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 …

This paper presents the strategy vision for Africa of promoting tourism. The strategy relies on four pillars: policy …, implementation of the Africa Region Tourism Strategy, will focus interventions in these four areas in order to address the persistent … constraints to the growth of tourism in Africa. Combined, these interventions will enable high-demand tourism products to compete …

developing countries. Poor women and men are more afflicted with RH problems and often lack access to minimal RH care even when …

from new ICT tools and platforms, and those barriers are arguably higher for rural women. The relationship between gender … in agriculture have started to appear only quite recently, however. The Africa Region of the World Bank views ICTs as … (KAPAP). The specifi c goal was to examine how ICT-based interventions might be designed to strengthen women s participation …

, employment and empowerment of girls and women including in SSA. Available data is still limited, but what is known to date … crisis would have on girls and women and their human capital. Two years into the crisis, this brief summarizes the evidence … to date on how the prediction of a shadow crisis has played out in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).The brief is intended as a …

Women's and girls’ empowerment (WGE) is a key priority for the World Bank's engagement in the Africa region. Gender … Bank has made substantial investments aimed at closing gaps between men and women as well as advancing our understanding of … emerged a key strategy for human capital development in Africa in 2019. This highlights the need for guidance and tools to …