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Green Growth Indicators 2017
Green growth policies need to be founded on a good understanding of the determinants of green growth and need to be supported with appropriate indicators to monitor progress. This book presents a selection
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African Statistical Yearbook 2017
The Yearbook series is a result of joint efforts by major African regional organizations to set up a joint data collection mechanism of socioeconomic data on African countries as well as the development
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Report of the Comprtoller and Auditor General of India (Economic Sector): Government of Uttar Pradesh
The Gomti river in Lucknow is even more polluted than the Ganga in Varanasi, a CAG report has revealed. The CAG, which studied the pollution levels in the two cities from 2011 to 2015, said the temple
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Inequality in Nigeria – Exploring the drivers
Despite the prevailing recession Nigeria is still seen as Africa’s largest economy and one of the fastest-growing in the world. Yet, more than half of the Nigerian population still grapples with extreme
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African Export Import Bank to invest up to $500 mln in Gambia
The African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) will invest up to $500 million in Gambia, its president said, an economic boost to the impoverished West African country ostracized by investors under former
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Kenya law okays livestock, household appliances for bank loans
Low-income earners in Kenya can now take bank loans by using livestock, crops and other household appliances as collateral. President Uhuru Kenyatta signed into law the Moveable property Security Rights
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Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals: Report of the Secretary-General
The UN Secretary-General has issued the 2017 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) progress report, providing an overview of global progress towards the 17 SDGs on the basis of the latest available data related
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Africa lags in ICT, not ready for 4th Industrial Revolution- report
Cape Town - African countries are not equipped to transition to a Fourth Industrial Revolution economy and even the most tech-savvy countries on the continent, such as South Africa, lags developed countries.
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The Africa Competitiveness Report 2017: addressing Africa’s demographic dividend
The ability of Sub-Saharan Africa’s economies to generate enough jobs for its young and growing population rests on the successful implementation of urgent reforms to boost productivity. This is the key
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The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017
An Ordinance further to amend the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. Whereas the stressed assets in the banking system have reached unacceptably high levels and urgent measures are required for their resolution.
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African poverty far worse than thought‚ says Oxfam
Social justice organisation Oxfam on Tuesday released a new report titled “Starting with people”‚ which details the crisis facing Africa’s poor and issues a challenge to African leaders “to champion new