Natural-resources extractive companies are profiting financially and socially when they consult with affected communities before and during the construction of projects.
In South Africa more than half the traffic on Vodacom’s mobile network in 2004 came not from its 8 million subscribers but from 4,400 entrepreneur-owned phone shops where customers rent access to ph
The Electricity Governance Initiative (EGI)—a collaboration of decision-makers and civil society to improve electricity sector governance in developing counties—has launched a new program in South Africa.
Based on GIS mapping technology, a new study suggests that poverty alleviation policies in rural Kenya could achieve more if they focus on geographic factors.
Rob Bradley, Jonathan Pershing, Lee Schipper, Kevin A. Baumert, Navroz K. Dubash, Jose Roberto Moreira, Stanford Mwakasonda, Wei-Shiuen Ng, Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira, Virginia Parente, Harald Winkler
December, 2005
Discusses how economic development in developing countries can be compatible with limiting their greenhouse gas emissions.