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Fresh Water Stops Violence
How fresh water stops violence Improving the water supply in Niger’s western border region is a perilous task. Militants have been active in the area for years and violence is common along the frontier with Mali and Burkina Faso...
IMF Working Paper No. 2023/079 : Are We Heading for Another Debt Crisis in Low-Income Countries? Debt Vulnerabilities: Today vs the pre-HIPC Era
https://www.imf.org/-/media/Files/Publications/WP/2023/English /wpiea2023079-print-pdf.ashx Abstract: There are growing concerns that 25 years after the launch of the HIPC debt relief initiative, many low-income countries are...
Looking for Digitalisation Experts EU Technical assistance
The EU facility, SOCIEUX +, is looking for experts for a short-term mission in Azerbaijan on digitalisation of social protection services. More info here
Looking for Digitalisation Experts EU Technical assistance
The EU facility, SOCIEUX +, is looking for experts for a short-term mission in Azerbaijan on digitalisation of social protection services. More info here
Report outlining evidence of FLEGT-VPA impacts across seven countries NOW OUT!
This study synthesizes qualitative and quantitative evidence of EU-FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) impacts across seven countries – Cameroon, Ghana, Indonesia, Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Guyana and Honduras...
16-17 May - UNU-WIDER Development Conference: The puzzle of peace – towards inclusive development in fragile contexts
UNU-WIDER Development Conference The puzzle of peace – towards inclusive development in fragile contexts Register to attend the conference virtually here In 2022, UNU-WIDER hosts two WIDER Development Conferences, the first of...
Three lessons on tackling corruption and strengthening governance
Corruption continues to take a heavy toll on countries around the globe. The consequences of corruption occasionally make the international headlines in a spectacular manner, such as when the Afghan government collapsed in 2021...
IMF Working Paper: Financial Performance and Macrofinancial Implications of State-Owned Enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa
IMF Working Paper No. 2022/056 - Using a newly-compiled dataset of state-owned enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa, we present aggregate information about profitability, liquidity and leverage. We find that 40 percent of the close...
Ten lessons learned on Independent Forest Monitoring from the FAO-EU FLEGT Programme
Independent forest monitoring has been a core area of support for the FAO-EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Programme, offering a broad base of experience to draw from. Analyzing the main lessons learned from...