• Five additional countries, including South Africa, joined in July. (imf.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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have not (yet) been a major hotspot in the global COVID-19 health pandemic. (warwick.ac.uk)
  • Without proper social safety nets, let alone furlough schemes, millions of families in the Middle East and North Africa are facing a loss of livelihoods as a result of lockdown measures. (warwick.ac.uk)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • GWI was funded by the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and operated in three regions: Central America, East Africa and West Africa. (iied.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)
  • The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $10 million equity investment in Dhamana Guarantee Company Limited to support the use of capital markets as an alternative source of long-term funding for infrastructure and the real sector in East Africa. (allafrica.com)
  • These local currency bonds are intended to boost the credit rating of the instruments to crowd in investment from pension funds, insurance companies and sovereign wealth funds to finance infrastructure and the real sector in East Africa. (allafrica.com)
  • Dhamana is committed to catalyze financing to assist the scale-up of green and sustainable financing into East Africa. (allafrica.com)
  • Nnenna Nwabufo, African Development Bank Director General for the East Africa region, said, "The African Development Bank is pleased to continue to support the operationalization of innovative solutions such as those provided by Dhamana to unlock and channel long-term local currency funding towards the real sector. (allafrica.com)
  • Ahmed Attout, African Development Bank Acting Director for Financial Sector Development, said: "The Bank's support for Dhamana shows the catalytic role and potential of guarantee companies in leveraging opportunities for real sector and infrastructure financing in local currency and local corporate debt capital markets deepening in the East Africa region. (allafrica.com)
  • The investment in Dhamana follows the Bank's priority to mobilize institutional financing for infrastructure investment in East Africa. (allafrica.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • On International Women's Day 2023 , we steered our focus towards closing the digital gender divide in Eastern and Southern Africa. (worldbank.org)
  • 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 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)
  • That's what the Regional Dialogue for Accelerating Social Protection Coverage and Sustainable Financing in Africa , held on 8 April 2021, set out to accomplish. (itcilo.org)
  • 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)
  • At the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), reducing poverty on the African continent through private-sector initiative is our mission. (project-syndicate.org)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • The objective of the initiative was to explore possibilities to improve coordination among development agencies, investors and other value chain stakeholders and governments, and for creating synergy within and between the different countries. (wur.nl)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • One of the main aims of the conference is to develop implementing tools, with regard to financing, technology, capacity development and governance frameworks, for initiating the post-2015 agenda on water and sanitation. (ipsnews.net)
  • Improving governance and strengthening national capacity among African governments in managing extractive industries is the first and most important step. (modernghana.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)
  • Our latest case study: the NILE African Development Organisation in Bradford has been working with the Basis Project on fundraising, financial management, governance and project development. (refugeecouncil.org.uk)
  • The current work I'm doing with the Nile in Bradford is capacity building, looking at the four key Basis Project areas (financial management, fundraising, governance and project development). (refugeecouncil.org.uk)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • African development report 2001 : Africa in the world economy, fostering good governance in Africa, economic and social statistics on Africa [2001 ed. (who.int)
  • With the contribution of organisation such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the International Road Federation and the International Telecommunication Union, the World Resources Institute, the International Labour Organization, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, etc. it is possible to provide information on this extremely high level of detail which is one of the key features of the data. (wikipedia.org)
  • Early childhood development activities series is one of UNICEF Jordan programmes implemented for parents and caregivers as part of child protection positive parenting programme. (unicef.org)
  • The programme began in 1996 in response to a survey that revealed a lack of knowledge about the importance of nurturing care, especially the role of play, in early childhood development. (unicef.org)
  • Thomas Chiramba, Head of Freshwater Ecosystems Unit at the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) in Kenya, told IPS that in spite of progress on the third component of MDG7 - halve the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation by 2015 - water scarcity still poses a significant threat to sustainable development in Africa. (ipsnews.net)
  • The West Africa programme of GWI was implemented by IIED together with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). (iied.org)
  • The DBSA has a track record in programme management and development which has facilitated the acceleration and realization of development impact from projects. (dbsa.org)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • History Matters: The Long-Term Impact of Colonial Public Investments in French West Africa ," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) hal-00813038, HAL. (repec.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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Across the African continent, there is an urgent need to improve agricultural productivity. (esri.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Mapping under-5 and neonatal mortality in Africa, 2000-15: a baseline analysis for the Sustainable Development Goals. (bvsalud.org)
  • We assembled 235 geographically resolved household survey and census data sources on child deaths to produce estimates of under-5 and neonatal mortality at a resolution of 5â ×â 5 km grid cells across 46 African countries for 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2015. (bvsalud.org)
  • Amid improving child survival in Africa , there was substantial heterogeneity in absolute levels of under-5 and neonatal mortality in 2015, as well as the annualised rates of decline achieved from 2000 to 2015. (bvsalud.org)
  • In view of this, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) has now signed a four-year agreement with Lund University regarding commissioned education courses in innovation, transformation and resilience for sustainable development. (lu.se)
  • A Development Lunch Seminar with Sascha Klocke (Lund University). (lu.se)
  • 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)
  • The Zaragoza water conference has brought to the fore the fact that the Decade has achieved the difficult task of isolating water issues as key to the development agenda and has provided a platform for governments and stakeholders to address the threats that water scarcity poses to development, experts say. (ipsnews.net)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Historical events in Africa have shaped the governments, nations, economies, and culture through conflict and change. (livebinders.com)
  • Governments and other development actors can support the transition. (iied.org)
  • Broad organisation development approach to working with project partners including governments. (ilo.org)
  • Can digitalisation create quality jobs and make African economies more resilient to the global recession triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic? (oecd.org)
  • 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)
  • The flight of capital from Africa and its absorption in western economies deserve same attention and require concerted efforts to deal with. (modernghana.com)
  • Together, we can help extend sustainable social protection and make impactful and lasting change for the millions of workers in informal economies in Africa. (itcilo.org)
  • The World Bank aims at giving a broad picture of development across Africa, including 53 countries in five different country-groups. (wikipedia.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)
  • Helping the 22 countries of the sub-region deliver strong development outcomes. (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)
  • To use holistic thinking in the delivery and management of social and economic interventions for Africa and developing countries. (idealist.org)
  • However, most African countries are probably latecomers in the race to boost competitiveness. (imf.org)
  • ZARAGOZA, Jan 15 2015 (IPS) - Although African countries have been lauded for their efforts towards ensuring that people have access to safe drinking water in keeping with Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), they have nonetheless come under scrutiny for failure to prioritise water in their development agendas. (ipsnews.net)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • A study of the dairy sector in six East African countries was followed by a dairy expert consultation in Uganda in April 2014. (wur.nl)
  • The investment aligns with African Development Bank strategic efforts, in collaboration with development partners, including PIDG, to operationalize credit enhancement companies in selected Regional Member Countries. (allafrica.com)
  • During the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) era, many countries in Africa achieved marked reductions in under-5 and neonatal mortality . (bvsalud.org)
  • In this study, we aimed to generate high-resolution estimates of under-5 and neonatal all-cause mortality across 46 countries in Africa . (bvsalud.org)
  • We look forward to a two-way communication in which we teachers, who often only possess certain theoretical and historical knowledge, will teach about what we know, but also learn from the professional experts in innovation activities in African countries. (lu.se)
  • In many Asian and African countries, temperature was slightly lower at 38.8 °C, malaria is reported as one of the main caus- respiratory rate had risen to 50 breaths/ es of maternal mortality [ 10-14 ], and in minute and the blood film was still positive, central Sudan it was the leading cause of but she was cyanosed. (who.int)
  • Attending the United Nations' International Water Conference being held in this Spanish city from Jan. 15-17, he said that "there is too much focus on household water access indices and not enough on linkages between water and sustainable development. (ipsnews.net)
  • I wish to emphasize the priority for the African Union Commission to build a broad partnership for the acceleration of the implementation of our SPIREWORK and the AU-ILO join the ground on decent work for the transformation of the information economy 2020-2030. (itcilo.org)
  • More than 300 participants representing U.N. agencies and programmes, experts, the business community, and governmental and non-governmental organisations have converged with the main aim of addressing water as a sustainable development goal. (ipsnews.net)
  • 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)
  • 1997 ed. published by Oxford University Press for the African Development Bank. (who.int)
  • 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)
  • Paul Mead] So, plague foci exist in discrete regions of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, including the western United States. (cdc.gov)
  • According to environment expert Nataliya Nikiforova, as a new era of development goals begins under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it is clear that water will play a critical role in development. (ipsnews.net)
  • This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda. (unibo.it)
  • With the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, which established ambitious targets for improving child survival by 2030, optimal intervention planning and targeting will require understanding of trends and rates of progress at a higher spatial resolution. (bvsalud.org)
  • 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)
  • The intervention also aligns with the Bank's priorities to promote regional integration including through improved infrastructure development, promotion of inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and fostering innovation. (allafrica.com)
  • It aims to strengthen the capacity to develop the use of indicators for research, technology and innovation in planning and policy-making at the national, regional and continental levels in Africa. (lu.se)
  • Through the course, the participants will increase their knowledge of innovation's role in resilience and sustainable development, while they also build up a valuable network. (lu.se)
  • 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)
  • The homepage of the International Development Research Network, headquartered at UBC's Liu Institute for Global Issues. (ubc.ca)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Echoing Ellen's words, I firmly believe in the global demand to learn more about Africa. (lu.se)
  • In an era when precision public health increasingly has the potential to transform the design, implementation, and impact of health programmes, our 5â ×â 5 km estimates of child mortality in Africa provide a baseline against which local, national, and global stakeholders can map the pathways for ending preventable child deaths by 2030. (bvsalud.org)
  • This is an excellent opportunity for us at the Department of Economic History, but also for the School of Economics and Management as a whole, to learn about, and be involved in, activities that have a direct connection with key aspects of trying to fulfil the global development and sustainability goals," says associate professor Martin Andersson, who will be the course director. (lu.se)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • For example, we recently worked together on the African Achievement awards that Nile organised and was very successful. (refugeecouncil.org.uk)
  • In the absence of unprecedented political commitment, financial support , and medical advances, the viability of SDG 3.2 achievement in Africa is precarious at best. (bvsalud.org)
  • 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)
  • In recent decades, China has turned to oil-rich Africa amid a need for resources to fuel its own economic growth. (ibtimes.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • In view of the rapid and unpredictable changes in environmental systems, Chiramba said that unless Africa broadens its national and international water goals the region will find it difficult to remain economically resilient. (ipsnews.net)
  • We are excited to now extend that collaboration to support sustainable agriculture development in Africa. (esri.com)
  • This activity was organized by the UNESCO Unit of the UNESCO World Heritage Center, in close collaboration with the UNESCO Office in Abidjan, the State Party of Côte d'Ivoire represented by the Ivory Coast Parks Office and Reserves (OIPR), Advisory Bodies (IUCN and ICOMOS) and the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF). (unesco.org)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • This book adopts an interdisciplinary/pragmatic approach to analyze and present research findings on public budgeting as a sustainable development tool. (routledge.com)
  • More than 40 IAD-affiliated faculty from across Cornell conduct research and teach courses related to African development. (cornell.edu)
  • Study and consultation were initiated by the Inter-Agency Donor Group (IADG) on pro-poor livestock research and development. (wur.nl)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • TICAD promotes high-level policy dialogue between African leaders and development partners. (who.int)
  • 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)
  • The development and funding of projects from conception to implementation. (dbsa.org)
  • Africa can mitigate climate change and achieve other developmental benefits using mass timber in its construction sector. (iied.org)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • African development report : Africa in the world economy, population and economic development in Africa, economic and social statistics on Africa. (who.int)
  • While there are now more people in Africa with improved sources of water and sanitation, experts say that this is not enough. (ipsnews.net)
  • 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)
  • The World Bank Africa Development Indicators is a compilation of data, assembled by the World Bank, representing over 1,400 indicators of development in Sub-Saharan Africa. (wikipedia.org)
  • While most of the data is provided by the World Bank, a lot of it comes from different sources which is then put together under the World Bank Africa Development Indicators. (wikipedia.org)
  • Alternatively, the data is available to download on the World Bank Africa Development Indicators website, which requires a subscription. (wikipedia.org)
  • Further economic weakening could curtail Chinese investment growth on sub-Saharan African exports, mining and infrastructure, experts and market analysts say. (ibtimes.com)
  • 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)
  • Today, informal workers dominate the employment landscape in Africa. (itcilo.org)
  • It is the strategic framework for delivering on Africa's goal for inclusive and sustainable development and is a concrete manifestation of the pan-African drive for unity, self-determination, freedom, progress and collective prosperity pursued under Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance. (au.int)
  • Distributed by APO Group on behalf of African Development Bank Group (AfDB). (zawya.com)
  • Read the original article on African Development Bank (AfDB) . (allafrica.com)
  • African policymakers have a window of opportunity to accelerate reform policies and get their act together, just in case the Chinese economy goes down," Sy said during a telephone interview Monday. (ibtimes.com)
  • 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)
  • As part of valuable trade deals, China has helped Africa develop its burgeoning oil sectors and tap its raw materials. (ibtimes.com)
  • Our understanding of climate change must take into account its impacts on those most at risk of severe climate disruption - particularly young people in Africa. (restlessdevelopment.org)
  • We are committed to catalysing the development of domestic capital markets in Africa, as we seek to unlock investment for bankable, climate-resilient projects to be delivered with the scale and urgency required to meet the challenges of climate change and welcome the support of African Development Bank in Africa to help achieve this goal. (allafrica.com)
  • 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)
  • 1. Public Budgeting and Fiscal Sustainability in African Nations: Opportunities and Challenges in Development Management Peter Fuseini Haruna 2. (routledge.com)
  • Are population movement restrictions containing the COVID-19 cases in Sub-Saharan Africa? (repec.org)
  • It includes recommendations and priority actions that should enable stakeholders to capitalize on the opportunities in the East African dairy sector and clarify the roles of various partners in this endeavour (donors, public sector, and private sector). (wur.nl)
  • We also have the Nile African Community Ambassadors project, whereby we encourage our members to be part of the decision-making bodies of all these large service providers. (refugeecouncil.org.uk)
  • My name is Hussein Mahamed and I'm the Basis Project Organisational Development Officer for Yorkshire and Humberside and the North East. (refugeecouncil.org.uk)
  • 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)
  • These activities also promote the children's social development. (unicef.org)
  • The Nile African Development Organisation runs a social enterprise which is a small shop selling beauty and hair products to the African communities and anyone who wants to buy them. (refugeecouncil.org.uk)
  • David Ndiwanyu:"Social enterprise may be something people are talking about now but in Africa, coming from Uganda, people definitely did that a long time ago. (refugeecouncil.org.uk)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • George Okutho, Director of the ILO Country Office for Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique, laid out a clear way forward for accelerating social protection coverage and sustainable financing in Africa. (itcilo.org)
  • In sub-Saharan Africa, the problem is worse: there, more than 90% of people live without social protection. (itcilo.org)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • To offer holistic and strategic advice for individuals and organizations willing to invest or intervene in Cameroon and Africa. (idealist.org)
  • Public Budgeting in African Nations: The Case of Cameroon Peter Ajongwa Ngwafu and Viviane E. Foyou 4. (routledge.com)
  • In line with the DBSA infrastructure development strategy, capital will be deployed using programmatic and blended finance strategies. (polity.org.za)
  • The Bank, together with InfraCo Africa (part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group), Financial Sector Deepening Africa , and local institutional investors and other partners, will be supporting the operationalization of Dhamana. (allafrica.com)
  • and economic and financial autonomy for vulnerable populations, especially, women and youth in Africa. (guidestar.org)
  • 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)
  • Few studies have focused on overweight and obesity among rural African American youth in the Deep South, despite disproportionately high rates in this group. (cdc.gov)
  • This descriptive study explores community-based risks for overweight and obesity among African American youth in a rural town in the Deep South. (cdc.gov)
  • We used ecological theory in conjunction with embodiment theory to explore how upstream ecological factors may contribute to risk of overweight and obesity for African American youth in a rural town in the Deep South. (cdc.gov)
  • We conducted and analyzed in-depth interviews with African American community members who interact with youth in varying contexts (home, school, church, community). (cdc.gov)
  • We explored upstream ecological factors that may facilitate development of obesity or serve as barriers to maintaining a healthy weight among African American youth in a rural community in the Deep South. (cdc.gov)