Climate Action Key to Kenya’s Upper-Middle-Income Country Aspirations
Kenya remains vulnerable to frequent climatic shocks that pose significant economic risk. Without adaptation measures, the impact from climate change could not only disproportionately affect the poor, but also result in real GDP losses of up to 7% from the baseline by 2050. Kenya is a relatively low emitter of greenhouse gases (GHGs) generating less than 0.1%of...
World Bank Approves $460 million for Improvement of Statistics in Western and Central Africa
The World Bank today approved $460 million in credits and grants from the International Development Association (IDA)* to improve and harmonize data systems in eight countries in Western Africa and three regional organizations.
The Harmonizing and Improving Statistics in West and Central Africa (HISWACA) Project, Phase 1, is aimed at building statistical capacity to improve...
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