Key non-EU Publications on Development

The goal of a better world for all seems harder to reach, with new budgetary pressures, demands to provide regional and global public goods, elevated humanitarian needs, and increasingly complex political settings.

The paper gathered the views of sustainable development experts in the global South and North about the key research priorities for understanding the global impacts of European policy and practice. It sets out the aims and methodology of the horizon-scanning project, presents the findings and indicates the next steps.

This paper develops scenarios for the shape of the global economy in 2050 building on a simple regression of the historic relationship between current income and lagged income, demographic features, climate, and education, using the coefficients to develop a “central” forecast and error terms to set high and low bounds on country outcomes.

Since 2019, realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has gone from patchy to off-track as a result of Covid-19, global price shocks caused by the war in Ukraine and accelerating climate change.

Couplés aux fluctuations des cours des matières premières agricoles et de l’énergie, ainsi qu'aux soubresauts de l’économie chinoise ralentie par la politique du « zéro Covid » et par les fragilités de son secteur immobilier, l’inflation et le resserrement monétaire ont profondément changé les paradigmes de l’économie mondiale au cours de l’année 2022.

L’analyse développement durable est aujourd’hui un outil essentiel pour garantir l’alignement des opérations du groupe avec les Objectifs de développement durable (ODD) établis par les Nations unies.

The global economy is facing multiple shocks that are threatening to further reverse progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This note looks at the development finance provided to multilateral institutions by a group of 13 major economies that have become significant international actors over the past decade. This group—which includes the five BRICS countries—are outside of the mainly Western, high-income countries that absorb the focus of attention for most development activity.

Think20 (T20), the official think tank engagement group of the Group of Twenty (G20), was established in 2012 to provide research-based policy recommendations to help G20 countries and partners promote economic resilience and sustainable development. This report explores T20’s work and increasing importance.

Contributions exploring the unintended impacts of development programming have become increasingly prominent in the literature, as the accepted interdependence between the impacts of climate change, on the one hand, and questions relating to sustainable development, on the other, has become a mainstream topic among policymakers and researchers.

La plupart des écosystèmes arides et semi-arides d’Afrique sont dédiés à différents types d’élevage extensif. Ces systèmes sont des acteurs majeurs dans la valorisation des espaces, et des ressources naturelles. En plus de nourrir les humains et les animaux, l’élevage pastoral fournit un revenu de subsistance à des populations qui ne pourraient survivre autrement dans ces régions. Ce pastoralisme est menacé depuis plusieurs années.

Achieving a Zero Hunger world (SDG 2) is at the heart of the mandates of the three Rome-based UN agencies: FAO, IFAD and WFP. The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, adopted by 149 Member States in 2007, provides the framework for the agencies’ work with Indigenous Peoples.

El presente documento tiene por objetivo generar conocimientos relevantes para la acción climática en la agricultura en países miembros de la Plataforma de Acción Climática en Agricultura de Latinoamérica y el Caribe (PLACA), a partir de la revisión de la normativa políticas e institucionalidad, y del análisis de casos de éxito.

Since the last update on February 9, 2023, the agricultural and export price indices have risen 1%; the cereal price index closed at the same level. Domestic food price inflation continues to remain high in almost all countries

Human–wildlife conflict—broadly defined as direct, non-extractive interactions between humans and wildlife with adverse outcomes for one or both parties—is one such phenomenon amplified by climate change. Human–wildlife conflict takes many forms, including direct injury to people and wildlife and damage to personal property or livelihood losses and has dire consequences for social–ecological systems.

Potential exposure of the Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus) to pharmaceuticals is of high conservation interest, as these compounds can produce catastrophic consequences for populations of avian scavengers.

The Brazilian Amazon contains the world's largest tract of tropical forest, about 22 % of which is within demarcated indigenous territories. Formal governmental recognition of these traditional territories is often a critical deterrent to deforestation, but the relative conservation performance of Indigenous Lands (ILs) under different legal categories and geographic contexts remains poorly understood.

This book synthesizes the background of foundational conservation views and provides new perspectives and recent strategies within a sustainable development context for coastal species and organic life. Written by a team of international authors with expertise in wide-ranging issues of biodiversity conservation, it analyzes the challenges of conserving marine habitats and species that humanity faces in the Anthropocene era.

This book covers biodiversity conservation under special consideration of the challenges in the Global South with particular attention being paid to consider the existing conservation challenges in relation to the study area in Ethiopia. Key issues are addressed, such as the current and future threats to plant biodiversity in Ethiopia, as well as the single large or several small conservation approaches and which approach is feasible for Ethiopia.

Indigenous peoples’ and local community lands cover a third of the earth’s territories. The fact that 91% of them are in good or fair ecological condition today is a testament to the effectiveness of long-term Indigenous stewardship in managing complex natural environments.

Cet ouvrage aborde un certain nombre des problématiques concernant plus particulièrement le contexte colombien. Les chapitres proposés, rédigés par des chercheurs issus de différentes universités colombiennes et brésiliennes, donnent un aperçu de la situation concernant les politiques linguistiques, les idéologies, les variétés de l'espagnol, la situation des langues-cultures minoritaires.

Les hommes semblent anonymement éparpillés dans l'univers, de façon indifférente, ce qui crée une situation d'inconfort, puisque naturellement, l'homme supporte difficilement l'indétermination. Il est plus à l'aise quand il est particularisé et catégorisé. Il veut, à coup sûr, être identifié et associé à un groupe, à une famille et à une gent. Ce sont ce sentiment et cette aspiration que tentent d'exprimer les auteurs de cet ouvrage qui se réclament de la communauté mancagne, laquelle a ses origines, ses pratiques, sa vision du monde et son organisation propres.

Après 160 années d'évangélisation continue, plusieurs Églises d'Afrique ont l'obligation de jeter un regard rétrospectif sur le chemin parcouru tant sur le plan de la pensée théologique que sur le plan du vécu de la foi. La théologie africaine semble assez mûre pour développer une perspective interculturelle comme acheminement de l'inculturation.

The largest, most youthful electorate in Nigerian history will head to the polls soon to decide high-stakes presidential, parliamentary and state-level races. Numerous violent incidents have already marred the campaign. Authorities can take several steps to lessen the dangers before, during and after the vote.

Über 93 Millionen Nigerianer sind am 25. Februar aufgerufen, im bevölkerungsreichsten Land Afrikas einen neuen Präsidenten zu wählen. Der amtierende Präsident Muhammadu Buhari wird nach zwei Amtszeiten verfassungsgemäß die Macht übergeben. Von schicksalhaften und die Zukunft des Landes bestimmenden Wahlen ist in Nigeria die Rede.

This article considers how states might respond to genocide in a more realist, post-liberal international order. It argues that even within an emergent realist international order that downgrades normative commitments to fundamental human rights, unchecked genocide will continue to pose a threat to international peace and security and states will be interested in halting it.

Les récents coups d'État en Afrique ont réactualisé la question de la légitimité démocratique. Ce volume porte essentiellement la focale sur la typologie des coups d'État en Afrique postindépendance, leurs causes et conséquences, de même que sur les transformations sociologiques des États en situation de coup d'État.

This 33rd annual World Report summarizes human rights conditions in over 100 countries and territories worldwide in 2022. It reflects extensive investigative work that Human Rights Watch staff conducted during the year, often in close partnership with domestic human rights activists.

This 211-page report is a groundbreaking investigation into violence and discrimination to lesbian, bisexual, and queer women and non-binary people in 26 countries.

Girls’ education remains a global priority for donors and many governments. National governments also highlight the importance of girls’ education. This resolve, by both donors and national governments—alongside great advances in knowledge about what works to get girls in school and learning—is starting to pay dividends.

The evidence on the effectiveness of high-quality center-based programs for young children in developing countries is still scarce, where programs are typically of low quality and only short-term impacts have been assessed.

This report shows how the pandemic destroyed human capital at critical moments of the life cycle for an entire generation of young people in poorer countries. It is the first comprehensive review of global data for young people in low- and middle- income countries who were under the age of 25 during the pandemic.

Ce guide construit sous forme de 27 questions-réponses permet à chacun, quel que soit son niveau d’expertise, de s’acculturer aux Objectifs de développement durable (ODD) et de s’interroger sur la mobilisation des ODD dans les pratiques pédagogiques.

This report sets out an ambitious agenda to address the major challenges facing children and young people living through conflict and crisis.

Cet ouvrage étudie la question des inégalités en éducation en relation avec le développement durable. En quoi les inégalités, et particulièrement en éducation, doivent-elles être réduites pour permettre un véritable développement durable ?

Le secteur de l'enseignement privé occupe aujourd hui une place prépondérante dans le processus d'offre de services éducatifs au Mali. Cette prédominance qu'il a sur le secteur public d'enseignement se justifie par la grande proportion de sa couverture éducative dans tous les ordres d'enseignement, à l'exception de celui de l'enseignement fondamental (1er et 2e cycle)

América Latina y el Caribe enfrenta en 2023 un mercado de trabajo “altamente complejo y cargado de incertidumbre” a causa de una conjunción de múltiples crisis que impactan los mercados de trabajo y hacen necesaria la aplicación de políticas para crear empleo formal.

This policy brief examines actions for a just transition of local job markets in developing countries. It identifies building blocks for shifting from carbon-intensive towards green jobs in this transition.

This paper provides empirical evidence from Africa, Asia and the Americas on negotiations and collective bargaining by workers in the informal economy.

This joint ILO-Unicef report on social protection for children outlines the devastating impact of a lack of social protection on child poverty, health, education, nutrition, child marriage and child labour.

En este documento se analizan los principales retos de los sistemas de protección social en América Latina y el Caribe en relación con la garantía de los derechos de las personas con discapacidad, con un especial enfoque en materia de inclusión laboral.

When Covid-19 struck the South African government declared some of the strictest lockdowns worldwide. The impact of lockdowns on the working classes was especially severe.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago turned global energy markets upside down. Although oil and gas prices have come down from their highest points and energy issues have faded somewhat from the news, the effects of the war in Ukraine on energy will continue and evolve in 2023.

This paper analyzes the uptake of electric vehicles in Asia and the Pacific and shows how the electrification of transport systems can speed up the transition to a low-carbon future.

The climate and energy policies of the United States and African countries should build on three shared interests—and address three strategic tensions.

As the relationship between the United States and China deteriorates, the battle between the two powers for supremacy in low-carbon industries is leading the slide. From batteries to solar panels to rare-earth metals used in wind turbines, technologies that over the past decade have cratered in cost and surged in scale – thanks to innovation supported by both Washington and Beijing – are targets in yet another trans-Pacific trade fight.

This document is intended to assess the status on energy indicators relating to Goal 7 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The historical failure to sufficiently tackle the climate and ecological crisis could create consequences that challenge the ability of societies to tackle the root causes of this crisis.

The report makes the case for a big investment push for emerging markets and developing economies’ sustainable recovery and development, assesses the magnitude and composition of such investment, presents actions needed for an energy transition, looks at the role that innovations and state capacity can play in facilitating green, resilient, and inclusive development, and proposes actions.

A new narrative needs to capture the interwoven nature of the world’s climate and economic development challenges, anchored in the evolving and diverse perspectives of developing countries themselves.

This evidence gap map presents a landscape of studies on the effectiveness of behavioural science interventions in developing countries within the context of climate change.

This action brief seeks to strengthen the knowledge base of the blue economy, challenge views on what it means, and clarify how Small Islands Developing States can benefit from it.

In the Central Sahel, both the climate and security crises are acute. Strengthening the ability of local communities and actors to respond and adapt to shocks is pivotal and urgent.

In Tanzania, climate change has generally been tackled as a crosscutting issue in macro and sector policies, but the emergence of COVID-19 has created opportunities for a more mainstreamed approach.

In January 2021, the Great Green Wall Accelerator was announced at the third One Planet Summit in Paris. This article analyzes how the political will to accelerate the Great Green Wall reveals power dynamics between Western and Sahelian countries.

Cet ouvrage, qui se destine principalement aux gouvernants politiques, aux décideurs, aux acteurs institutionnels et aux leaders du monde entier, se veut constituer un apport substantiel à la lutte mondiale contre le dérèglement ou le réchauffement climatique, qui constituent une menace susceptible de priver l'humanité d'un avenir radieux.

There is no question that Africa is endowed with abundant natural resources of different magnitudes. However, more than a decade of high commodity prices and new hydrocarbon discoveries across the continent has led countless international organizations, donor agencies, and non-governmental organizations to devote considerable attention to the potential of natural resource–based development.

As global crises mount—from the social and economic fallout of COVID-19 to the deepening climate crisis, to food insecurity compounded by the Russian invasion of Ukraine—development finance institutions (DFI) are increasingly being called upon to address these issues.

The UN’s SDG Stimulus Plan, which calls for additional liquidity, effective debt restructuring and the expansion of development financing, has the potential to free up significant fiscal space in developing economies.

The annual European Financial Flows on SDG7 to Africa report continues an investigation into European and other financial flows to Africa, covering the period 2014-2020. It assesses the progress made towards achieving the SDG7 objective of providing access to cost-effective, dependable, sustainable, and modern energy for all.

Spurred by the polycrisis and explicit calls from shareholders and other stakeholders, multilateral development banks (MDBs) are considering reforms that will give them the capacity to address country and global challenges, as US Secretary Yellen recently put it, “with the urgency and scale that is required

Despite being the largest multilateral provider of climate finance, the World Bank supplies very little evidence to support its claims about the amount of climate finance it provides.

Aid agencies that support public accountability reforms commonly do so in the same places, and with similar state and civil society actors. However, the combined effects of their separate programmatic actions are rarely analysed.

Cet ouvrage est une réflexion sur l'émergence d'une démocratie financière en Afrique subsaharienne francophone. En effet, les cadres harmonisés de gestion des finances publiques de la CEMAC et de l'UEMOA et spécifiquement les directives cadres portant codes de transparence et de bonne gouvernance dans la gestion des finances publiques font du citoyen un nouvel acteur à prendre en compte dans la nouvelle gouvernance financière.

Informed by primary research with nearly 2,200 respondents – including more than 1,000 former members of violent extremist groups – this report is the most extensive study yet on what drives people to violent extremism. It investigates what drives people to the brink of recruitment, the 'tipping point’ - and ultimately, the 'turning point' that informs their decision to leave these groups behind.

This policy brief explores the EU’s role as a global peace and security actor and its peacebuilding mission in the Horn of Africa, particularly Somalia.

The United States has declared that the post-Cold War era is over and that competition among today’s major world powers will shape what comes next. The United States must project power globally and maintain a sustained regional presence in the Middle East, Sub-Sahara Africa, and the Western Indian Ocean.

Compared to other regions, sub-Saharan Africa is not a high strategic priority for China, Russia, or the United States. That said, in recent years, U.S. concerns about Chinese and Russian basing in sub-Saharan Africa have grown,

This paper examines and attempts to determine whether the war in Ukraine, launched by Russia in February 2022, will affect Russia-Africa relations, have no impact, or strengthen Russia-Africa ties.

Renewed strategic competition among the great powers is challenging and transforming the U.S.-led liberal international order. In Central Asia, revisionist efforts are already challenging regional U.S. leadership and undermining its capacity to establish overseas bases and access.

Military basing and access across the Indian Ocean region is an important object of strategic competition in the contemporary international security environment.

El nuevo gobierno colombiano busca frenar la violencia en zonas rurales controladas por grupos armados y criminales. Su enfoque – diálogo y reforma de seguridad – es admirable pero arriesgado. Cualquier acuerdo debe buscar eliminar todos los tipos de coacción que utilizan los grupos ilícitos.

European defence is built on cooperation: between NATO and the EU; between the EU and its partners; and a myriad of multilateral and bilateral defence cooperation agreements.

The environmental crisis is increasing risks to security and peace worldwide, notably in countries that are already fragile. Indicators of insecurity such as the number of conflicts, the number of hungry people and military expenditure are rising; so are indicators of environmental decline, climate change, biodiversity, pollution and other areas.

Le monde s'interroge souvent sur la place que tiennent les travailleurs humanitaires dans le conflit sahélien qui sévit depuis plus de dix ans dans la région. Cet ouvrage étudie l'évolution du mandat des ONG et les attentes formulées à leur égard. Il explore les rapports transactionnels entre les travailleurs humanitaires et les autorités politiques, et met ainsi en lumière les compromis auxquels ces acteurs se résignent.

Policies empowering women strengthen the economy and are critical for lasting progress in development. Slowing global growth, the rising risks of climate change, conflict, and the lingering effects of COVID-19 have dealt a major setback to this progress in recent years—with disproportionate effects on the lives and livelihoods of women.

This brief analyses how the working groups of the Council of the EU and the EU’s gender and diversity ambassador are addressing gender equality in line with the EU’s latest gender action plan, as well as the women, peace and security agenda.

The Taliban have barred women from universities and many workplaces, compelling several aid organisations to pause operations in Afghanistan and donors to contemplate cuts to assistance. Yet the principled response remains to mitigate the harm these harsh rulings are doing to the most vulnerable Afghans.

Young people, particularly young women, have been visible and important contributors to the anti-military resistance, challenging age and gender norms in patriarchal Myanmar society. Yet two years after the coup they remain largely excluded from formal political power, and their role in the opposition movement often goes unacknowledged.

Prenant une approche de méthodes qualitatives à partir des données collectées lors d’entretiens avec des hommes et des femmes dans des communautés de la Région de Diffa au Niger et dans la capitale Niamey, cette enquête examine les dynamiques de genre autour du processus de DDRR dans le pays et présente des recommandations pour faciliter la transformation de genre.

This paper highlights the case of MUVA Assistentes, a public works programme that provided training and mentoring to young vulnerable women in urban Mozambique.

Bangladesh’s Primary Education Stipend Program (PESP) provides stipends for 13 million primary schoolchildren to 10 million mothers. In 2017 the method of payment changed from cash to mobile money. This study considers the experience of the mothers with the shift to mobile money.

Male gatekeeping and biased social norms in difficult settings characterized by fragility, authoritarianism, and conflict create challenges for women’s political participation. This article explores the nature of challenges experienced by women and how they exercise political agency in such settings—as voters, claimants, and brokers of services, and as activists.

In recent years, struggles for justice, peace, and democracy around the world have been articulated through protests. Whether in Nigeria, Senegal or Tunisia, this form of political participation challenges the status quo. Rising forms of autocratic rule, democratic backsliding, and right-wing populism underscore the urgency of protesters’ demands.

If current trends continue, women and men will be equally represented in the field of biology in 2069. In physics, math, and engineering, women should not expect to reach parity for more than a century. The gender gap in science and technology is narrowing, but at a decidedly unimpressive pace. And even if parity is achievable, what about equity?

En 2022 ces données et analyses ont été utilisés par diverses parties prenantes en Afrique et dans le monde. De nouvelles pistes notables qui se sont intéressées à nos données comprenaient des événements régionaux et mondiaux tels que la Charte Africaine de la Démocratie, des Elections et de la Gouvernance, la COP27, la 77e Assemblée Générale des Nations Unies, le Forum de la démocratie de la Fondation Obama et le Sommet des Dirigeants États-Unis-Afrique.

Corruption seriously undermines development and hits the most vulnerable hardest. But it is a multifaceted, wicked problem. This paper reviews new evidence on how anti-corruption can be conducted, how the EU has been performing in this area and what should be done next to improve Europe’s overall footprint.

Emergencies heighten societies’ need to be governed. Accordingly, the COVID-19 pandemic put systems of public governance under severe pressure across the globe. Civic freedoms were widely curtailed for public health reasons. Scarce resources needed to be allocated swiftly, with little opportunity for debate.

Ad hoc coalitions (AHCs) are an indispensable but scantly conceptualized part of global governance. In recent years, several typologies and classifications of global governance arrangements have been provided, mostly differentiating them based on their organizational design features of degree of formality and membership composition.

‘Catholic regionalism’ in west Africa exemplifies the capacity of theological claims and theologically informed actors to influence regional governance and international affairs.

Les nombreuses crises politiques, sécuritaires et économiques en Afrique, notamment en Centrafrique, sont assurément liées à la mauvaise gestion du bien commun: tel est le point de départ de cet ouvrage. La question du bien commun y est pensée comme le chemin d'un vivre ensemble pacifique et d'une cohésion sociale, face aux politiques africaines gangrénées par le tribalisme, le népotisme et la corruption.

Globally, nearly 4.5 million new cases and 32 000 deaths were reported in the last 28 days (6 February to 5 March 2023), a decrease of 58% and 65%, respectively, compared to the previous 28 days. As of 5 March 2023, over 759 million confirmed cases and over 6.8 million deaths have been reported globally.

Amidst the disastrous impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, international policy attention on global pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPR) has been laudable but has so far proved inadequate.

The subject of this evaluation is the collective preparedness and humanitarian response at the global, regional, and country levels to meet the humanitarian needs of people in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The evaluation is global and includes case studies from Bangladesh, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Philippines, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Syria, and Turkey.

One and a half years after the virus struck, high-income countries have deals securing enough doses to vaccinate their populations twice over, while in many low-income countries fewer than one in 100 people had received a single dose of vaccine.

There is no time to lose if the region is to meet the 2025 targets for HIV prevention. With this goal, UNFPA has collected examples of successful interventions for HIV prevention in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia and Uganda.

Health aid has helped domestic financing achieve historic gains in global health but there is much still to be done. Six major issues currently prevent aid from being more effective, fit for the future, and aligned with country priorities.

Every day in 2020, approximately 800 women died from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth - meaning that a woman dies around every two minutes. This report presents internationally comparable global, regional and country-level estimates and trends for maternal mortality between 2000 and 2020.

Le monde urbain constitue un lieu de rencontre de temporalités plurielles et des multiples arts de faire où se trament les enjeux du futur. Cet ouvrage se démarque des grilles habituellement utilisées pour révéler l'objet urbain. Les contributions des auteurs s'alimentent des réalités sociales engendrées dans les bas-fonds, les bidonvilles, l'informel, le formel et les bruits du monde urbain.

This policy briefing provides a brief multi-sector comparison between African and Southeast Asian experiences of environmental, socioeconomic and governance (ESG) implementation in Chinese-led infrastructure projects.

As the Caribbean subregion seeks to implement strategies for meeting its obligations under the Paris Agreement, the sustainable development of its land transportation subsector has emerged as a significant challenge.

This paper evaluates potential costs of implementing financial incentives for electric vehicles; specifically purchase subsidies and registration rebates offered in Ho Chi Minh City and the benefits related to individual savings and GHG emissions reductions.

While Africa has the highest rate of urbanization in the world, the region’s cities are not realizing the full potential and benefits of agglomeration. Sub-Saharan Africa is failing to reap the economic benefits of urbanization observed in other regions.

Léopoldville-Kinshasa a connu un départ précipité, une croissance numérique forcée, jointe à un étalement latéral que ne contrarie aucune considération topographique. Cela a créé une agglomération aux dimensions indéfinies.

Esta edición recoge datos migratorios oficiales de 2021, actualizados de manera comparativa sobre los principales patrones de movilidad humana en la región, que resultan relevantes para la evaluación y adecuado seguimiento de la configuración de las tendencias históricas, contrastadas por el contexto de la pandemia del COVID-19.

Sumados a la población de más de 48 millones de habitantes en Colombia, los migrantes alcanzan hasta 1,9 millones con una migración neta de 1 millón de migrantes, aproximadamente, o una tasa de migración neta de 4,2.

The present report report documents the treatment of the Chagossians, an Indigenous people whom the UK and US forced from their homes in the 1960s and 1970s so that a US military base could be built on Diego Galán, in the Chagos Archipelago.

Migration has long been part of Caribbean nations reality. In recent decades, climate change, natural disasters, and shifts in global mobility patterns have reshaped the migration landscape in the Caribbean.

Rohingya men, women and children have been fleeing their homes for forty years. The tipping point came in August 2017, when almost 700,000 were wrung from Myanmar in a single military operation. Today, very few members of this Muslim minority remain in the country. Instead, they live mostly in Bangladesh’s refugee camps; or precariously in Malaysia, India, Thailand, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere.

The paper then showcases opportunities the European Green Deal offers the African private sector and how available finance and support for technology development and transfer and capacity-building can be utilized in this regard.

The paper explores various points of intersection between gender equality and anti-corruption to promote a new narrative on the role women entrepreneurs and women-led businesses can play in fostering fair business practices.

This paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the reallocation of economic activity across firms, and whether this reallocation depends on the competition environment.

This article provides a macro-sociological analysis of the rise and transformation of entrepreneurship as an ideology in international development discourse over time.

The advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution has led to wide-ranging opportunities from advanced technologies for business and government. A proactive approach and greater strategic planning are now required in order to create the “markets of tomorrow” that meet key societal needs.

The EU has developed interoperable digital public infrastructure as part of its digital single market, ensuring smooth cross-border interactions by individuals, businesses and governments. This brief argues that the EU could offer useful support on interoperable digital public infrastructure to Africa, which aspires to build its own digital single market as part of the African Continental Free Trade Area.

International cooperation on digital markets must ensure competition cases and laws around the world are consistent.

The Asia-Pacific region is fast growing and fast adapting. The nexus of geopolitical, economic, natural, and biological risks has heightened uncertainty across the region.

Asia has risen to become an innovation powerhouse, contributing to more than half of world patents. The rise of Asia as an innovation hub has been driven by a few frontier countries that have experienced a sharp increase in digital and computer-related patents, supported by solid R&D spending and a large share of researchers in the labor force.

The use of drone technology in capital projects is an emerging area that holds promise for growth. Drones are becoming more widely available, and regulatory bodies are gradually allowing their use on a larger scale.

This book brings together diverse African experts to critically and independently assess the AU’s performance over the last two decades and proposes ways in which the organisation can serve the African people better. It contributes to the growing body of literature on the AU and African integration.

This briefing sets out eight priorities the AU should focus on in 2023: reforming its own institutions; nurturing agreements in Ethiopia and Sudan; urging regional cooperation around the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam; easing tensions in the Great Lakes and Central Africa; and steering talks to unlock Libya’s stalemated transition.

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), established in 2018, will create the world’s largest free trade area, bringing transformative change and tremendous opportunity to African economies and business environments.

This working paper analyzes the impact of infrastructure and trade facilitation on imports and exports in five Central Asian countries and outlines how improving hard and soft infrastructure would help boost regional trade and integration.

En 2022 el valor de las exportaciones de América Latina y el Caribe creció 18,8%, luego de aumentar 27,8% en 2021. El incremento en los precios de exportación sostuvo el desempeño de las ventas externas y los volúmenes se desaceleraron.

The fundamental role that water resources play in human development has been highlighted in multiple ways. Out of 169 SDG targets, 59 were found to have direct links and synergies with the water goal SDG6.

A combination of extremely low rainfall levels and rising seasonal temperatures during the past three years has made Djibouti one of the most arid countries in the world.

Ce livre montre à quel point la mauvaise gestion de déchets se traduit par une hygiène défectueuse de l'espace environnant, offrant des conditions bioécologiques favorables au déploiement des germes pathogènes responsables de maladies qui sévissent dans nos milieux et transformant la République démocratique du Congo en un espace épidémiogène.

The COVID-19 pandemic has set Africa’s economic convergence with the world economy back. Africa’s economic growth was projected to decelerate to 4.1% in 2022 and 2023, 8 percentage points lower than the growth rate for the rest of the world.

The Korean model of development that flowered in the final third of the twentieth century remains a fertile source of lessons for countries in sub-Saharan Africa attempting to achieve sustainably high rates of growth.

Why is the Horn such a distinctive part of Africa? This book, by one of the foremost scholars of the region, traces this question through its exceptional history and also probes the wildly divergent fates of the Horn’s contemporary nation-states, despite the striking regional particularity inherited from the colonial past.

Les autorités maliennes ont opéré un revirement stratégique en s’éloignant de la France et en faisant de la Russie leur principal allié militaire. Les relations entre le Mali et certains partenaires occidentaux et régionaux se détériorent. Les autorités maliennes et leurs partenaires devraient chercher à rétablir des relations plus équilibrées.