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G5 Sahel region faces unprecedented challenges. Therefore, it is time for the World Bank to broaden its water sector … approach in the G5 Sahel and shift its focus to establishing a regional water security framework. The dual objectives of this … report on the G5 Sahel region are to: (i) do a high-level analysis of water security challenges and their impacts on regional …
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Like many other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, this sub-group of West and Central African countries has experienced relatively fast drops in mortality but persistently high levels of fertility, which implies continued high rates of population growth, which represent an important challenge to...
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The five countries of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger (the G5) in the Sahel region of Africa are among … can move the G5 Sahel countries towards a greener, more resilient, prosperous, and inclusive future …
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The five countries of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger (the G5) in the Sahel region of Africa are among … can move the G5 Sahel countries towards a greener, more resilient, prosperous, and inclusive future …
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Due to frequent domestic and external shocks, Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world. Located in a sub … through several episodes of political turbulence, Niger has experienced relative political stability, with beneficial effects … for economic growth since 2011. To sum up, Niger is a country that faces the jobs challenges of an agrarian and …
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Niger earns its foreign exchange mainly from uranium and gold, which has limited domestic economic linkages. Distant … pushed up to an additional people into poverty. Niger is further beset by vast infrastructure gaps, intensifying terrorism … attacks domestically, persisting conflict in the Sahel region, and intensifying environmental pressures. Robust poverty …
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The ongoing health and security crisis have partly undermined the benefits from past years of strengthening economic growth. Sustaining an upward trend over the recent years, real growth stood at 5.9 percent in 2019. However, it fell to 3.6 percent in 2020, because of the pandemic and...
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This country economic memorandum aims to support Niger's efforts to walk on a path conducive to a resilient and … chapter: (i) what were the salient structural characteristics of Niger's growth performance in the last 20 years; (ii) what …
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Mali, Chad, Niger and Guinea have some of the lowest rates of secondary school completion in the world for girls. They … progress in Chad, Mali, and Niger has been slow and in some cases inexistent. Child marriage, early childbearing, and low …
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Macroeconomic management in Chad, Mali and Niger needs to account for a number of specific parameters. Very rapid …
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