The World Bank board operates on the basis of reaching decisions by consensus. This means that any executive director must earn the respect of their colleagues to affect change.
People loot bags of food from a COVID-19 palliative warehouse in Nigeria.
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Nigeria has the largest number of people living in extreme poverty in Africa. Turning the tide requires inclusive growth, value added productivity and strong institutions.
Walter Bgoya’s passion for reading goes back to the 1950s. But his worldview was shaped in the 1960s.
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After the pandemic, South Asian governments must spend money on making public services work, rather than relying on GDP growth to pull people out of poverty.
Akure’s infrastructure development projects have yet to create space for community participation.
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Epidemiologists and public health managers are looking to complement indoor-based malaria solutions with those that focus on the outdoors. Drones are a crucial part of their armoury.
122 million of 155 million stunted children live in conflict countries.
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Development officials have been cautiously optimistic that we were on our way to eradicating hunger. But a recent report by the UN shows a surge in global hunger due to conflict and climate change.
Stocks displayed at the Nigerian Stock Exchange in Lagos.
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Evidence suggests a strong relationship between sustainability and the global competitiveness of a country. Nigerian businesses need to embrace it in order to thrive.
South African children in Kwa-Zulu Natal walk to the last tap with running water after other communal taps were cut off due to drought.
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South Africa did a brilliant job of increasing access to safe water for millions of people after the first democratic elections in 1994. But it hasn’t kept up the good work.
A study in Malawi shows how the participation of local community leaders in policy development can change men’s attitudes to maternal and child health for the better.
Mozambique has recorded significant poverty reduction in recent years.
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Nation states, UN bodies and civil society gathered in Quito for Habitat III to adopt the New Urban Agenda. So how will the UN’s new global urban roadmap transform our cities over the next 20 years?
A woman carries water she has collected from the Turkwel River near Lodwar in Turkana County, north-west Kenya.
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Progress in terms of water and sanitation has traditionally favoured those with money. But the hope with the SDG’s is that this gap will be plugged in the future.
Frontline workers need to be engaged in the process of building responsive, interconnected health systems.
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The millennium development goals were laudable but the approach to achieving them was flawed. An integrated, bottom-up approach is needed if the sustainable development goals are to be met by 2030.