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Shrinking Economic Distance: Understanding How Markets and Places Can Lower Transport Costs in Developing Countries. Sustainable Infrastructure Series

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Africa's Second Half-Centenary: Sustainable Human Development/Citizen Security?

ica faces an unanticipated second chance at the start of the second decade of the 21st century: how many developmental versus fragile states by 2020? The…...
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U.S. - Africa Relations: Southern Africa Position Paper

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Policy and Institutional Dimensions of Africa's Political Economy in an Age of Globalization

advent of political independence allowed most Sub-Saharan countries to determine the appropriate mix of policies and institutions that would enable them to…...
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FCI Annual Review 2020: We are Living in Disruptive Times

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Embedding Climate Resilience into Agriculture Projects

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Strategic Investment Funds; Establishment and Operations

ategic investment funds (SIFs) have gained prominence over the past two decades as governments and other public sponsors globally have increasingly co-opted…...
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