Advancing sustainable development in Africa
<p>The report provides a detailed analysis of the design and implementation of Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) roadmaps aimed at advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Sub-Saharan
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Digitalizing Sub-Saharan Africa: Hopes and Hurdles
<p>Digital connectivity has increased rapidly in sub-Saharan Africa. While the global digital divide is still large, the gap with the rest of the world is narrowing fast. Internet penetration in the region
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Rwanda’s updated Climate Action Plan (Nationally Determined Contribution)
<p>The Government of Rwanda has announced an ambitious climate action agenda that features a 38% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions compared to business as usual by 2030, equivalent to an estimated
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East Africa 2020 flood impacts on agriculture
<p>The March to May (MAM) rainfall period was one of the wettest the region has seen since 1981, following an already record wet 2019 October to December (OND) rainfall period. The early onset of rains
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Rwanda Country Refugee Response Plan- January 2020-December 2021
<p>The Rwandan context offers an enabling environment for innovative responses and approaches for refugees based on its national systems and structures. In the framework of Comprehensive Refugee Response
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Free to Shine: Africa united against childhood HIV
<p>The Free to Shine campaign1 is an initiative of the African Union, the Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD) and partners to address the growing complacency in the response to
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African Economic Outlook 2020
<p>Africa’s economic growth has stabilized at 3.4 percent in 2019 and is expected to pick up to 3.9 percent in 2020 and 4.1 percent in 2021 but to remain below historical highs. Growth’s fundamentals
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A framework for mobilizing private finance and tracking the delivery of adaptation benefits
This paper presents a conceptual framework that allows users to assess a country’s practices for mobilizing private sector finance for adaptation. Over the last decade, there has been the growing expectation
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The food loss reduction advantage: building sustainable food systems
Around one third of the food globally produced is estimated to be lost or wasted along the supply chain. These losses affect disproportionally developing countries, which have the highest numbers of hungry
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Integrating adaptation into social and economic development: Insights from some "early movers"
This discussion paper focuses on how, while many countries have made commitments or plans to integrate adaptation into their social and economic plans and policies, an “action gap” exists. A change in
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Stories of change- Rwanda: final report
Globally, undernutrition is related to almost half of the deaths in children younger than five years of age. It leads to large human and economic costs to countries through increased morbidity and mortality