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May
21
2009
2:00—3:30 PM
May 18, 2009
Spillovers from a global crisis that began in advanced economies pose a severe test to Latin America and the Caribbean region. The good news is that during this decade, countries of the hemisphere have made themselves more resilient—though not immune—by strengthening policy frameworks and reducing h...
Apr
24
2009
2:00—3:30 PM
April 17, 2009
Join us for a discussion with Patrick Guillaumont, President of Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (Foundation for Studies and Research for International Development), Professor at Université d'Auvergne (CERDI), and Member of the UN Committee for Development P...
Press Release
March 23, 2009
WASHINGTON,D.C.(March 23, 2009)-More than half of African businesses lack access to reliable electricity but with vastly greater solar potential than Western Europe, Africa could become the Saudi Arabia of solar energy, meeting not only the needs of its businesses and households but also exporting e...
BOOKS
March 20, 2009
What's keeping private business from flourishing in Africa? On the basis of unique enterprise surveys, Vijaya Ramachandran and her co-authors identify poor roads and unreliable power as major physical challenges; ethnic segmentation and the economic predominance ethnic minorities further constrain t...