In areas that had received the most American aid, the probability of conflict increased by 3.1 percentage points.
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South Africa shouldn’t settle for a future in which millions who are willing and able to work go hungry while the country waits for the formal sector to grow.
Ghana’s community conservation areas protect forests and wildlife while supporting rural livelihoods, but weak laws and funding threaten their future.
Nature-based solutions like mangrove restoration are key to climate action, but weak monitoring can overstate carbon storage, creating ‘ghost carbon’.
Africa needs to navigate the tension between interdependence, economic security, and economic diversification.
Mauritius is securing climate funding, but weak oversight and poor coordination risk leaving vital adaptation money mismanaged.
Data labs in Zambia, South Africa and Uganda are deepening how governments understand the economies they are responsible for, and the people within them.
Sovereign debt markets are beginning to develop a way to manage shocks before they escalate into full restructuring episodes.
Wealthy nations will need to help fund clean energy, green industrial growth and mineral processing.
Africa needs to invest in itself.
The World Bank Group’s integration process must at least maintain the current independence, accessibility and effectiveness of its three accountability mechanisms.
Circular economies don’t follow the ‘take, make and dispose’ model but try to keep products in use for as long as possible by reusing and recycling them.
A three year study of Tanzanian children found that changing the way homes are designed can prevent diarrhoea, pneumonia and malaria, and help children grow taller.
Eroding the gains made in education has severe consequences, especially for girls.
As cities grow, it would be better to have more efficient, higher-capacity transport than more vehicles on the road.
Botswana has significantly expanded income support for older people but it’s left them without the care they need.
Nigeria’s government must invest in digital infrastructure to reduce corruption in its budget.
Over the past decade, India has come to see the Horn of Africa as a primary theatre of influence.
Africa’s clean energy funding would work much better if projects could borrow on fairer terms, and have longer to pay back loans.
When up to 3.5 million small businesses go green, this will benefit South Africa’s environment and help the businesses survive in a changing climate.
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