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What does the future hold for Syrian refugees in Jordan?
More than 660,000 Syrian refugees are registered in Jordan. To improve everyone’s access to basic social services, the NGO Première Urgence Internationale supports both vulnerable refugees and host communities.
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Are refugee camps cities like any others?
Designed as temporary living places, refugee camps mostly offer shelter and food. The reality of conflicts makes them enduring spaces. Should they go from a short-term logic to a sustainable organization?
Opinion
Refugee crisis in Lebanon: the viewpoint of a social enterprise
Kim Issa and Kristel Guyon, of social enterprise arcenciel, take stock of the challenges of the refugee crisis in Lebanon. 1.5 million Syrian refugees and 309,500 Palestinian refugees live there today, most of them below the extreme poverty line.
Opinion
Questioning the limits of development assistance in Haiti
According to François Pacquement and Margaux Lombard, chargés de mission at Agence française de développement (AFD), donors must change their approach to development assistance in Haiti, and consider it in all its complexity.
Opinion
Official development assistance: a reform in the interest of the poorest countries?
The rules defining official development assistance, a key poverty reduction tool, are currently being revised by the OECD. But if governments and citizens from the South are not consulted more, this reform is likely to be in their detriment.
Interview
Syrian refugees in Lebanon: an emergency for European countries too
The crisis in Syria led to an influx of at least 1 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Sami Atallah, of the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, takes a close look at what welcoming these immigrants involves, for Lebanon and for Europe.
Interview
Governance and development on World Bank agenda
In 2017, the World Bank’s World Development Report intends to put the link between governance and development at the heart of international debates. An interview with Yongmei Zhou, co-director of the report.
Opinion
Preventing xenophobic violence in South Africa
In February 2017, a new wave of xenophobic violence targeting African immigrants flared up in several major cities of South Africa. Marc Gbaffou, Chairperson of the African Diaspora Forum, sums up the situation.
Opinion
Can Global Funds make development aid more effective?
Because they can combine funding from several donors and depend less on national political decisions than national programmes do, Global Funds can optimize the efficiency of development aid.
Opinion
Implementation of the SDGs: where does France stand?
As part of the 2030 Agenda, 22 countries, including France, volunteered to assess their progress in the implementation of the SDGs. We have compared France’s progress report with the reports of its peers.
Interview
Agriculture: rural territories, an engine for sustainable development
How can rural territories contribute, at both local and global level, to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals? This is the question raised by the CIRAD and AFD publication “Living Territories Can Change the World”.
Interview
How to close the North – South gap in Ghana?
The Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) regional development agency intends to close the North – South gap in Ghana by reducing the development disparities between the two regions.
Interview
The China-Africa relationship is increasingly criticized across the continent
China is the leading economic partner of the African continent. But like the economist and political scientist William Gumede, more and more Africans criticize the China-Africa relationship, which they consider to be strongly in China’s interest.
Interview
Create jobs and make growth inclusive in Africa, by Makhtar Diop
Makhtar Diop, World Bank Vice President for the Africa Region, outlines the future of development assistance policies. For him, the priority is to create jobs and to make growth more inclusive across the African continent.
Interview
What to expect from Africa's demographic dividend
The African continent’s current demographic transition poses many challenges. But if it is well anticipated and managed, Africa’s demographic dividend holds huge potential for economic growth.
Interview
Sustainable development: what strategy for the SDGs in Morocco?
Abdelghni Lakhdar, Economic Advisor to the Head of the Moroccan Government, takes a look at the progress achieved towards the Millenial Development Goals (MDGs) and at the challenges posed by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Morocco.
Interview
Humanitarian crisis in Nigeria: “A little known, feared and neglected country”
The Boko Haram insurgency and the violent response of the army have led to a serious humanitarian crisis in Nigeria. But while famine threatens 250,000 people, the situation of the most populated country in Africa does not get much attention.
Interview
Management of Global Public Goods: what role for international institutions?
Can international institutions, and the World Bank in particular, play a role in the management of Global Public Goods? According to economist Ravi Kanbur, they have to change their approach and their governance system.
Interview
Corruption in Africa: “Legal nihilism is on the rise”
The use of the banking system for officials, an open dialog with the private sector, a reform of tax systems, awareness raising campaigns… Congolese economist Nicolas Kazadi proposes solutions to fight corruption in Africa.
Interview
“The implementation of the SDGs requires a change of mentalities”
According to Cristina Diez, representative of the International Movement ATD Fourth World at the United Nations, human rights are a key dimension of the 2030 Agenda and must be at the heart of the implementation of the SDGs.
Interview
Can the State and the commons revitalize each other?
Economist Benjamin Coriat explores the possible relationships between the State and the commons. As a powerful driver of social inclusion and equality, can commons enable the State to exercise its responsibilities in a better way?
Interview
What lessons can be learnt from the management of the commons in Africa?
Chimère Diaw, a Senegalese expert posted in Cameroon and Director General of the African Model Forest Network, analyzes management of the commons in Africa, using the example of Senegalese fishermen.
Interview
Prospective foresight in Africa: debating possible options for the future
Alioune Sall, Director of the African Futures Intitute (AFI), analyses the role of prospective foresight in Africa. Sometimes exploited for political purposes, it remains a useful tool to think new development models for the continent.
Interview
Migration: putting an end to clichés about the “brain drain”
African diaspora remittances to their countries of origin now exceed Official Development Assistance. For Khady Sakho Niang, president of the International Solidarity on Migration Organizations Forum, this sheds a new light on the “brain drain”.