Topic: africa

Uganda’s leaders now have access to maps that will allow them—for the first time ever—to reduce poverty through better management of the country’s wetlands.

The first meeting of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate wrapped up here yesterday. The forum, convened by U.S. President Barack Obama, was attended by representatives of 17 major economies, the United Nations, and several developing countries.

NextBillion.net - one of the Web’s top business blogs - today announced a new look intended to make it the go-to online resource for discussions about business-model development aimed at helping poor people.

Natural-resources extractive companies are profiting financially and socially when they consult with affected communities before and during the construction of projects.

The World Resources Institute and the Environmental Investigation Agency today launch a partnership to combat illegal logging worldwide and clean up timber supply chains.

This policy brief provides natural resource policy makers and practitioners with an approach for evaluating how their policies and projects can support the emergence and consolidation of local democracy.

The BOP share of transportation spending is consistently high in Africa.

The median of annual BOP per household spending on health for Cameroon is $33.89.

In Cameroon, the ratio of average household ICT spending in the BOP3000 income segment to that in the BOP1000 segment is 27:1.

The African BOP includes 486 million people in 22 surveyed counties—95 percent of the population in those countries.

“Low income” is not “no income”.

The food crises of the present will seem as nothing to those of the future unless the world brings some urgency and intelligence to managing the planet’s nature-based assets.

A new WRI report presents new research on the importance of working with African legislatures for long-term social and environmental improvements.

This report presents the findings of research on critical incentives and disincentives to legislative representation in Africa and provides a number of policy and program recommendations.

Ecosystems provide a wealth of services to human populations, among them, disease regulation. But narrowly-focused development projects can threaten these ecosystems and put entire populations at risk.

Uganda Wetland Maps Will Help Reduce Poverty, Boost Economy

WRI President Jonathan Lash’s Statement on Progress at the Major Economies Forum

Makeover of Top Business Blog Looks Like a NextBillion Bucks

WRI Releases Guide to Help Extractive Companies Work with Local Communities

WRI, EIA Form Partnership to Stem Illegal Forest Products Imported Into U.S.

Building Local Democracy through Natural Resource Interventions: An Environmentalist’s Responsibility

Cameroon: Urban and Rural Spending on Transportation

Cameroon: Urban and Rural Spending on Health Care

Cameroon: Urban and Rural BOP Spending on Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

BOP Market by Income Segment: Africa - $429 Billion

Africa: BOP Spending and Population (% of BOP Total)

Growing the Wealth of the World's Poor

Representing Rural Voices in Africa

On Whose Behalf: Legislative Representation and the Environment in Africa

When Development Causes Disease: Linking Ecosystems and Human Health

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