Sub-Saharan Africa

Why the wait? The World Bank investigates Sub-Saharan port turnover. Photo: <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/vithassan/284900957/sizes/m/in/photostream/">Vít Hassan (Flickr)</a>.

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Anticompetitive collusion is silently choking Africa's ports

A new study by the World Bank has found a complex answer to a simple question: why does cargo spend weeks in Sub-Saharan ports?

Africa's emerging markets are the fastest growing in the world. Photo: <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/attawayjl/3335549312/sizes/m/in/photostream/">Jeff Attaway (Flickr)</a>

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The African Century? Multinationals gear up for a sub-Saharan boom

Africa now holds an unfamiliar title: Continent with the fastest growing economy in the world.

A new study claims that the cassava root will be able to withstand global climate changes. Photo: <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/shanidov/2996193589/sizes/m/in/photostream/”>shanidov(Flickr)</a>

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Can this climate-proof ‘Rambo root’ ease the pains of global warming?

It’s not easy finding a silver lining in the burgeoning effects of global warming on agriculture, but a new scientific report claims that it might not be all gloom and doom.

Esther Duflo speaking at Pop!Tech in 2009. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kk/4039861869/">kk + (flickr)</a>

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A 'Rising Star' in Economics

Ever wonder why some development projects succeed while others fail?

Managing Director of IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn speaks at the World Bank/IMF spring meeting of 2009. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldbank/3477828444/">World Bank Photo Collection (Flickr)</a>

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The International Monetary Fund Boosts Financial Aid to Poor Nations

Earlier today the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced plans to provide up to $17 billion in desperately-needed assistance to poor nations over the next five years.

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Sub-Saharan Africa's Working Poor to Increase in 2009

A staggering 82 percent of workers in sub-Saharan Africa are classified as "working poor" — those who are working but are still in poverty.

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Falling HIV Rates Tell Complex Story

Though HIV/AIDS statistics suggest that the epidemic is waning, the real situation is far less clear.

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Huge Strides Made to Treat HIV in Sub-Saharan Region

Access to HIV treatment has greatly improved in some of the areas that are hardest hit by the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

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Poverty in Africa Linked to Water Management

According to the United Nations, African countries will be hard pressed to emerge from poverty due to poor water management, not a lack of available water.

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Can Global Companies Save Africa?

An expert on multinational companies influence in Eastern Europe asks whether Sub-Saharan Africa can benefit as well.

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Film Brings Sub-Saharan AIDS Pandemic to a Global Audience

Yesterday presents a moving and beautiful depiction of a Zulu woman struggling to understand the impacts of her own illness.

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