Against the background of high inflation, climate shocks, and concerns about rising food insecurity, this study documents the state of economic sentiments and expectations of households in five African...
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Across developing countries, women play an important role both as producers of major food crops and in improving household nutrition. This research paper aims to assess the effect...
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Case Study 11 deals with Improving Water Availability and Restoring Soil Fertility in the Sahel.
In Africa’s Sahel region, where agriculture is the main employment and...
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The CPIA is an annual diagnostic tool for countries eligible for financing from the International Development Association (IDA), the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries. The...
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This 2023 Economic Update for Burkina Faso is articulated in two chapters, plus a spotlight. The first chapter presents the economic and poverty developments observed in the country in...
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The 4 priority areas of the draft ten-year Action Plan for Fertilizers and Soil Health in Africa are:
1. Strengthening sectoral policies and the policy and regulatory...
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By advancing knowledge on digital climate information and agriculture advisory services (‘agromet services’) in support of West Africa’s farmers, this report has two objectives.
First...
Most support programs targeted at small firms in low- and middle-income countries fail to generate transformative effects at a large scale due to poor targeting, too little...
The five countries of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger (the G5) in the Sahel region of Africa are among the least developed countries in the world. The region...
In addition to being regularly confronted with unpredictable shocks such as floods, droughts, or conflicts, Sahelian households have to deal with the effects of seasonality. This leads to a significant reduction in food...