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Can Africa trade with Africa?

I chaired a very lively seminar on Friday afternoon that focused on the question, “Can Africa Trade with Africa?”  The answer was a resounding yes.  Today, there is strong consensus among African...

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Making agriculture work for jobs

There is a jobs cow waiting to be milked in Africa. It is agriculture and agri-business. In its initial condition, Africa’s agriculture bears a striking resemblance to its telecom sector in the late...

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I was there when the Republic of South Sudan was born!

Obiageli Ezekwesili (c) with South Sudan President Salva Kiir (r). Photo: Laura Kullenberg, The World Bank 4:00 AM: I wake up this morning in Nairobi unusually excited and think to myself, “today is...

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Think equal, act equal!

This week’s release of the 2012 World Development Report (Gender Equality and Development) forced me to reflect, not on the life of my grandmother or women her age, but on the women of my generation...

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A Tribute to Professor Wangari Maathai

My colleagues and I at the World Bank are saddened by the death of Professor Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and founder of Kenya’s Green Belt Movement. Professor Maathai dedicated...

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