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When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers
Photo: shplendid | Flickr Creative Commons Talk of trade tariffs and heightened geopolitical tensions are dominating news headlines recently. As developed economies consider escalating protectionist...
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MENA is the world’s 2nd youngest region with 60% of its population under the age of 30. A large youth population should be a valuable driver of economic growth. But the MENA region will need to have...
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Empowering MENA Youth through “the Cloud”
When I was your age “checking your mail” meant walking to the post office and collecting letters, “tweet” meant the chirping of a bird, and “cloud” meant rain! Today, we live in a very different...
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Time to focus on water management in Arab world as source of growth and...
Co-authored by Pasquale Steduto, FAO Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa. In Gaza, the drinking water tastes like seawater. Years of neglect and poor management, due in large part to...
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Egypt’s Sanitation Program for Results (PforR): achieving results on the ground
Co-authors:Osama Hamad, Lead Water Supply & Sanitation Specialist, World Bank Water Global PracticeHeba Yaken Aref Ahmed, Operations Analyst, World Bank Water Global PracticeSara Mohamed Mahmoud...
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Innovative research has an impact against gender-based violence
World Bank Group/SVRI Development Marketplace 2018 winner Equal Playing Field is helping boys and girls in Papua New Guinea build social and soft skills to participate in advocacy campaigns to end...
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Changing the lives of Egyptian people left behind for a long time: Taha’s Story
"It was the first time we talked while the officials listened. Not as in the past, when they used to talk and we just listened." With this simple statement, Taha Al-Leithi, a young Egyptian man from...
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How do Africans’ priorities align with the SDGs and government performance?...
One of the challenges presented by the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) laid out in the UN 2030 Agenda is where to begin.Afrobarometer, which conducts public attitude surveys in more...
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What did 200 African incubators learn from our webinar on open innovation?
Also available in: FrançaisEntrepreneurs participating in the e-Takara competition to address specific challenges expressed by Nigerien public administrations. Credit: Niger Digital “The training has...
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The Middle East and North Africa cannot miss the Fourth Industrial Revolution
The traditional route of industrialization for developing countries may no longer be available for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This should not be a source of regret, as the...
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