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Concrete literally holds the modern world together. The material and its binding agent cement comprise a key ingredient … in the buildings and roads essential for development and in infrastructure critical to sustainable growth. The cement …-neutral concrete by 2050. Decarbonization by the cement industry will require collaboration with policy makers, financial institutions …
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"This paper documents the prevalence of in-house generation of electric power by firms in Sub-Saharan Africa and …-which has been on the rise in recent years-accounts for about 6 percent of installed generation capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa …
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structured dialogue on sustaining Africa's economic and educational progress in the current context of a global economic slowdown …, thereby putting at risk the hard won gains of the last ten years. They could also undermine Africa's efforts to develop post … basic education and training and delay achievement of key goals of the African Union's Second Decade for Education in Africa …
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received catalytic funds from The Africa Climate Resilience Investment Facility (AFRI-RES). It draws from application of the …-Saharan Africa (World Bank (2023) and Guidance, Standards, and Good Practice Notes developed under the program …
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"This paper relaxes some key assumptions in the probabilistic approach to fiscal sustainability. First, the authors identify structural breaks over the sample period used to estimate the covariance matrix of the shocks to the debt ratios. Second, the assumption of normality of the shocks is...
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The global financial roller coaster, with the Euro zone as its lead car, has hit economic prospects across the globe. The South African economy, with its close links to the world economy, has suffered, too, resulting in weakened growth prospects, lower fiscal revenues, lower and more volatile...
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green urban development in Africa: enhancing the relationship between urbanization, environmental assets and ecosystem …
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Africa Development Indicators 2007/8 (ADI) is the latest annual report from the World Bank on social and economic … occurring in Africa. ADI contains statistical indicators of over 1,200 indicators and time series from 1965 for 53 countries … indicators. It also brings an essay on a key topic for Africa, and this years' theme is the long term growth challenges of the …
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