Africa
This report highlights the impact of the global financial crisis on financial flows to the water sector in Sub-Saharan Africa. Their goal was to unpack how the water sector is presently financed and then trace the impact of the crisis on these financing sources.
The purpose of this report is to provide an analysis of the impact of the global financial crisis (“the crisis”) on financial...
ERI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit group of activists, organizers, and lawyers with expertise in human rights, the environment, and corporate and government accountability. ERI has offices in the U.S. and Southeast Asia. EarthRights International (ERI) is a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization that combines the power of law and the power of people in defense of earth rights. We specialize in fact...
The APF has become a key forum at a senior political level for discussing and monitoring policy issues, strategies and priorities in support of Africa's development. Its members; Africa, G8, OECD and other development partners all work together as equals in the forum – and ensure synergies and coherence with other international fora. Their mission is to strengthen partnership efforts in...
icipe is a tropical organisation with a tropical agenda. Established in Kenya in 1970, icipe's founders recognised that the mainly developing countries in the tropics had special problems that were not being adequately addressed by scientists and organisations in the North. Furthermore, there was a serious lack of indigenous expertise to resolve these problems. It should come as no...
The mission of AAU is to foster a democratic university, which gives pride of place to its students in instruction and provision of services while encouraging the robust exercise of academic freedom. This will be achieved by developing vibrant graduate programs and by nurturing professional competence, a humanistic education, a scientific culture, academic excellence and a committed, ethical...
The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) is a leading pan-African research organization with a mission to contribute to poverty alleviation and food security in Africa through research, development and partnership activities. It is one of the 15 international agricultural research Centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). It is also an autonomous...
The Wildlife Conservation Society has the clear mission to save wildlife and wild places across the globe.
The WCS saves wildlife and wild places worldwide. They do so through science, global conservation, education and the management of the world's largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. Together these activities change attitudes towards nature and...
ActionAid is an international anti-poverty agency whose aim is to fight poverty worldwide. Formed in 1972, for over 30 years we have been growing and expanding to where we are today - helping over 13 million of the world's poorest and most disadvantaged people in 42 countries worldwide.
In all of our country programmes we work with local partners to make the most of their knowledge...
The African Highlands Initiative (AHI) is a collaborative research initiative focusing on key natural resource management and agricultural productivity issues in the highlands of East and Central Africa. AHI was started by The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) in 1995, is hosted by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), and has...
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