Africa
Report
Conflict economies in the Middle East and North Africa
This report examines the common economic factors that continue to drive conflict in Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen. It also makes specific recommendations to Western policymakers addressing these types of sub-economies in detail.
Report
Calculating the potential climate value of Non-Motorised Transport projects in African cities
This report uses comparative analysis to provide insight into the potential for Non-Motorised Transport to assist African cities, and the global community, in achieving their climate-related goals.
Report
An inclusive circular economy: priorities for developing countries
Developing economies will struggle to grow sustainably without significant investment in recycling, reusing and repairing used raw materials and products. This paper looks at opportunities to coordinate regional trade policies and investment programmes to rapidly scale up the circular economy in the developing world.
Report
Freedoms under threat: the spread of anti-NGO measures in Africa
This report describes and analyses the approaches that African governments are taking to impose restrictions that handicap NGO activity on the continent.
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Agricultural mechanisation, farm productivity and food security in sub-Saharan Africa
In this paper, FDI Global Food and Water Research Manager, Mervyn Piesse, examines the level of agricultural mechanisation in Sub-Saharan Africa, finding that the region has fallen behind other developing parts of the world in adopting labour-saving farm machinery.