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Five Big Bets for the Circular Economy in Africa African Circular Economy Alliance

s case study is part of the Let Them Work initiative by Refugees International (RI) and the Center for Global Development (CGD). It outlines the barriers…...
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Africa's Pulse, No. 26, October 2022 : Food System Opportunities in a Turbulent Time

ican economies are facing a series of challenges to their post-pandemic recovery. Economic activity in the region is slowing to 3.3 percent amid global…...
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Africa Capacity Indicators 2012 Capacity Development for Agricultural Transformation and Food Security

ore message in the 2012 ACI Report is that improving the productivity and the economic returns of agriculture has immediate effects on poverty and hunger in…...
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Place, Productivity, and Prosperity : Revisiting Spatially Targeted Policies for Regional Development

ce matters for productivity and prosperity. Myriad factors support a successful place, including not only the hard infrastructure such as roads, but also the…...
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Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa : Seizing Opportunities in Global Value Chains.

ustrialization drives the sustained growth in jobs and productivity that marks the developmental take-off of most developed economies. Yet, academics and…...
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A New State of Mind : Greater Transparency and Accountability in the Middle East and North Africa.

MENA region is facing important vulnerabilities, which the current crisesfirst the pandemic, then the war in Ukrainehave exacerbated. Prices of food and…...
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Strategic Investment Funds; Establishment and Operations

ategic investment funds (SIFs) have gained prominence over the past two decades as governments and other public sponsors globally have increasingly co-opted…...
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Tax Landscape and Its Impact on Expenditures and Incentives in Africa: A Knowledge Brief

s Knowledge Brief is developed to support policy-makers, tax officials, researchers, and other stakeholders working on African taxation issues. It draws…...
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Unleashing the Potential: Factoring solutions for SMEs in the AfCFTA market

tract: The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement, propelled by accelerated post-COVID implementation since January 2021, stands at a pivotal…...
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A Retrospective of Lending for Irrigation - Reflections on 70 Years of Bank Experience

major parts of the world, irrigation development has reached its limits in terms of land and water resources, as evident in the alarming overexploitation of…...