Africa Renewable Energy Initiative
Agriculture contributes significantly to the economic and social makeup of the majority of African countries and plays a substantially larger relative role in Africa...
Rethinking Land Reform in Africa
Land reform is a complex process requiring changes in legal regulatory frameworks with often highly technical components. When a new tribunal service was proposed...
The energy challenge in sub-Saharan Africa: A guide for advocates and...
Sub-Saharan Africa, home to more than 950 million people, is the most electricity-poor region in the world. More than 600 million people lack access...
Africa 2030: Roadmap for a renewable energy future
Africa 2030 analysis identified modern renewable technology options across sectors, across countries, collectively contributing to meet 22% of Africa’s total final energy consumption (TFEC)...
Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa
The field of conservation biology has set itself some imposing tasks: to describe Earth’s biological diversity, to protect what remains, and to restore what...
Green Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa: A GUIDE FOR POLICY MAKERS
Section 1 defines “green industrialization” and the related concepts of “green economy”, “green growth” and “green jobs”.
Section 2 identifies potential data sources and indicators...
Climate Change, Sub-Saharan Africa, and US National Security
Over the next century, states in Sub-Saharan Africa will become major players in the global community. As climate change continues to take a toll...
Africa Agriculture Status Report 2019: Hidden middle
The report start by revealing that although 70-80 percent of people in rural Africa work on their own farms, this work is often part-time,...
Agriculture in Africa: Telling Facts from Myths
The “Agriculture in Africa– Telling Facts from Myths” project was initiated by the Chief Economist’s Office of the World Bank Africa Region in partnership with the...
Building Competitiveness in Africa’s Agriculture
Seventy-five percent of the world’s poor live in rural areas and most are involved in agriculture. In the 21st century, agriculture remains fundamental to...
Biofuels, Land Access And Rural Livelihoods In Tanzania
This report investigates and describes patterns of biofuel development inTanzania. It looks at the spread and scale, crop use and different models ofbiofuel production...
Assessing Regional Integration in Africa Vol. IV
Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA) is a major publication of the Eco-nomic Commission for Africa (ECA), produced in collaboration with the Afri-can Union...
Shedding New Light On Africa’s Investment Opportunities
The purpose of this briefing paper is threefold. First, it presents some of the findings of a com-prehensive study undertaken for the MSP by...
Promoting Commercial Agriculture in Africa
This article looks at African agriculture from a business perspective and highlights the current status of agricul-ture and agribusiness. It seeks to address a...