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For the past five decades, the African Development Bank Group has been at the forefront of driving Africa’s economic transformation, leveraging its diverse resources and unique know-how as an indigenous development finance institution. The Bank has delivered on its goals of reducing poverty and fostering inclusive growth on the continent. We scaled up development support …
Over 700 leaders take part in the World Economic Forum Sustainable Development Impact Summit 2018 in New York on 24-25 September They come from over 70 countries and represent a range of sectors including business, government, academia, civil society and media The meeting will focus on building sustainable markets, mobilizing development finance, environmental sustainability and …
Michail Moatsos MSc (Economic and Social History) states that the method applied by the World Bank to measure poverty worldwide is erroneous. The PhD Candidate will present a promising alternative at the Economic History Society Annual Conference on 31 March 2017 in London. Dollar-a-day Method What if a meter had 144 cm in 1987, and 198 …
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.— By not incorporating the household production time required to carry out basic activities such as caring for children or elderly parents, official poverty measures in Turkey significantly underestimate the number of people living in poverty and the severity of their deprivation, argues a new report from the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College. …
Lack of respect for life is being compounded by the commercialization and erosion of traditional practices. Countries need investment to grow, but must ensure that growth is inclusive to avoid social tensions. The World Economic Forum on Africa takes place in Abuja, Nigeria, on 7-9 May 2014. Learn more about the meeting: http://wef.ch/af14 Abuja, Nigeria, 8 …
September 27, 2013, SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA – Country experience shared at a recent conference showed that fertilizer subsidies can have huge costs, crowding out public expenditures on agricultural research, extension, rural roads and other expenditures that promote agricultural development. The private sector is often more efficient in delivery of fertilizer to farmers. While historically the …
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) today released the October 2012 Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa. Ms. Antoinette Monsio Sayeh, Director of the IMF’s African Department, commented on the report’s main findings: “Economic conditions in sub-Saharan Africa have remained generally robust against the backdrop of a sluggish global economy. Most low-income countries continued to grow soundly in …