Jumpstarting sustained and inclusive growth is the only way to improve the living conditions of the Gambians. Heightened global and regional uncertainties coupled with vulnerability climate shocks cloud the economic...
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Unequal access to economic opportunity for individuals with different innate characteristics, such as ethnicity or parents’ socioeconomic status, is often seen as both morally undesirable and bad for economic...
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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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The spillovers from the war on Ukraine weighed on the most vulnerable. Data from the 2020 household survey show that poor households spend 65 percent of their income on...
Human capital, which encompasses knowledge, skills, health, and nutrition, is a significant determinant of long-term economic growth and social advancement. Human capital drives economic growth...
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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...
Chapter 4 focuses more specifically on agriculture and climate shocks
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The last decade witnessed a dramatic decline in...