

The AfDB's mission is to fight poverty and improve living conditions on the continent through promoting the investment of public and private capital in projects and programs that are likely to contribute to the economic and social development of the region. (wikipedia.org)
Following the end of the colonial period in Africa, a growing desire for more unity within the continent led to the establishment of two draft charters: one for the establishment of the Organization of African Unity (established in 1963, later replaced by the African Union) and one for a regional development bank. (wikipedia.org)
Sub-Saharan Africa, home to more than 1 billion people, half of whom will be under 25 years old by 2050, is a diverse continent offering human and natural resources that have the potential to yield inclusive growth and wipe out poverty in the region, enabling Africans across the continent to live healthier and more prosperous lives. (worldbank.org)
These data are presented both for individual countries, and for certain groupings of countries such as by continent, by region, by income level, by level of development, or by level of natural resource production. (oecd.org)
More than 300 IAD graduate fellows now work in government, NGOs, academic institutions, and international organizations on the African continent-testament to the institute's diverse constituency and impact. (cornell.edu)
UNDP Africa supports 46 countries in accelerating achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, expediting structural economic transformation for sustainable development, building resilience to shocks, and promoting sound governance, peace and security throughout the continent. (undp.org)
He appointed a pan-African committee of experts to review and submit proposals for a system of governance for the AU that would ensure the organisation was better placed to address the challenges facing the continent with the aim of implementing programmes that have the highest impact on Africa's growth and development so as to deliver on the vision of Agenda 2063. (au.int)
The conference was convened by Knowledge Management Africa, a continent-wide network for promoting and sharing knowledge to improve governance and service delivery. (ipsnews.net)
The continent is far behind in terms of scientific research, but we women play an influential role in the development of the continent through research. (ipsnews.net)
At the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), reducing poverty on the African continent through private-sector initiative is our mission. (project-syndicate.org)
For, in the end, the private sector is and will be the engine of growth in Africa, and its increasingly active involvement in the development process bodes well for the continent. (project-syndicate.org)
But also for economic reasons, repatriation of capital flight will propel growth on the African continent on a higher sustainable path, while preserving its financial stability and reducing our dependence on aid and loans. (modernghana.com)
To help support government and nonprofit organizations on the continent address these challenges, Esri , the global leader in location intelligence, has collaborated with Microsoft on a sustainable agriculture development initiative in Africa. (esri.com)
Across the African continent, there is an urgent need to improve agricultural productivity. (esri.com)
During his 2014 visit to the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said China expects to reach $400 billion in trade volumes with Africa and raise its direct investment in the continent to $100 billion by 2020. (ibtimes.com)
To boost intra-African trade, the continent has embarked on the gradual elimination of tariffs on 90 percent of goods. (co.ke)
To boost intra-African trade, the continent has embarked on the gradual elimination of tariffs on 90 percent of goods, and the reduction of barriers to trade in services aimed at increasing Africa's income by $450 billion by 2035. (co.ke)
Beyond the policy transformation and reforms, the AfCFTA seeks to ensure inclusivity of women and youth, including youth in the rural areas, development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and overall industrialisation of the Continent. (co.ke)
The ultimate objective is to ensure that AfCFTA is truly operational and the gains from the initiative are improved implementation in order to achieve increased inter-regional and intra-Africa trade that would yield economic development for the betterment of the continent at large. (co.ke)
BUSH'S VISIT to Africa, no doubt to pave the way for more privatisation contracts for US multinationals, has seen a lot of media interest in the continent that will be dropped as soon as Bush returns to the US. (socialistworld.net)
My ambition has been to generate awareness on the economic history of Africa for anyone out there with an interest in the continent. (lu.se)
While I am sure the motives for signing up for the course varies, I truly believe there is a wide demand for learning more about the history of Africa across the world - even within the African continent. (lu.se)

In March 2018, 44 African heads of state signed a framework to establish a single continental market for goods and services, with free movement of capital and business travelers. (imf.org)
N. Cheeseman (2018) Institutions and Democracy in Africa: How the rules of the game shape political engagements . (unibo.it)
Leaders and participants during the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Business Forum in Kigali, Rwanda in March 2018. (co.ke)

The 2021 edition of the Africa's Development Dynamics report draws lessons from the continent's five regions - Central, East, North, Southern and West Africa - to develop policy recommendations and share good practices. (oecd.org)
This web page serves as the statistical annex for the Africa's Development Dynamics 2021 report, making public the data compiled in the production of the report. (oecd.org)

To establish a forum of dialogue between African Centre for Community and Development with other synergies and good will development ambassadors in empowering disadvantaged peoples and mainstreaming them into society. (idealist.org)
With assistance from a development partner, the International Development Research Centre, these women have improved production techniques, using manure, taking better care of the health of the trees, as well as speeding up the extraction process using a machine press. (ipsnews.net)
Positioning transparency and accountability at the Centre of African natural resource policies to secure a fair share of national resource revenues for African citizens. (modernghana.com)
To better understand the true picture and opportunities in borderlands, the UNDP Africa Borderlands Centre undertook a targeted mapping of data and stories from Africa's borderlands. (undp.org)

The Covid-19 pandemic has devastated the tourism sector, which contributes about 25% of GDP and accounts for the largest share of total employment," said Nnenna Nwabufo, Director General of the Bank Group's East Africa Regional Development and Business Delivery Office. (zawya.com)
Microsoft and Esri have a long history of working together, including a recent initiative to create global land-cover maps through the Planetary Computer Program, featuring a catalog of global environmental data from Esri's ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World ," said Richard Budden, Esri's deputy general manager for the Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia. (esri.com)

To promote the documentation of livelihoods in audio visual documentaries for radios, TV, World Wide Web and as simulation videos to assist the design and implementation of interventions aimed at reducing poverty in Cameroon, Africa and the world. (idealist.org)
Capital flight is a major way in which African Countries have been forced into poverty. (modernghana.com)
These lost monies could significantly contribute to development by way of combating hunger, disease and reduce poverty. (modernghana.com)
Sound and cohesively implemented rural development strategies: A missing link in Africa's fight against poverty? (repec.org)
By eliminating barriers to trade in Africa, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will lift 30 million people from extreme poverty and another 68 million people from moderate poverty. (co.ke)
Other work by Justin suggests that official estimates of consumer price indices have been inaccurate, and - once correcting for these accuracies - rates of growth and poverty reduction in Africa are modestly slower on average than published estimates based on official data. (cgdev.org)
For UNESCO and its partners, including all stakeholders, focusing on African transboundary sites is about promoting regional integration, reducing poverty, strengthening social cohesion, fostering sustainable development, innovation and peace, among peoples. (unesco.org)

The HSRC is committed to cutting-edge research that supports development nationally, in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and in Africa. (hsrc.ac.za)
This article presents and argues for a collaborative model for disaster risk management in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). (lu.se)

Public Budgeting in African Nations aims to provide usable budgeting and fiscal policy management information to development practitioners interested in improving the performance of governments in the context of good governance. (routledge.com)
To facilitate the formulation, adoption, advocacy and implementation of continental-level frameworks and guidelines for policy development and implementation in key sectors including Agribusiness Development, Post-Harvest Loss including Food Loss and Waste, Pastoralism, Rural Infrastructure, Sustainable Land Governance, Expanded entrepreneurship for youth and women and competitive value chain and agro industry development. (au.int)
Facilitate the formulation, adoption, advocacy and implementation of continental-level frameworks and guidelines for policy development and implementation in key sectors including Agribusiness Development, Post-Harvest Loss including Food Loss and Waste, Land Governance, Pastoralism, Rural infrastructure, Agri-value Chain development and market access. (au.int)
Improving governance and strengthening national capacity among African governments in managing extractive industries is the first and most important step. (modernghana.com)
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $20 million flexible loan to finance Seychelles' Governance and Economic Reforms Support Program, expected to help drive the island nation's macroeconomic stability and recovery from Covid-19 in the medium-term. (zawya.com)
In particular, this course unit will examine the historical trajectory from the modernization paradigm linked to the development of the nation-state after independencies (1960s) to the good governance reforms and democratization processes of the post-cold war context. (unibo.it)
Using data from Worldwide Governance indicators, UNESCO, COBAC, the Banking Commission of West African States and the World Bank, based on cylindrical dynamic panel whose instrumentalisation and stationarity of variables enabled us to use GMM in system, the results show that financial development through its components which are credit to the private sector, network development as well as the monetary mass significantly reduce income inequality among households. (scirp.org)
African development report 2001 : Africa in the world economy, fostering good governance in Africa, economic and social statistics on Africa [2001 ed. (who.int)

Can digitalisation create quality jobs and make African economies more resilient to the global recession triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic? (oecd.org)
The flight of capital from Africa and its absorption in western economies deserve same attention and require concerted efforts to deal with. (modernghana.com)
Now a new player is emerging with the potential to defragment Africa and boost the productivity of its economies: the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). (imf.org)
In addition to increasing market efficiency and reducing the cost of doing business by offering opportunities for economies of scale, the AfCFTA could ease trade and investment flows and shift the composition and direction of foreign direct investment flows into Africa. (imf.org)
The big question is whether this effort will also elevate the competitiveness of African economies. (imf.org)
These have to do with the stage of economic development, the gap in physical and technological infrastructure between developed and many developing economies, and the inability of a number of developing economies to undertake the critical economic and institutional reforms needed to raise their market efficiency. (imf.org)
The few African countries that have emerged as the fastest-growing economies in the past decade have also been on an upward trajectory on the global competitiveness ladder. (imf.org)
To protect its fragile economies against future global market shake-ups, African governments should diversify investment and boost intra-Africa trade, experts said. (ibtimes.com)
By estimating in transversal cuts using data on 71 countries for the period 1960 to 1995, [6] show that financial development affects the convergence of economies through growth of productivity instead of the accumulation of capital. (scirp.org)
Historical events in Africa have shaped the governments, nations, economies, and culture through conflict and change. (livebinders.com)

About 387 million people lived without access to basic drinking water services in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020, up from 350 million people in 2000, according to a WHO/ UNICEF progress report . (worldbank.org)
Lagos - There has been considerable progress on achieving the Millennium Development Goals since their inception in 2000. (project-syndicate.org)
In this light, the objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of financial development on income inequality for the period 2000 to 2014, on a sample of 14 countries 1 belonging to the Franc zone which form a homogenous group of countries united since the colonial period by a monetary policy based on the use of the Franc CFA as a unique currency with different macroeconomic specificities. (scirp.org)
In 2000, GAVI Alliance offered eligible African countries a fixed payment per additional child immunized against diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP3), based on reports from national administrative data systems. (cgdev.org)

This conference was convened by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Khartoum, Sudan, from July 31 to August 4. (wikipedia.org)

The AfDB is a financial provider to African governments and private companies investing in the regional member countries (RMC). (wikipedia.org)
It was here that the agreement establishing the African Development Bank (AfDB) was cosigned by 23 African governments on August 4, 1963. (wikipedia.org)
Governments and other development actors can support the transition. (iied.org)
Touré thinks that what is needed is for African governments to follow up programmes like this and prioritise support for research in the service of sustainable development. (ipsnews.net)
But, despite the best efforts of governments, reaching those goals by the 2015 target date still remains a distant prospect for many countries, not the least of in Africa. (project-syndicate.org)
In addition to that, there is a lack of transparency and accountability regarding agreements signed between African governments and multinational companies, particularly in the extractive sector. (modernghana.com)
The African Institute for Development Policy Research and Dialogue is designed to bridge the gaps between research, policy, and practice in Africa The institute is growing its work in enabling African governments to consistently use evidence to inform policy formulation, resource allocation, and program implementation to accelerate achievement 0f the Sustainable Development Goals. (hewlett.org)

Originally only African countries were able to join the bank, but in 1982 it began allowing the entry of non-African countries as well. (wikipedia.org)
Twenty-four non-African countries along with the AfDB constitute its current membership. (wikipedia.org)
To use holistic thinking in the delivery and management of social and economic interventions for Africa and developing countries. (idealist.org)
Helping the 22 countries of the sub-region deliver strong development outcomes. (worldbank.org)
The COVID-19 pandemic has sent shockwaves around the world, overwhelming health systems, upending lives, disrupting globalized systems and supply chains, and undermining development gains in many of the poorest countries. (worldbank.org)
The threat of new variants propels the push for increased vaccination rates among African countries. (worldbank.org)
OVER the past decade, lower tariffs within the East African Community (EAC) have boosted regional trade, offering the five member countries a route to faster growth. (imf.org)
Exports to other EAC countries are now as high as exports to the euro area, followed by exports to the rest of Africa and developing Asia. (imf.org)
All indicators that were chosen for the annex provide national figures for all or nearly all African countries, as well as most countries in the rest of the world. (oecd.org)
Some of the 15 African countries with the highest amounts of capital flight include Tanzania, Mozambique and Ghana. (modernghana.com)
Many African countries come under pressure to adopt domestic policies that undermine their taxing rights. (modernghana.com)
However, most African countries are probably latecomers in the race to boost competitiveness. (imf.org)
The institute will help advance the Evidence-Informed Policymaking (EIP) strategy goals through its work across multiple African countries to strengthen institutional systems that facilitate evidence-informed decision making, expand and strengthen the EIP field by sharing lessons from promoting evidence use, and generate and translate evidence to inform policy decisions. (hewlett.org)
The African Music Development Programme was launched in the beginning of 2014 by the International Music Council, and takes place in 9 African countries with the support of numerous actors, institutions and professionals of the music sector. (imc-cim.org)
The aim of this article is to evaluate the effect of financial development on income inequality in a sample of African countries of the Franc Zone. (scirp.org)
Equally, during the same period the monetary mass in terms of percentage of GDP increased respectively from 24.7% to 28.9% in the Franc Zone and 44.7% to 45.5% for Sub-Saharan African Countries. (scirp.org)
Despite the fact that several studies highlight the importance of financial development in the explanation of the evolution of income inequalities which is a phenomenon that can easily be observed in developing countries. (scirp.org)
The study of [7] on the role of financial development in the explanation of the inequality in income for a panel of 98 countries on the period 1980-2006, reveals that the reduction of the differences in income more often from a stable macroeconomic environment than an intensive financial sector. (scirp.org)
30 of the 34 countries described by the UN as having 'low human development' (an amalgam of income, life expectancy and literacy) are in Africa. (socialistworld.net)
21 countries went backwards in terms of human development, many of these in Africa. (socialistworld.net)
Comparing administrative and survey data across 46 surveys in 21 African countries, we find a bias toward overreporting school enrollment growth in administrative data. (cgdev.org)
2008), we show evidence that this policy induced upward bias in the reported level of DTP3 coverage amounting to a 5 percent overestimate of coverage rates across 41 African countries. (cgdev.org)
TURF is focused on funding and supporting the design of climate-focused urban infrastructure in sub-Saharan African countries. (miningweekly.com)
Despite the enormous difficulties, social security institutions in many African countries are managing to gradually make progress in a number of domains. (issa.int)
Since the first MENAREC Conference in 2004, which served to prepare the region for the first international conference, "Renewables 2004" in Bonn, MENAREC has become a successful forum of collaboration among Arab nations and with Germany on the development of renewable energy in the Mediterranean countries. (umweltbundesamt.de)
During this workshop, 29 working papers were presented in the presence of about 60 experts, site managers, technical and financial partners, academics, and representatives of the private sector from 20 African countries. (unesco.org)

Promoting Africa's growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states. (au.int)
It will help the government meet the current budgetary financing gap and help achieve economic development targets as we steer the country on the path to recovery and debt sustainability," Hassan said. (zawya.com)
As one of Africa's leading development finance institutions, it is our responsibility to promote inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development and growth. (dbsa.org)
As the DBSA, our primary purpose is to promote economic development, growth and regional integration through infrastructure finance and development. (dbsa.org)
African development report : Africa in the world economy, population and economic development in Africa, economic and social statistics on Africa. (who.int)

The NTF is aimed at assisting in the development efforts of the poorest AfDB members. (wikipedia.org)
Since IPS was founded in 1964, our historic mission has always been "giving a voice to the voiceless" and acting as a communication channel that privileges the voices and the concerns of the poorest and creates a climate of understanding, accountability and participation around development, promoting a new international information order between the South and the North. (ipsnews.net)

Based on the developments observed in the financial sector in the last two decades, the World Bank and the International monetary fund made it a strategic tool for the achievement of the aim of reduction of income inequality between the rich and the poor. (scirp.org)
In addition to this dynamic of financial development, there is persistent income inequality among populations. (scirp.org)
In this regard, studies carried out so far have lead to the conclusion that, the effects of financial development on income inequality are not uniform. (scirp.org)
Whereas [4] followed by [5] show that the influence of financial development on income inequality mainly depends on the structure of the economy considered. (scirp.org)
Contrary to this conclusion, [8] or again [9] established the existence of a linear relationship between financial development and income inequality. (scirp.org)
In the same way, [10] in a study on the rural area of China lead to the conclusion that there is an inverse relationship between financial development and income inequality. (scirp.org)
and 4) the method of econometric analysis since that consecrated to the method of generalised moments in systems that is not widely used produces robust results on the analysis of the impact of financial development on income inequality. (scirp.org)

I doubt that Africa can escape the impact," said Amadou Sy, senior fellow and director of Africa Growth Initiative at the Brookings Institution, a think tank in Washington, D.C. "To me, it's really important to separate the short-term impact from the real question: Is China really slowing down? (ibtimes.com)

Building on a database of 106 border pairs in Africa and a repository of stories and pictures from these borderland regions, the book puts a face to the quantitative data contained within the Borderlands Encyclopedia Dashboard. (undp.org)

1997 ed. published by Oxford University Press for the African Development Bank. (who.int)

That's one of many questions covered in LUSEM's newly launched open global online course (MOOC) - African development, from the past to the present. (lu.se)
LUSEM's mooc "African development, from the past to the present" has now been online for a year, and gathered over 1 800 learners. (lu.se)
De ahí que una de las preguntas centrales de este MOOC es si Africa ha sentado las bases para consolidar su camino propio hacia la prosperidad. (lu.se)

Funded by the Netherlands Funds-in-Trust, the main objective of this activity was to exchange knowledge and share experience on the management of various transboundary and transnational World Heritage sites in Africa, including the use of traditional knowledge. (unesco.org)

To promote the physical and mental development of these categories of peoples via education, capacity building, training, arts, social capital mobilisation, enterprise approaches , agriculture etc so as to augment their capacities to resist the shocks and stresses peculiar to such underprovided livelihoods. (idealist.org)
We are excited to now extend that collaboration to support sustainable agriculture development in Africa. (esri.com)
To empower government agencies in Africa with geospatial tools in support of sustainable agriculture development, Esri recently launched the Geospatial Program for Agriculture in Africa . (esri.com)

In recent years, many legal reforms in Africa have focused on improving coverage under old-age pension schemes and introducing or expanding health care schemes. (issa.int)

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) or Banque Africaine de Développement (BAD) is a multilateral development finance institution headquartered in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, since September 2014. (wikipedia.org)
The AfDB was founded in 1964 by the Organisation of African Unity, which is the predecessor of the African Union. (wikipedia.org)
The AfDB comprises three entities: The African Development Bank, the African Development Fund and the Nigeria Trust Fund. (wikipedia.org)
According to the AfDB, the inclusion of non-regional members helped contribute to economic and social development through low-interest loans, additional banking expertise and access to markets outside of the region. (wikipedia.org)
It provides development finance on concessional terms to low-income RMCs which are unable to borrow on the non-concessional terms of the AfDB. (wikipedia.org)
The ADF's general operations are decided by a Board of Directors, six of which are appointed by the non-African member states and six designated by the AfDB from among the bank's regional Executive Directors. (wikipedia.org)
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of African Development Bank Group (AfDB). (zawya.com)

This mRNA platform could also be applicable for the development of a COVID-19 vaccine. (who.int)

ZIPHIUS Therapeutics announced that they have prioritized their resources to intensify the development of ZIP-1642, a vaccine against the novel coronavirus. (who.int)

An Integrated, Prosperous and Peaceful Africa. (au.int)

Further economic weakening could curtail Chinese investment growth on sub-Saharan African exports, mining and infrastructure, experts and market analysts say. (ibtimes.com)
Chinese investors have also funded countless infrastructure projects in sub-Saharan Africa in recent years. (ibtimes.com)
Meridiam is an independent investment public benefit and asset management group, focused on the development, financing and long-term management of sustainable public mobility, public services and low-carbon infrastructure. (miningweekly.com)
It seeks to make African urban public infrastructure more affordable and reliable, while improving safety and ensuring climate resilience. (miningweekly.com)
The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) in partnership with National Treasury and the European Union will be hosting a webinar to showcase some of the success stories in addressing South Africa's water challenges through the Infrastructure Investment Programme also known as IIPSA. (polity.org.za)
In line with the DBSA infrastructure development strategy, capital will be deployed using programmatic and blended finance strategies. (polity.org.za)
Our product solutions span all phases of the infrastructure development value chain from infrastructure planning and project preparation , across a range of investment financing and non-financing investments, to infrastructure implementation and delivery. (dbsa.org)

Historical Legacies and African Development ," NBER Working Papers 25278, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. (repec.org)
An Economic Rationale for the African Scramble: The Commercial Transition and the Commodity Price Boom of 1845-1885 ," NBER Working Papers 21213, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. (repec.org)
The African Cities Research Consortium brings together a range of international partners to explore and tackle the complexity around urban development in some of Africa's biggest cities. (iied.org)
The African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) aims to generate evidence to tackle complex urbanisation problems in some of Africa's fastest growing city areas through localised activity. (iied.org)
as well as international groups such as the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) . (iied.org)
The consortium builds on recent work that IIED's Human Settlements research group has undertaken for the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (previously DFID) on the Urban Crises Learning Fund and on shelter provision in East African cities . (iied.org)
This aims to move beyond the sectoral silos of development research and interventions, and allows practitioners and researchers to treat and examine each city as a complex system itself. (iied.org)
More than 40 IAD-affiliated faculty from across Cornell conduct research and teach courses related to African development. (cornell.edu)
This book adopts an interdisciplinary/pragmatic approach to analyze and present research findings on public budgeting as a sustainable development tool. (routledge.com)
DAKAR, Aug 8 2009 (IPS) - While Africa is still far from having adequate capacity for scientific innovation, women are more and more present in the field of research for the continent's sustainable development. (ipsnews.net)
Research in Africa is held back by the relatively small numbers of engineers, technicians and researchers, Correa says, adding that women are not marginalised in scientific research. (ipsnews.net)
A wide body of research on infant and childhood development shows that nurturing, responsive and stimulating interactions between young children and their parents and caregivers positively and permanently strengthens the ability to learn with the possibility of changing brain function for life. (unicef.org)
Academic research, distribution of works, the structuring of and networking within the sector are also part of this major programme that will reach its peak during the African Forum on Music in 2016 in Abidjan. (imc-cim.org)
The key results of the latest National Survey of Research and Experimental Development (R&D) have been released, revealing some interesting trends. (hsrc.ac.za)
The HSRC Research Data Service provides a digital repository of the HSRC's research data in support of evidence-based human and social development. (hsrc.ac.za)
The most cost-effective way to access all our Research Reports is by subscribing to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa - you can upgrade your subscription now at this link . (miningweekly.com)
The homepage of the International Development Research Network, headquartered at UBC's Liu Institute for Global Issues. (ubc.ca)
Sharing more than two decades worth of research and fieldwork on Africa, LUSEM Economic History Professor Ellen Hillbom is the instructor of the course. (lu.se)
However, little research has focused on the problem among rural African American youth in the Deep South. (cdc.gov)

The successful implementation of the AfCFTA will lead to the creation of more decent jobs, improved welfare and better quality of life for all citizenry, and sustainable development. (co.ke)
The development and funding of projects from conception to implementation. (dbsa.org)

The yearlong activities will enhance the existing collaboration among the member states, the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), AU institutions, the private sector, development partners, and other stakeholders, to mobilize and implement actions that boost intra-Africa trade, particularly trade in value-added production and trade across all sectors of Africa's economy. (co.ke)

The first regional meeting on "Transboundary Cooperation for effective management of World Heritage Sites in Africa" was held from 11 to 15 February 2019 in the city of Man (Côte d'Ivoire), located at 100 km from the Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, the first African transboundary property inscribed on the World Heritage List. (unesco.org)

Led by professor Diana Mitlin, from the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester and also a principal researcher at IIED, the consortium brings together a number of international partners committed to catalysing change for urban communities. (iied.org)
Join a project with a global practitioner through the Institute for African Development. (cornell.edu)
Agenda 2063 is the blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future. (au.int)
It is therefore critical, and there is great value to be gained, by coordinating rural development initiatives that contribute to sustainable livelihoods through efforts at the global, regional, national and local levels, as appropriate. (au.int)
To learn more about how location intelligence can power global land monitoring, visit esri.com/en-us/c/product/arcgis-for-microsoft-planetary-computer . (esri.com)
Africa ranks near the bottom when it comes to competing in the global economy, held back by fragmented markets that inhibit efficiency and constrain economic growth. (imf.org)
African trade under the AfCFTA is also likely to mitigate the costs of adverse global shocks. (imf.org)
Panicked investors in Africa joined those in Asia, Europe and the U.S. in a global sell-off Monday, as fears of a Chinese economic slowdown reached commodity-linked African currencies. (ibtimes.com)
Firstly, a global focus on the development of health service delivery systems. (who.int)
CDC has also supported laboratory strengthening activities such as the Global Laboratory Leadership Program, and regional trainings to strengthen laboratory capacities, workforce development, and preparedness and response. (cdc.gov)
Echoing Ellen's words, I firmly believe in the global demand to learn more about Africa. (lu.se)

Public Budgeting in Africa: The Case of Botswana Taolo B. Lucas and Theophilus T. Tshukudu 3. (routledge.com)

Africa can mitigate climate change and achieve other developmental benefits using mass timber in its construction sector. (iied.org)

Training activities will be offered to the festival teams, and the setting up of internships for young African culture professionals within said festivals will encourage a structuring impact on the sector. (imc-cim.org)

The indicators in the Africa's Development Dynamics Statistical Annex can also be found online through the OECD's online statistical portal at https://stats.oecd.org/ and clicking on "Development", followed by "Africa's Development Dynamics" on the menu. (oecd.org)
But taking advantage of this opportunity requires a new approach to private financing of Africa's development, in which Africa is the lead investor in its own economic renaissance. (project-syndicate.org)
Africa's development challenges are well known. (project-syndicate.org)
Challenges prevailing notions of Africa's development crisis by drawing attention to the role of modernization as a way of understanding the nature and dynamics of the crisis and how to overcome the problem of underdevelopment. (worldcat.org)
In parallel with the first session of the course on Africa's development, the work continues to offer Swedish subtitling of the course, something that is in the pipeline for the course on Digital Business Models as well. (lu.se)

At the Microsoft booth, which was made from recycled materials, Esri will demonstrate how GIS is fundamental to achieving sustainable agricultural development in Africa. (esri.com)

At the regional level, institutions like the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) are essential to innovate and adapt responses to the continent's needs. (worldbank.org)
The central argument is that development practice will benefit from a bottom-up, decentralized approach to budgeting and fiscal policy management, involving national, sub-national, and civil society institutions. (routledge.com)
40 institutions involved in African heritage management were represented. (unesco.org)

Are population movement restrictions containing the COVID-19 cases in Sub-Saharan Africa? (repec.org)

In Africa, as elsewhere, social protection interventions are designed to respond to the contingencies to which people, families and households may be exposed over the life course. (issa.int)

The NTF uses its resources to provide financing for projects of national or regional importance which further the economic and social development of the low-income RMCs whose economic and social conditions require financing on non-conventional terms. (wikipedia.org)
To document cultural experiences and histories in order to better understanding of local realities and to expand or reshape the broad thematic areas of social sciences and sustainable development. (idealist.org)
Forum that provides a space where academics, researchers, and policy makers exchange views on current political, economic, legal, and social issues on African development. (cornell.edu)
Sustainable Rural Development is vital to the economic, social and environmental viability of nations. (au.int)
These activities also promote the children's social development. (unicef.org)
This course unit aims at forming the student skills in analysing the relationship between social and political belonging, the formation of the nation-state and current and past development challenges in sub-Saharan Africa. (unibo.it)
As African leaders meet in Washington this week, one issue is not on the agenda: the poor quality of basic economic and social data in the region. (cgdev.org)
This report presents a regional perspective on social security developments and trends as well as identifying challenges and spotlighting innovations. (issa.int)
The extension of social security coverage, with particular emphasis given to innovations and strategies to extend contributory social security schemes to the self-employed, workers in the informal economy, migrant workers and other difficult-to-cover groups is a key priority in Africa as elsewhere. (issa.int)
The Moonshots are distillations of the DBSA's Development Position and are driven primarily by development impact and social investment as a return. (dbsa.org)

To raise awareness of the plight of underprivileged peoples especially children in Cameroon and Africa so as to generate action from development agents to reduce their destitution. (idealist.org)
and land and environment, that policymakers and citizens can use to generate real progress in development. (cgdev.org)

Unlocking the potential of the AfCFTA and promote "Made in Africa" goods and services. (co.ke)
The finalisation of the AfCFTA negotiations ensure that the market access under AfCFTA was not taken advantage of only by the big corporations but for the SMEs, women, and young Africans in trade, to also grow their businesses. (co.ke)

After-School and Tutoring Program: The after-school and tutoring program at Detroit African Youth Development Organization are designed to help youth stay occupied and engage their brains. (guidestar.org)
Detroit African Youth Development Organization recognizes that the youth of Detroit need after-school programs to keep them off the street and in a safe environment. (guidestar.org)
In addition, Detroit African Youth Development Organization provides tutoring and homework assistance for math, science, and language arts/writing. (guidestar.org)
A highlight is the African Dream Summer Ball on Saturday, Aug. 17, hosted by the Bay Area organization Ebusua to benefit AWDF USA's African Maternal Mortality Crisis campaign. (sfbayview.com)

History Matters: The Long-Term Impact of Colonial Public Investments in French West Africa ," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics , American Economic Association, vol. 1(2), pages 176-215, April. (repec.org)

While Sub-Saharan Africa appears to have avoided a catastrophic health scenario and life is taking on a sense of normalcy, the region continues to face scarring effects from the pandemic. (worldbank.org)

In this regard, the course unit will point to the different visions about citizenship developed over the years, and to their relationships with local, national and transnational forms of belonging in sub-Saharan Africa. (unibo.it)

Exploiting within-country variation and employing credible, albeit mostly local, identification techniques, this recent literature has uncovered strong evidence of historical continuity as well as instances of rupture in the evolution of the African economy. (repec.org)

Many sub-Saharan African currencies are tied to the value of their commodity exports, which began to weaken earlier this year when China missed its official economic growth target. (ibtimes.com)

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda. (unibo.it)

African and African American women face an infant and maternal mortality crisis in America! (sfbayview.com)
This work focuses on Nigeria and its development trajectory since it exemplifies the crisis of underdevelopment. (worldcat.org)

The ADF's sources are mainly contributions and periodic replacements by non-African member states. (wikipedia.org)
The recommendations will also be incorporated into the next Action Plan of the Third periodic Report for Africa Region Period. (unesco.org)

Patosi, who hails from Kayelitsha township near Cape Town, is one of the first four graduates from Cape Town's African Soccer Development (ASD) school. (bbc.com)

To offer holistic and strategic advice for individuals and organizations willing to invest or intervene in Cameroon and Africa. (idealist.org)
Together, Esri and Microsoft will create and launch technology solutions enabling organizations in Africa to perform crop-type mapping at scale to improve agricultural management. (esri.com)

The objective is to produce new knowledge that can catalyse integrated, sustainable and inclusive approaches to address development challenges faced in some of Africa's biggest urban communities. (iied.org)
The integration of this practice with a political and technical analysis, undertaken by key players on the ground, will enable the group to address large scale urban development challenges. (iied.org)
1. Public Budgeting and Fiscal Sustainability in African Nations: Opportunities and Challenges in Development Management Peter Fuseini Haruna 2. (routledge.com)

Lead in the development of policy, frameworks for empowering rural producers, which will lead to improved rural incomes, livelihoods, creation and expansion of rural wealth. (au.int)
Correa was one of a group of researchers and policy-makers from across Africa who met in Dakar on May 4-7 to discuss knowledge in the service of development. (ipsnews.net)
TICAD promotes high-level policy dialogue between African leaders and development partners. (who.int)

A draft accord was submitted to top African officials and then to the Conference of Finance Ministers on the Establishment of an African Development Bank. (wikipedia.org)
The African Development Bank Group has two other entities: the African Development Fund (ADF) and the Nigeria Trust Fund (NTF). (wikipedia.org)
The World Bank Group works in every major area of development. (worldbank.org)
Seychelles' Minister of Finance, Trade, Investment and Economic Planning, Naadir N.H. Hassan, thanked the Bank for being a trusted partner in the country's development. (zawya.com)
Meetings are led by Japan and co-organized by the United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank and the African Union Commission (AUC). (who.int)

To support disadvantaged and underprivileged people especially young people in Cameroon, Africa and the world. (idealist.org)
To promote endogenous knowledge systems and development, of local peoples in Cameroon and Africa. (idealist.org)
Promote arts in all forms as well as multi-media productions and interactive media in Cameroon and Africa and especially among the poor and locally talented. (idealist.org)
Public Budgeting in African Nations: The Case of Cameroon Peter Ajongwa Ngwafu and Viviane E. Foyou 4. (routledge.com)
This programme is led in close cooperation with numerous partners: the African and European Music Councils, the Technical University of Kenya (TUK), Makerere University in Uganda, Hildesheim University in Germany, music festivals such as Le Kolatier in Cameroon, Feux de Brazza, Sauti za Busara in Zanzibar, and the national sections of Music Crossroads in Malawi and Mozambique. (imc-cim.org)

The impact on children and youth of African descent is even worse as the majority is at risk of poor performance at school and living without life goals. (guidestar.org)
The achievement of the Agenda 2063 Goals is at the center of sustainable development in Africa and the reform of the African Union Commission. (au.int)

These partnerships focus on issues of solar power use, power grid development and cooperation in development. (umweltbundesamt.de)
In addition, the role of the World Heritage Convention in promoting transboundary cooperation was analyzed and priorities for improving the effective management of transboundary properties in sub-Saharan Africa defined. (unesco.org)

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