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Locals affected by Cyclone Idai walk on flooded land in Buzi district outside Beira, Mozambique, March 21, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC12561ABC30

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: Cyclone Idai, $47 billion for climate finance, and power shortages in South Africa

Nirav Patel

Saturday, March 23, 2019

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Lucia Mayta, 43, and her daughter Luz Cecilia, 12, pose for a photograph inside their bodega in La Paz February 24, 2014. Lucia studied until the fourth grade of primary school, and knows how to read and write and do basic math. Lucia runs a bodega, and the family live in a back room. She hopes to build a house in the future. Luz Cecilia is in seventh grade and wants to be a singer. On March 8 activists around the globe celebrate International Women's Day, which dates back to the beginning of the 20th century and has been observed by the United Nations since 1975. The UN writes that it is an occasion to commemorate achievements in women's rights and to call for further change. Picture taken February 24, 2014. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA - Tags: SOCIETY EDUCATION)ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 11 OF 32 FOR PACKAGE 'WOMEN'S DAY - MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'REUTERS MOTHERS DAUGHTERS' - GM1EA370T5701

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Empowering women entrepreneurs in developing countries

Eyerusalem Siba

Friday, February 15, 2019

Schoolchildren look out at the central business district from atop the Kenya International Convention Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, August 25, 2015. REUTERS/Joe Penney - GF10000182190

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The new urban agenda and demographic dividend: Investments for Africa’s youth

Eyerusalem Siba

Thursday, January 31, 2019

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How industries without smokestacks can address Africa’s youth unemployment crisis

John Page

Friday, January 11, 2019

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Intra-African trade: A path to economic diversification and inclusion

Vera L. Songwe

Friday, January 11, 2019

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Spotlighting opportunities for business in Africa and strategies to succeed in the world’s next big growth market

Acha Leke and Landry Signé

Friday, January 11, 2019

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Migrants are seen as they are rescued by Libyan coast guards in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya, January 15, 2018. Picture taken January 15, 2018. REUTERS/Hani Amara - RC18027683D0

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The continuing tragedy of migrants in Libya

Omer Karasapan

Monday, March 18, 2019

French President Emmanuel Macron inspects a guard of honour by the Kenya Defence Forces at State House in Nairobi, Kenya March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC135F2FDDE0

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: French president and US diplomats visit the continent, Guinea-Bissau parliament elected, and first African start-up will be listed on the NYSE

Christina Golubski

Saturday, March 16, 2019

A maize plant is seen at a field in Hoopstad, a maize-producing district in the Free State province, South Africa, January 13, 2016. Mid-summer rains may be too little, too late for farmers as the South African countryside bakes under the worst drought in over a century. Last year was the driest on record. Picture taken January 13. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - GF20000094826

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An African-owned initiative to manage natural disaster and climate risks

Mohamed Beavogui

Thursday, March 14, 2019

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Economic geography bites back

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In Good Times Prepare for Crisis: Lessons from the history of debt crises

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Preventing violent extremism in fragile states

George Ingram, Nancy Lindborg, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

A 40-foot-high (12-metre-high) and 30-foot-wide (nine-metre-wide) inflatable rubber duck, created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, is towed up the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 27, 2013. The event marks the North American debut of Hofman's Rubber Duck Project, which has taken place in other cities in Asia, Europe, Australia and South America. REUTERS/Jason Cohn (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E99S0NDL01

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US cities leading on the Sustainable Development Goals

Ambassador Sarah Mendelson and Anthony F. Pipa

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

A woman, who has been displaced by floods, uses a USAID box to move her belongings while taking refuge on an embankment at Chandan Mori village in Dadu, some 320 km (199 miles) north of Karachi October 10, 2010. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) - GM1E6AA1O2701

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Trump tries to cut foreign aid without Congress

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Thursday, August 23, 2018

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Global Development

Africa in the news: Cyclone Idai, $47 billion for climate finance, and power shortages in South Africa

Global development disrupted: A field in transition

Impact investing: Achieving financial returns while doing good

Life in fragile states: A young girl’s journey

Reports

Empowering women entrepreneurs in developing countries

The new urban agenda and demographic dividend: Investments for Africa’s youth

How industries without smokestacks can address Africa’s youth unemployment crisis

Intra-African trade: A path to economic diversification and inclusion

Spotlighting opportunities for business in Africa and strategies to succeed in the world’s next big growth market

Blog Posts

The continuing tragedy of migrants in Libya

Africa in the news: French president and US diplomats visit the continent, Guinea-Bissau parliament elected, and first African start-up will be listed on the NYSE

An African-owned initiative to manage natural disaster and climate risks

Events

Economic geography bites back

CANCELLED – Kaizen: A management philosophy for advancing development in Africa

In Good Times Prepare for Crisis: Lessons from the history of debt crises

Related Books

From Summits to Solutions

Identification Revolution

The Marshall Plan and the Shaping of American Strategy

Multimedia

Preventing violent extremism in fragile states

US cities leading on the Sustainable Development Goals

Trump tries to cut foreign aid without Congress

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