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People

Population	14.78 mln
Population growth	3%
Life expectancy	52 years
Net migration	100,000

Economy

GDP	$6.77 bln
- per capita	$458
- growth rate	4%
FDI, net inflows	$0.6 bln

Infrastructure

Cellphone users	11%
Internet users	1%

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Global Outlook on Sustainable Consumption and Production Policies

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The Global Outlook on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) Policies, developed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) with the financial support of the European Commission, provides a non-exhaustive review of policies and initiatives that are promoting the shift towards SCP patterns. This report identifies examples of effective policies and initiatives being implemented worldwide. It reviews 56 case studies ranging from global multilateral agreements and regional strategies more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 14, 2012

Releasing the Pressure

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The report puts water productivity at the center of the debate but with a wider concept and context of what productivity actually means and to whom. This report uses various cases to illustrate how to broaden the concept of water productivity and ecosystem services. It suggests ways in which water productivity can be used for addressing more balanced water resource management, so as to achieve multiple benefits for local people. It complements the recent collaboration between UNEP-IWMI on the more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 14, 2012

Equity and Inclusion in Sanitation and Hygiene in Africa

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In 2008, 59% of the population in Africa lacked access to improved sanitation facilities with only 9 of the 54 African countries on track to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Sanitation target. The collaborative process of desk review, consultations and analysis behind this paper reinforces what we already know- that the ‖excluded‖, are not only people who suffer from ‖asset poverty, but also those who are shut out for social reasons. The key question: Is it possible at scale? – to more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 09, 2012

Priorities and governance of agricultural research for development in West Africa

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This photo story highlights key moments in a policy dialogue on agricultural research for development that involved small scale farmers and representatives of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). Over one hundred people participated in the policy dialogue. This unprecedented event was chaired by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and took place on 1st to 3rd February 2012 in Accra (Ghana).

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Sonia Hossain on May 02, 2012

Libraries Powering Development

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Public and community libraries are sustainable local institutions that can stimulate grassroots development. The 21st century library is no longer just about books or solely a place for kids. Libraries around the world can and have become powerful partners to help deliver services that enable communities to achieve the MDGs. As this report will illustrate, at a time of constrained budgets, libraries offer a proven, existing and sustainable venue that delivers results.

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Sonia Hossain on April 09, 2012

Tens of Thousands of Malians in Need

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Fierce fighting between government forces and Tuareg rebels has so far forced more than 80,000 Malians to flee across the borders in the hope of finding safety in Niger, Burkina Faso and Mauritania.Forced to abandon homeAfter abandoning their homes, adults and children are facing life in makeshift shelters exposed to extreme heat by day and cold by night with a dire shortage of clean water.Some refugees are suffering from malaria, diarrhoea and respiratory infections and more are at high risk more...

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John Daly on April 27, 2012

Is the Distribution of Foreign Aid MDG-Sensitive?

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This paper examines whether Official Development Assistance (ODA) is disproportionately allocated to countries that need to make the most progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It is expected that MDG-sensitive distribution of foreign aid – or a good donor-recipient match – to be guided by the principles of the Global Partnership for Development. When the MDG-sensitivity criteria for aid allocation is applied, the results indicate that ODA allocation since the Millennium more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 05, 2012

Returnees From Libya: The Bittersweet Experience of Coming Home - Policy Brief

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This policy brief looks at the situation of migrants who have returned home to several West African countries as a result of the conflict in Libya. It aims to provide an understanding of the factors that led to migration to Libya, in the first place; the migrants’ journey to Libya and their efforts to make a new life; the hasty return home; and the current needs of returnees and context to which they are returning. It draws on several assessments carried out by IOM at the height of the crisis more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 25, 2012

Migrants Caught in Crisis

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This report analyzes the effect that the Libyan crisis has had on migrants caught in the crisis and the wider implications for migration in the region, based primarily on the experience of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in the evacuation, return and reintegration of migrant workers from Libya. The effects of the crisis on sending countries and their nationals are also examined, as are the implications for the post-crisis reconstruction of Libya. The report considers the more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 25, 2012

Global Eye on Human Trafficking Mar 2012

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IOM’s eleventh issue of the Global Eye on Human Trafficking takes a closer look at human trafficking and labour exploitation of migrants in two particularly affected industries – small-scale gold mining and fishing. This issue explores the practices and conditions that foster such abuses in these sectors in different parts of the world. This issue then goes on to explore some of the responses and promising practices to combating the exploitation of migrant workers. On a final note, this issue more...

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Sonia Hossain on March 04, 2012

Une nouvelle voix sur le marché. ICT Update magazine

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Web Alliance for Regreening in Africa, un projet voué à améliorer les conditions environnementales des paysans ouest-africains, est en train de développer un système vocal d’informations de marché qui, à terme, se muera en un web à commande vocale.Un article de Anna Bon et Stéphane Boyera. ICT Update magazine.

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Jim Dempsey on March 01, 2012

Releasing the Pressure

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This document discusses the need to balance short-term water productivity gains – in particular in agriculture - with the long-term role that water flows provide for maintaining sustainable landscape ecosystem services (ESS), and serving multiple benefits to human well-being. This document strives to be relevant to practitioners, in the areas of planning and management of agriculture, planning of land-use, forestry, biofuels, and water, and natural resource management. Our goal is to encourage more...

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Sonia Hossain on March 13, 2012

Agrarian change below the radar screen

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In West Africa, domestic investors acquire plots of farm land using their connections, powers and resources. Some policy makers view these investments as a shift towards agribusiness and state that these “new actors” will modernize and professionalize farming and smallholders are asked to make space. Who are those new actors, how did they obtain the land, under what conditions, and how are they investing? Why are customary authorities engaging in these land transactions and what are the more...

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Sonia Hossain on March 25, 2012

A new voice on the market. From ICT Update magazine

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A project to improve environmental conditions for farmers in West Africa is developing a voice-based market information system. The Web Alliance for Regreening in Africa intends to develop the system further to create a speech-operated world wide web.

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Jim Dempsey on March 01, 2012

Fast Tracking Girls' Education - Progress Report

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This report publishes new and heartening progress, showing the positive impact of the EFA FTI partnership on girls’ education. This report details how EFA FTI has underpinned improvements in girls’ education. The report also warns of the remaining challenges, and the continuing need for the global community’s sustained attention and financial commitment to basic education.

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Sonia Hossain on March 06, 2012

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