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Couverture médiatique de la COVID-19 en Afrique de l'Ouest : s'adapter et se réinventer

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Voices & Views

Plus d'un an après son déclenchement, la pandémie de coronavirus continue de préoccuper la communauté internationale. Les journalistes et les médias ont été au cœur de cette pandémie pour informer leurs différents publics. Entre...

Africa
Burkina Faso
Senegal
Democracy
Health

Media coverage of COVID-19 in West Africa: adapting and reinventing

Article
Voices & Views

Over a year after its outbreak, the coronavirus pandemic continues to concern the international community. The media have been at the heart of this pandemic – informing their different audiences. Between the risk of exposure to...

Africa
Burkina Faso
Senegal
Democracy
Health

Entrepreneurship in Africa: Supporting Small and Medium Enterprises to Ensure Sustainable Growth

Article
Voices & Views

SMEs in developing countries face significant financing challenges due to the lack of appropriately-sized loans available to them. Needs on either end of the spectrum are – relatively – better addressed; large firms have a variety...

Africa
Mauritania
Senegal
Budget support
Economics & Public Finance
Private Sector
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Trade & Economic Integration

Working with Opportunity and Risk: Insight to EU Operations in Myanmar

Article
Voices & Views

The government-initiated reforms in Myanmar over the past three years have provided great opportunity for increased development engagement, but the context continues to require sensitive assessments of opportunities and risks. In...

Asia
Myanmar
Democracy
Governance & Corruption
Human Rights

Civil Society Shares Their Experience of the VPA Process at FLEGT Week 2013

Article
Voices & Views

The European Union’s Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) initiative calls on the involvement of civil society in the negotiation and implementation of their Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPA) with timber...

Africa
Ghana
Asia
+2
Indonesia
Myanmar
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Civil Society
Environment & green economy
+1
Forests

Viewpoint: Good Practice for Conducting a Political Economy Analysis

Article
Voices & Views

Following Political Economy Analysis testing in several countries, Jean Bossuyt of the European Centre for Development Policy Management offers his insights on good practice as a member of the Political Economy Analysis team in...

Africa
Senegal
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Governance & Corruption
+2
Knowledge Management
Learning

"Good Governance" Label Rewards Effective Local Authorities in Senegal

Article
Voices & Views

In Senegal, the Forum Civil has established a citizen-led "good governance" label that rewards local authorities for giving citizens value for money. This innovative approach could prove to be decisive to decentralised Senegalese...

Africa
Senegal
Governance & Corruption
Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation