Young people are playing a crucial role in advancing climate action and climate justice. Climate change continues to threaten human existence, economic growth and the livelihoods of vulnerable populations, and experts...
Poverty
Danger down by the river
African women and girls in poor communities, forced to walk long distances to fetch water, run the daily risk of rape, beating and even death. It was a day like any other last December. Hasiya (not her real name) had...
C-19 in Zimbabwe: Work and Jobs
As captured by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube’s desperate plea for $200 million in a letter to IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on April 2, the Covid-19 pandemic could not have struck Zimbabwe at a worse time....
C-19: Ethiopia and the rule of law
Hardly any of Ethiopia’s state parastatals epitomise the old-fashioned way of doing business more than the National Lottery Administration (NLA). The NLA was first incorporated in 1953, by imperial decree. Were it not...
Urban Poverty and our Collective Safety
Urban Poverty and our Collective Safety Slums and Informal Settlements in cities across Africa - The Ghana Case A publication by the Cities Alliance states that policymakers and leaders should see investments in the...
Economic Development Pathways for Local Area Development
Economic Development Pathways for Local Area Development Ghana currently has 260 districts under its local governance structure and these districts are to bring development closer to the people. The administrations of...
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