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Little Data Book on Gender 2016 along with online tables that are linked to the latest data available in the World Development Indicators. This book is a quick reference for users interested in gender statistics. It presents sexdisaggregated data for more than 200 countries in a straightforward, country by country reference on education, health, access to economic opportunities, and public…

African agriculture has long been a symbol of the continent’s poverty. Officials considered the hundreds of millions of African smallholder farmers too backward to thrive; the future would arrive not by investing in them but rather by bypassing them. But all that is changing. In recent years, African agricultural policies have been haphazard and inconsistent. Some countries have neglected…

Industrialization is an imperative for Africa to meet the objectives of Agenda 2063 within a global economy constrained by climate change and driven by competitive supply chains and complex supply and demand dynamics. Indeed, accelerated and profound economic structural transformation, through reallocating economic activities from less productive to more productive sectors for sustainable and…

Up to 2.5 billion people depend on indigenous and community lands, which make up over 50 percent of the land on the planet; they legally own just one-fifth. The remaining land remains unprotected and vulnerable to land grabs from more powerful entities like governments and corporations. There is growing evidence of the vital role played by full legal ownership of land by indigenous peoples and…

Actuellement, les grands investissements privés dans les secteurs de l’agriculture et de l’exploitation des ressources naturelles sont présentés par les pouvoirs publics et les bailleurs de fonds comme des initiatives bénéfiques pour les pays en développement. En effet, ils sont censés induire dans ces pays, des avantages multiples, à travers : (i) la génération de revenus ; (ii) la création d…

En Afrique de l'Ouest, les systèmes agricoles et pastoraux ont connu au cours de la période écoulée des reconfigurations importantes, sous l'effet de l'extension du domaine agricole dans les régions des pays sahéliens propices à la culture du coton, ainsi que dans les zones intermédiaires situées entre les bassins cotonniers et la zone sahélienne. L'expansion des cultures a entraîné une…