Co-operatives, credit unions, and other forms of self-help organisations are an important, but sometimes overlooked, part of the institutional map in the economic and social sectors of developing nations. This How to note is relevant to development practitioners and partners active in the promotion of enterprise, employment and incomes, and seeks to indicate opportunities . . . → Read More: How to leverage the co-operative movement for poverty reduction
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Chede Resource CentreIn this paper, we compile a historical dataset covering nearly 40 years of booms and busts in the commodity terms of trade of over 150 countries. We discuss the characteristics of these events and their effects on key macroeconomic variables and, in particular, compare the most recent commodity-price cycle with its historical precedents. Our . . . → Read More: Commodity Terms of Trade: The History of Booms and Busts Global food prices have eased significantly from their record highs in the first part of 2008. As a worldwide economic downturn has gathered pace, commodity markets have weakened significantly. By October 2008, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s Food Price Index stood at 164, the same level as in August 2007, and 25% lower . . . → Read More: The Feeding of the Nine Billion: Global Food Security for the 21st Century The African Statistical Yearbook which is jointly produced by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union Commission (AUC), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) makes a key contribution to economic policy analysis and the monitoring of progress in vital economic and social sectors in the continent. Up-to-date and reliable statistics . . . → Read More: African Statistical Yearbook 2010 This report, published by GIZ-HERA (Poverty-oriented Basic Energy Services) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, aims to highlight the important role played by modern energy services and related technologies in the modern agricultural production process for smallholders in developing countries. It focuses on energy input in agricultural production, . . . → Read More: Modern Energy Services for Modern Agriculture The Economic Report on Africa (ERA) 2010 is a joint undertaking between the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC). ERA 2010 broadly assesses recent global economic developments, and economic and social conditions and emerging issues in Africa, including trade negotiations, financing development and climate change. The report . . . → Read More: ECA Economic Report on Africa 2010 This publication focuses on the theme of macroeconomic policy convergence, monetary and financial integration in Africa’s Regional Economic Communities. Because it helps increase growth, trade and investments, the pursuit of macroeconomic stability and monetary integration is crucial for Africa’s integration efforts. At the core of these efforts are prudent fiscal, monetary, exchange rate and . . . → Read More: Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA III) Sub-Saharan Africa in 2011 has an unprecedented opportunity for transformation and sustained growth. Until the outset of the global economic crisis, economic growth had averaged 5 percent a year for a decade. Even though growth declined as a consequence of the global financial crisis, it has rebounded in 2010 thanks to prudent macroeconomic policies . . . → Read More: Africa’s Future and the World Bank’s Support to It This paper investigates the potential of and constraints to a rice Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa’s large-scale irrigation schemes, using data from Uganda, Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Senegal. The authors find that adequate irrigation, chemical fertilizer, and labor inputs are the key to high productivity. Chemical fertilizer is expensive in Uganda and . . . → Read More: The possibility of a rice green revolution in large-scale irrigation schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa Two-thirds of developing countries are on track or close to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), according to the World Bank and IMF’s latest update on progress toward the 2015 targets. Click here to download the report With the dramatic recent growth of aquaculture, the planning of its development has become increasingly important. Proper planning will stimulate and guide the evolution of the sector by providing incentives and safeguards, attracting investment and boosting development. Moreover, it will help to ensure the long-term economic, environmental and social sustainability of the sector, and . . . → Read More: FAO Aquaculture planning Intitulé L’avenir des migrations : Renforcer les capacités face aux changements, le rapport Etat de la migration dans le monde 2010 est la cinquième édition de la série de rapports de l’OIM sur les migrations internationales. Il est plus particulièrement axé sur l’avenir des migrations et les capacités dont les Etats, les organisations régionales . . . → Read More: Etat des migrations dans le monde This Tool kit, written for the first time in Africa by experts, journalists and other actors in education will permit a larger number of African journalists to have easier access to training on education and development, and to thus contribute in promoting quality education for all in Africa. Download Toolkit for communication and development . . . → Read More: Toolkit for communication and development This research monograph follows the 2009 release of IFPRI’s widely read food policy report, Climate Change: Impact on Agriculture and Costs of Adaptation, which used a detailed global agriculture model to analyze crop growth under two simulated future climate scenarios. This monograph takes advantage of and expands on IFPRI’s cutting-edge climate modeling expertise . . . → Read More: Food security, farming and climate change to 2050 IFPRI (Dec 2010) The United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN) is the food and nutrition policy harmonization forum of the UN system. This UNSCN paper aims at providing negotiators involved in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with convincing, evidence-based and compelling arguments to address nutrition security into the climate change agenda. . . . → Read More: Climate change and nutrition security This paper reviews the purpose and potential of commodity exchanges in Africa. Drawing from the existing literature and using indicative empirics, it examines the conditions that enable successful exchanges, highlights the special challenges to setting up exchanges in Africa, and reviews alternatives to domestic exchanges. The paper highlights three points: (a) efforts to launch . . . → Read More: Commodity exchanges in African economies IFPRI REPORT Transparency International’s Global Corruption Barometer (the Barometer) is the largest cross-country survey to collect the general public’s views on and experiences of corruption. In 2010 the Barometer interviewed more than 91,500 people in 86 countries, making it the most comprehensive edition since it was launched in 2003. The Barometer explores the general public’s views . . . → Read More: Global Corruption Barometer 2010 report The United Nations System High Level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis (HLTF) was established in April 2008. It developed the first Comprehensive Framework for Action (CFA) in July 2008 when the world was being rocked by spiralling food prices that led to increased hunger, social tension and distress for millions of . . . → Read More: UN Global Food Crisis Update IFAD’s Rural Poverty Report 2011 – New realities, new challenges: new opportunities for tomorrow’s generation, is an in-depth study of rural poverty. The findings in the report come from a collaboration among dozens of experts in the field of poverty reduction – both inside and outside IFAD. They also come from the poor rural . . . → Read More: IFAD Rural Poverty Report 2011 Les rapports sur l’efficacité rendent compte de l’utilisation des fonds de l’aide publique au développement. Ils reflètent l’accent plus marqué mis sur l’efficacité de la coopération suisse au développement et livrent d’importants enseignements pour la poursuite des activités de développement. Ce deuxième rapport sur l’efficacité fait suite à la publication, en 2008, du rapport . . . → Read More: Rapport sur la Coopération Suisse pour le Développement |
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