The UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) reports on worldwide efforts to reduce disaster risk. It is published by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
https://gar.unisdr.org/report-2019
Author: Hari Srinivas
Tourism in Africa
For every 10-15 tourists who visit countries in Africa, one job is created.
This make the tourism sector a major contributor to each country’s economy, and a key determinant in its sustainable development
Informal Sector in Kampala, Uganda
Did you know that more than 50% of urban economic activity is in the informal sector in Africa and Asia? See new World Bank report:
“From Regulators to Enablers:
Role of City Governments in Economic Development of Greater Kampala”
There are some good policy lessons listed in the report that can easily be applied to other African and Asian cities.
Sustainable Economic Development Assessment (SEDA)
Boston Consulting Group’s Sustainable Economic Development Assessment (SEDA) measures the well being of nations using ten dimensions of socio-economic development for 150 countries
How do city leaders get things done? Learning from mayors in Japan
New World Bank report: “The task of mayors and city leaders is no longer limited to providing efficient urban services to their citizens. Job creation is at the forefront of the economic development challenge globally”
Read – http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/902411467990995484/Competitive-cities-for-jobs-and-growth-what-who-and-how
Welcome …
Welcome to the GDRC Blog, “Serendipitous Tags”
The multi-disciplinarity of GDRC’s 15 programmes help in discovering the connections and associations among different issues (causes and effects, for example) not apparent at first. This is the thinking that went into the creation of this blog – Serendipitous Tags – in making the unexpected links when tagging different pieces of information.
Global Development Research Center (GDRC) – http://www.gdrc.org/