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provides evidence, and evidence are crucial to set policies, monitor progress and evaluate results. Africa Development … Indicators 2010 (ADI) provides the most detailed collection of data on Africa available. It puts together data from different … sources, and is an essential tool for policy makers, researchers, and other people interested in Africa. The opening articles …
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African Development Indicators 2004 provides the most detailed collection of data on Africa available in one volume. It … interested in Africa with a focused and convenient set of data to monitor development programs and aid flows in the region, this … developments occurring in Africa …
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The size, resources, and location of the Democratic Republic of Congo have an impact on all of Central Africa. The …. The second largest country in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo borders nine countries and has complex …
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This strategy for making development Climate-Resilient in Sub-Saharan Africa is the World Bank's operational response … to climate variability and change on the continent. Grounded in a climate risk review of the Africa Region's sustainable … development portfolio, it adds the climate change dimension to the Region's development strategy and business plan, the Africa …
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This paper looks at firm-level evidence on the African business environment from surveys undertaken for Investment Climate Assessments by the World Bank in 2000-2004. These surveys confirm a pattern of generally low "factory-floor" productivity, and show that this is partly due to business...
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The country study follows a framework that examines three dimensions of capacity building in the public sector: (1) institutional capacity, the framework of goals, incentives, rewards, and sanctions within which organizations, groups, and individuals operate; (2) organizational capacity, groups...
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than half of Africa's population will live in its cities by 2040. In the face of rapid urbanization, there is a narrow … to achieve sustainable development and poverty reduction. Despite its rapid urban growth, Africa is less than halfway … of service delivery. This paper is organized in following chapters: chapter one discusses why is it urgent to get Africa …
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-Saharan Africa was supportive of growth, with monetary policy focused on managing inflation and fiscal policy focused on pro …
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