Africa is not on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal of eradicating extreme poverty. While many countries were successful in reducing poverty during the years before the pandemic, its economic disruptions coupled with climate disasters and food and fuel inflation caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have put spanners in the wheels. Growing vulnerabilities to climate events like droughts and floods, food insecurity as well as widening fragility in several parts of the continent darken the outlook. A burgeoning youth population faces poor prospects for productive employment, raising social tensions and robbing countries of their demographic dividend.
WASHINGTON – The World Bank today approved $100 million in International Development Association (IDA) financing to help Togo increase the coverage of its new flagship social safety net program and strengthen interoperable delivery systems.The Togo
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The West Africa Unique Identification for Regional Integration and Inclusion (WURI) programme pilot countries have adopted a Governance Framework for the programme on April 5, 2023, in Lagos, Nigeria. The adoption of the Governance Framework happened during the inaugural WURI Supervisory Committee Meeting which brought together representatives and stakeholders from…