Africa’s Blue Economy shows great potential for tackling the enormity of climate change while improving livelihoods for coastal communities. However, achieving this potential requires improvement in the...
Type: BriefReport#: 197913Date: March 17, 2025Author:
Ijjasz-Vasquez, Ede Jorge
This paper explores how job vacancy data can enhance labor market information systems (LMISs) in Argentina and Uruguay where, as in many countries, data on in-demand skills is lacking. By analyzing job...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11086Date: March 17, 2025Author:
Vezza, Evelyn ;
Zunino,Gonzalo ;
Laguinge,Luis ;
Moroz, Harry Edmund ;
Apella, Ignacio Raul ;
Spivack, Marla Hillary
Climate change will have implications for the sustainability of Africa’s fisheries sector, with knock-on consequences for local livelihoods, income, nutrition security, and economic development. The effects...
Type: BriefReport#: 197914Date: March 17, 2025Author:
De Silva, Darshani
Governments face the complicated challenge of making policy decisions relating to coastal and marine ecosystems without a well-established body of knowledge about such systems. To complicate matters, the...
Type: BriefReport#: 197909Date: March 17, 2025Author:
Castano Isaza, Juliana ;
Marques, Joao Moura ;
Deffry, Idriss ;
Jauffret, Sandrine Georgette Christiane ;
Alder, Jacqueline ;
Morton, John ;
Leybourne, Mark
The Country Opinion Survey in Equatorial Guinea assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better
understanding how stakeholders in Equatorial Guinea perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic...
Type: ReportReport#: 202100Date: March 17, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Blue Economy in Africa, with its extensive aquatic and marine resources, is expected to play a major role in the continent’s climate adaptation. It presents distinct opportunities to generate jobs...
Type: BriefReport#: 197907Date: March 17, 2025Author:
Acerbi, Marcelo Hector ;
Scodelaro, Federico A.
The Blue Economy is at the core of economic development and competitiveness for African coastal countries. Job-creating economic sectors like tourism and food-production sectors like fisheries depend on...
Type: BriefReport#: 197918Date: March 17, 2025Author:
Ijjasz-Vasquez, Ede Jorge
Africa’s coastal and marine areas face growing challenges. Protecting the continent’s natural assets and the services they provide is not just a moral imperative; it is also a chance to obtain higher economic...
Type: BriefReport#: 197917Date: March 17, 2025Author:
Kristensen, Peter ;
Diez, Sylvia Michele ;
Wright, Elisson M. ;
Molle, Anthony
Across Africa, rising populations and increased socioeconomic activity in coastal areas are resulting in increasing marine pollution. Rather than expand their Blue Economies, countries need to combat pollution...
Type: BriefReport#: 197915Date: March 17, 2025Author:
Hasegawa, Kanako
The enlargement of the European Union towards the Western Balkans is experiencing unprecedented dynamism, supported by the launch of a tailored Euro 6 billion growth plan. This renewed momentum offers...
Type: ReportReport#: 197845Date: March 17, 2025Author:
Pontara, Nicola ;
Medic, Pavle ;
Relic, Ana ;
Record, Richard
The World Bank Group supports climate change mitigation, adaptation, and resilience by promoting Blue Economy job growth in Africa and worldwide. From climate-smart and resilient urban development to improving...
Type: BriefReport#: 197916Date: March 17, 2025Author:
Spencer, Phoebe Girouard
The Blue Solutions for Africa series of operational briefs
captures how a thriving Blue Economy can help African
countries better manage the development challenges
they face while supporting economic growth,...
Type: BriefReport#: 197903Date: March 17, 2025Author:
World Bank
Climate change impacts the planet overall, and the Blue Economy is not exempt from these effects. On the contrary, the ocean is a major regulator of global and regional weather, and ocean acidification...
Type: BriefReport#: 197910Date: March 17, 2025Author:
Scodelaro, Federico A.
Africa has significant potential to improve its climate-smart sustainable development by focusing on the Blue Economy. However, efforts to reach this potential are stymied by poor access to relevant data...
Type: BriefReport#: 197912Date: March 17, 2025Author:
Harshadeep, Nagaraja Rao
The Country Opinion Survey in Sri Lanka assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better
understanding how Sri Lanka stakeholders perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with
systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 200998Date: March 14, 2025Author:
World Bank
This report aims to identify strategic actions to increase investment in NBS for climate resilience in SSA by evaluating over a decade of NBS project investment and assessing a range of policy, financial,...
Type: ReportReport#: 197407Date: March 14, 2025Author:
Collins, Natasha ;
Zanten, Boris van ;
Onah, Innocent ;
Marsters, Lizzie ;
Jungman, Laura ;
Hunter, Rory ;
Turkovich, Natalie von ;
Anderson, James ;
Vidad, Gabriela ;
Gartner, Todd ;
Jongmanrtner, Brenden
The document collection explores the interconnectedness of global food security and economic growth. It examines historical trends in economic development and analyzes the factors that influence food production,...
Type: BriefReport#: 200132Date: March 14, 2025Author:
World Bank
Livestock plays a critical economic and social role both globally and in the Eastern and Southern Africa region. The livestock sector encompasses a variety of species, with cattle being the most prominent...
Type: ReportReport#: 197828Date: March 13, 2025Author:
Obreque, Francisco ;
Ruzindaza, Ernest ;
Modamba, Emma Isinika ;
Tchale, Hardwick ;
Betremariam, Biruktayet Assefa ;
Canales Gomez, Ana Cristina ;
Chigumira, Easther ;
Mendez, Mario
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