The most prominent feature of the Euro area crisis has been the large current account deficits and the large amount of debt accumulated by countries at the periphery. These imbalances are commonly attributed to differences in competitiveness as manifested in persistent differences in the unit labor...

"The African Development Bank is committed to working closely with African countries to support their adaptation and transition towards green growth. We will lead a major push to deliver cleaner, more affordable energy for all Africans by 2025. We will integrate climate- smart development across...

Crop prices in sub-Saharan Africa exhibit substantial seasonal fluctuations. The nominal prices of some crops increase by as much as 50–100% from their harvest-season trough to their lean-season peak (Burke, 2014; Kaminski, Christiaensen and Gilbert, 2014). These regular and largely predictable...

Economic development is characterized, almost universally, by rising output per agricultural worker and the movement of labor from agriculture to other sectors, which together result in rising incomes and falling incidence of poverty (Timmer 2009). African countries are mostly in the early stages...

Agriculture in Africa is vital to the develop - ment of African nations. Africa’s agriculture accounts for a high portion of the economies of a number of African nations in terms of GDP, employment, and food security. Despite the significance of agriculture, the agricultural industry is relatively...

Despite the importance of the agriculture sector in Africa, its productivity considerably lags other developing regions. Africa has the highest area of arable uncultivated land (202 million hectares) in the world but countries have not yet taken advantage of it. Food production, transformation, and...

A large literature in economics and other fields has established a link between nutrition during childhood and long-run development. Across the world, children with poor nutritional status are less likely than their well-nourished peers to grow up to be tall, well-educated, and economically...

A water program approved on September 6, 2016, by the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB), is expected to provide clean drinking water to about 400.000 rural Tunisians. Funding for the program is a combination of a loan of €123.7 million and a grant of €1 million. The grant is...

La région englobant les pays du pourtour Méditerranéen, du Nord au Sud, est confrontée au même grave problème du chômage qui constitue une source majeure d'instabilité sociale et économique. La seule réponse à ce défi commun repose sur une amélioration de la croissance dans la région. Cependant, à...