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The April 2024 edition of Africa’s Pulse, a biannual survey of African economies, finds that economic activity is set to rebound in Sub-Saharan Africa, supported by increased private consumption...

Highlights: The report covers topics such as economic growth, fiscal balances, debt service obligations, conflict and violence, and policy responses to address these issues. Economic...

Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to slow to 2.5 percent in 2023 from 3.6 percent in 2022. It is projected to increase to 3.7 percent in 2024 and 4.1 percent in 2025...

Agricultural and food policies are increasingly asked to do more to improve the dietary quality of populations in lower and middle income countries (LMICs), especially severely malnourished...

Rice production and research have met unprecedented challenges in recent years. Yield and total production have plateaued for many years in some major producing rice-producing...

Maize is an important staple food that has cultural, economic, environmental, and nutritional impacts in the world. In addition to being a cornerstone crop for human nutrition, maize is in high demand...

This review examines the nexus of poverty, malnutrition and diseases in Africa, the challenges, implications and their mitigation. The paper takes a critical look at available literatures on the primary causes, modes...

Findings: Higher wheat prices are projected to persist through 2024. Given the small size of the wheat production sector in a limited number of African countries, disruption...

This brief presents a compilation of key findings from an analysis of the impact of the Ukraine war on African countries. It covers the effects of global market disruptions on country terms of trade...

Migrating out of Poverty Research Programme Consortium focuses on the relationship between internal and regional migration and poverty in Africa and Asia. It is funded by the UK’s Department for International...