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Absalon Project: Sustainable Funding for African Housing
Sub-Sahara Africa has experienced strong economic growth and has developed a more stable political environment over the past twenty years. Fast population growth and a significant movement of people from the countryside to the larger cities has resulted in a
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Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, Good Governance Group: Stunted Potentials Hobble Africa’s Giant
These days, Nigeria is often in the news for the wrong reasons. It is a country devastated by poverty, insecurity, corruption and terrorism; the governance challenges are immense, while most public policies deliver poor outcomes. The budgeting process is a
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MIGA (World Bank): Energy in Africa – The Many Sides of Sustainability
Africa is booming—mostly. Much of the continent has experienced strong and sustained economic growth over the last two decades. Many countries have also been shielded from the recent Great Recession due to favorable commodity prices and relatively weak ties to
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UN Concern on International Day: Conflicts and the Environment
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday highlighted the importance of protecting the environment in times of armed conflict, and stressed that strong natural resource governance can help prevent conflict and contribute to long-term peace. “Strengthening natural resource governance and improving
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Bentley Motors: Keeping Assembly at Home
The Bentley SUV Bentley Motors recently confirmed that it will proceed with the development of the Bentley SUV, the company’s fourth model line. The SUV will be made in Crewe and will go on sale in 2016. It will create
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Greece on the Mend: Investors Find New Land of Opportunity
The severely battered Greek economy is on the mend. A rebound may even be in the works. The same hedge funds that contributed in no small measure to Greece’s downfall are now seen as the engines of the country’s revival.
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Involving Communities to Create Human Networks
Leadership Initiative for Transformation and Empowerment (LITE-Africa) Community Engagement The Leadership Initiative for Transformation and Empowerment (LITE-Africa), is a leading nongovernmental organization (NGO) operating in Nigeria since 1999 with a vision to create a safe space for peace and
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The World Bank: Calling for an End to Poverty
With more than a billion people in the world living on less than $1.25 per day, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim today said this week that extreme poverty was “the defining moral issue of our time,” and he
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What Really Spurred the Great Recession?
Based on the research of Ravi Jagannathan, Mudit Kapoor and Ernst Schaumburg Globalization and the U.S. dollar are as much to blame as banks Many people would no doubt like to forget all about the great recession. The blame has
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World Bank Initiative for a Low Carbon Future
The World Bank has announced a new Low-Carbon Liveable Cities (LC2) Initiative to support developing country cities around the world in their efforts to plan low-carbon, climate-smart development and get finance flowing. The initiative – which aims to reach 300
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