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Habitat III decisions crucial for the future of Africa’s cities
By Greg Foster, Area Vice-President, Habitat for Humanity, Europe, Middle East and Africa fastest growing cities in the world over the...
Emma R Marmol
Sep 20, 20164 min read
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Le climatologue et l’instituteur
Par Laurent Bossard, Directeur, Secrétariat du Club du Sahel et de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CSAO/OCDE) (English version follows) J’avais...
Emma R Marmol
Aug 26, 20167 min read
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Integrating the local and global urban agendas
By David Simon, Director, Mistra Urban Futures, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden In October, world leaders will...
Emma R Marmol
Jul 12, 20163 min read
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Nourrir sa population constitue le principal secteur d’activité de l’économie de l’Afrique de l̵
par Laurent Bossard, Directeur, Secrétariat du Club du Sahel et de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CSAO/OCDE) (English version follows) Je fais...
Emma R Marmol
Jul 11, 20166 min read
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How China’s Rebalancing Affects Africa’s Development Finance … and More
By Helmut Reisen of Shifting Wealth Consulting and former Head of Research at the OECD Development Centre Three core factors have...
Emma R Marmol
Jul 5, 20163 min read
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A 21st century vision for urbanisation
By Dr Joan Clos, Executive Director, UN-Habitat By 2050, cities in the developing world will absorb more than two billion new urban...
Emma R Marmol
Jun 8, 20163 min read
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Africa’s Blue Economy: An opportunity not to be missed
By Dr. Carlos Lopes, UN Under Secretary General & Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa Africa’s “blue world” is...
Emma R Marmol
Jun 7, 20163 min read
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Unlocking Private Finance in Frontier Markets
By Dr. Nancy Lee, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation The development landscape has changed fundamentally....
Emma R Marmol
May 5, 20163 min read
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AGIR: Resilience, a buzzword or a long-term commitment?
By Julia Wanjiru, Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat (SWAC/OECD) While some partners are growing impatient, others underline the...
Emma R Marmol
May 4, 20164 min read
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Entretien: Sahel, Plan d’action pour un engagement renouvelé 2015-2020
Entretien avec M. Jean-Pierre Marcelli, Directeur du Département Afrique, Agence française de développement (AFD) L’Agence française de...
Emma R Marmol
Apr 26, 20166 min read
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Why have they chopped Africa in two?
By Laurent Bossard, Director, Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat (SWAC/OECD) Read this post in French The word continent comes from...
Emma R Marmol
Feb 18, 20167 min read
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Climate change: Effective mitigation and adaptation efforts could reduce food insecurity
In this guest contribution to the SWAC blog, Kirsty Lewis of the UK Met Office Hadley Centre explores the relationship between climate...
Emma R Marmol
Dec 9, 20155 min read
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African cities can be actors of structural transformation
By Arthur Minsat, Economist, OECD Development Centre African nations are exploring how best to harness the potential of cities as agents...
Emma R Marmol
Nov 3, 20154 min read
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Women’s empowerment in West Africa: Increasing access to reproductive health services and rights is
In this guest blogpost Marie Stopes International (MSI) responds to our call for contributions on the state of women’s empowerment in...
Emma R Marmol
Oct 8, 20154 min read
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How the private sector can advance development
By Lorenzo Pavone, OECD Development Centre EMnet Co-ordinator; Kate Eklin, Policy Analyst; Myriam Grégoire-Zawilski, Programme Assistant;...
Emma R Marmol
Oct 6, 20154 min read
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Industrial Policy: Not a bad word
By Annalisa Primi, Senior Economist and Head of the Policy Dialogue Initiative on Global Value Chains, Production Transformation and...
Emma R Marmol
Sep 29, 20154 min read
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Africa, a European Priority
By Mario Pezzini, Director of the OECD Development Centre, and Romano Prodi, former president of the European Commission and former...
Emma R Marmol
Oct 14, 20144 min read
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