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Financing the Economic Stabilization and Growth Programme (Zambia Plus) in the Shadow of the IMF

February 2018, the IMF reaffirmed its August 2017 formal withdrawal from negotiations with Zambia over a package of financial support. The strong position to…...
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Strengthening the Rural Sector for Export Promotion in Africa: A ROLE FOR CO-OPERATIVES

this lecture, professor Osuntogun reviewed the role cooperatives could play in filling the institutional gap in agricultural export marketing in Africa and…...
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Africa's Development Dynamics 2018: Growth, Jobs and Inequalities

t are the major economic and social trends in Africa? What is Africas role in globalisation? This new annual report presents an Africa open to the world and…...
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World Bank Group Climate Change Action Plan 20212025: Supporting Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Development.

Climate Change Action Plan 20212025 aims to advance the climate change aspects of the WBGs Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Development (GRID) approach, which…...
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Africa's Cities : Opening Doors to the World

ies in Sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing rapid population growth. Yet their economic growth has not kept pace. Why? One factor might be low capital…...
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New Estimates of the Impact of COVID-19 on Womens Jobs and Enterprises

ILO estimates that the number of women employed in low- and middle-income countries fell 4.7 percent between 2019 and 2020, compared to a 3.3 percent decline…...
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Africa's Pulse, No. 24, October 2021 : An Analysis of Issues Shaping Africas Economic Future.

2021, Sub-Saharan Africa emerged from the recession, but its recovery is still timid and fragile. The region is projected to grow at a rate of 3.3 percenta…...
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Commodity Markets Outlook, October 2021.

modity prices have risen to high levels by historical standards. Energy prices have increased sharply, especially for natural gas and coal, while most non…...
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Mapping global value chain (GVC) participation, positioning and vertical specialization in agriculture and food

s Technical Report includes: A policy note with: 1) a short review of the literature on the state-of-art methodologies for computing indicators for global…...
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Digital technology and agricultural markets

ital technologies have a high potential to enable further development of the agricultural sector, significantly reshape food value chains (FVCs), and greatly…...