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Succeeding with Trade Reforms
Succeeding with Trade Reforms: The Role of Aid for Trade highlights the potential of aid for trade to boost economic growth and reduce poverty, while discussing the various reasons why it may not be realised.
Carbon finance in Africa
This paper* was prepared as a background reference document for the APF Special Session on Climate Change in Addis Ababa, 3 September 2009. It reviews institutional and capacity barriers to carbon finance in Africa as well as clean development ...
Settlement, Market and Food Security
With the population of West Africa set to double by 2050, this book explores how agricultural production systems and policy will have to change to support this growth.
Global Value Chains and Developing Country Employment
This paper provides a review of the available literature on global value chains (GVCs) and employment markets in developing countries. Due to the difficulty of observing intra-GVC transactions, there is very little direct empirical work on GVCs and labour markets. However, it is possible to...
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Thematic Video on Development
Did you know that ASEAN economies show resilience in growth, during the 2nd quarter of 2011 as headline inflation eased?