Tanzania, along with most African countries, has been struggling to address persistent nutritional challenges, including vitamin A and iron deficiencies.
A number of factors cause urban violence-and they require both short and long-term interventions. Many countries direct huge amounts of resources at what governments believe to be the root causes of urban violence.
The link between poverty, crime, and urban violence is one that must be fully explored in sub-Saharan Africa. Existing models and theories aimed at reducing urban violence and crime are largely founded on experiences in North America and Europe.
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
The Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading (VPUU) project, funded jointly by the German Development Bank and the City of Cape Town in South Africa, is a prime example of an evidence-based intervention for violence prevention that was designed
The Mercosur Economic Research Network (Merconet) was created in 1999 to generate knowledge to inform the Mercosur regional integration process.
Economic problems facing the West Bank and Gaza include high unemployment, low productivity, and an underperforming private sector.
Knowledge-based economy not only affects well developed countries but also the performance and possibilities of small economic actors positioned on less developed countries.
Researchers are examining the tax policies (exemptions, value-added, property) constraining small and off-farm enterprises, especially those operated by women, in South Asia.
Support for entrepreneurship and small and medium enterprises is vital to stimulate jobs and to encourage self-employment in developing countries where labour markets are often unable to absorb the growing number of job seekers, including youth.