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Report - 2012
Due to the growing importance of renewable energy on global scale, a need for effective support policies arises in many countries. Experts often take so-called “good practice examples”, which promise high effectiveness and efficiency, as the basis...
Report - 2012
The present study is an outcome of a joint KfW and GIZ initiative that has been implemented on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development /(BMZ). Its purpose is to describe the new approach involving the...
Report - 2012
This report examined the factors responsible for delays in ports in sub-Saharan countries and provides appropriate policy recommendations.
Report - 2012
The objective of this study is to present the results of a comparative analysis of urban water management for 31 cities in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Study/Research - 2011
Today, over 270 transboundary aquifer systems have been identified worldwide,[ 1 ] but very few are the target of projects aiming at a better mutual management or, where this question is raised, only cover certain aspects. For instance,...
Policy paper - 2011
A number of new EU policy initiatives have contributed to the recognition of a need to have a fresh look at EU transport policies. The EU 2020 strategy defined the ambition of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, the 2011 White Paper on...
Research - 2011
This year’s Africa Development Indicators, which covers some 1,700 macroeconomic, sectoral, and human development indicators dating to the 1960s, comes at a critical time for Sub-Saharan Africa’s 48 countries and 841 million people. Since...
Research - 2011
The Little Data Book on Africa 2011 is a pocket edition of Africa Development Indicators 2011. It contains some 115 key indicators on economics, human development, governance, and partnership and is intended as a quick...
Report - 2011
The Africa Competitiveness Report 2011, the third report jointly published by World Bank organizations, comes out at a time when Africa’s recovery from the global economic crisis has been faster than it has in many other parts of the world. The...