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Sub-Saharan Africa
Economic policy

Interrelated challenges

African policymakers must consider several cross-cutting trends

Covid-19

African responses

Sub-Saharan health-care systems tend to be weak, so preventive action is needed in view of Covid-19

Labour market

Masses of young people, too few jobs

How governance matters for creating full employment in Africa

Burundi-China cooperation

A beautiful friendship

China’s influence in Burundi has grown, while that of the EU has diminished

Demographic dividend

Demographic change as a driver of economic growth

Will Africa really profit from a demographic dividend?

Population growth

Global challenge

Africa needs 450 million new jobs to benefit from the demographic dividend

Tuberculosis

Never disrupt treatment

To make the world TB free, funding must increase dramatically

Development finance

Untapped potential

Diaspora bonds could play a bigger role in development finance

Analysis

End colonial amnesia

A volume of essays analyses Germany's complex and historically problematic relationship with Africa

Agriculture

Facing down the armyworm pest

Zambia is debating ways to stop the annual invasion of armyworms that attack its staple crops

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