With lower tobacco control policies, Nigeria has become a hub for tobacco production in West Africa.
Tobacco is a significant contributor to the rising global burden of non-communicable diseases.
Tobacco is a significant contributor to the rising global burden of non-communicable diseases.
Research from Central and East Africa shows that, despite facing engrained gender barriers, women are important participants in the economic activity surrounding artisanal and small-scale mining, and some are forging new economic pathways.
Partnership Africa Canada’s (PAC) Just Gold project aims to bring legal, conflict-free, and traceable gold from artisanal mine sites in the Democratic Republic of Congo to international markets.
The Democratic Republic of Congo is facing violence and growing, ever-evolving urban crime in a time of unstable institutions and security, soaring urbanization, increasing inequality, and a chronic lack of basic public service including employmen
This project will provide empirical evidence on the constraints and opportunities for women's economic empowerment in artisanal and small scale mining (ASM), and on the impact of regulatory reforms.