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Food Insecurity in the East African Region: Policy Dilemma

countries in the East African region are not able to produce enough food for their population, thus there is high child mortality and a high proportion of…...
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Are Budget Neutral Income Floors Fiscally Viable in Sub-Saharan Africa?

ng microsimulations, we assess whether budget neutral universal income floors are fiscally viable in twelve SSA countries. We consider three universal basic…...
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Research Series 87: Incorporating the Impact of Climate and Weather Variables in Impact Assessments - An Application to an IFAD Grain Storage Project Implemented in Chad

s paper outlines a methodological strategy for incorporating weather and long-term climate conditions into impact assessments, based on an IFAD-supported…...
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Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) is the last nail in the coffin for Industrialization and development of low-income countries

ber of the ACP, should endeavour to re-strategize itself to benefit from the opportunities such trading blocks create through increased trade. Trade is likely…...
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Value for Money Assessment Oxfam South Africa Australia Africa Community Engagement Scheme (AACES) Capacity Building component

ams AACES program in South Africa was selected for this process as the program team sought to build on previous work undertaken around Value for Money (VfM)…...
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Lutter contre le commerce illicite du tabac au Sngal: stratgies pour amliorer la sant publique et la stabilit conomique

commerce illicite du tabac au Sngal est un enjeu majeur, avec une valeur estime plus de 14 milliards de FCFA (environ 30 millions de dollars amricains), ce…...
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Global Economic Prospects, June 2023

bal growth is projected to slow significantly in the second half of this year, with weakness continuing in 2024. Inflation pressures persist, and tight…...
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Groundwater Governance and Adoption of Solar-Powered Irrigation Pumps Experiences from the Eastern Gangetic Plains

lic_restricted_partner_only 1396 Ram Bastakoti, Manita Raut, and Bhesh Raj Thapa 25 2390 The promotion, adoption, and implications of solar-powered…...
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Bridging the Technological Divide : Technology Adoption by Firms in Developing Countries

y of the main problems facing developing countries today and tomorrow--growth, poverty reduction, inequality, food insecurity, job creation, recovery from the…...
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Stuck Near Ten Billion: Public-Private Infrastructure Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa

y stress the critical role of the private sector in filling yawning sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) infrastructure finance gaps, only widened by the pandemic. Our…...