Demographic Change

How a Covid-19 recovery could lead to a more resilient Africa

Structural Transformation, Environment and Climate Change, Demographic Change, Technological Change, African Politics /

There is no getting around it: the Covid-19 crisis will hit Africa’s people particularly hard. Even if the infection rate remains low, the socioeconomic devastation is already being felt. Access to clean water supply and basic health services remain a challenge throughout the continent, making the containment measures taken by most countries all the more challenging. Beyond […]

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The World on Reset mode (first published by Amadeus Institute)

O mundo em modo reiniciar

Demographic Change, African Politics /

Estamos familiarizados com as irritantes atualizações de sistemas de software que perturbam os nossos computadores e smartphones, acreditamos nós, funcionais. Normalmente, começa com um alerta para a necessidade de atualizações ou poderemos ter problemas de segurança ou bloqueios por incompatibilidades com outras aplicações e sistemas operativos. Nestes casos costumamos depararmo-nos com três opções: substituir o dispositivo

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Africa’s blue economy: An opportunity not to be missed*

Structural Transformation, Demographic Change /

Africa’s “Blue world” is made of vast lakes and rivers and an extensive ocean resource base. Thirty-eight of the fifty-four African States are coastal States. More than 90 percent of Africa’s imports and exports are conducted by sea and some of the most strategic gateways for international trade are in Africa, underscoring the geopolitical importance

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L économie bleue d’Afrique: une occasion à ne pas manquer

Structural Transformation, Demographic Change /

Le « monde bleu » se compose en Afrique d’un vaste réseau de lacs, de rivières et d’étendues marines riches en ressources naturelles. Trente-huit des 54 pays que compte l’Afrique sont des États côtiers. Plus de 90 % des importations et des exportations africaines transitent par la mer, et plusieurs des corridors commerciaux les plus stratégiques de la

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