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Plastics sector competitiveness strategy and action plan for Côte d'Ivoire
The use of plastics has increased twentyfold worldwide in the last 50 years and is expected to double
in the next 20 years The food packaging, medical, automotive, electronics, building construction, agriculture and textile industries all make extensive use of plastics It is widely recognized that plastics play a crucial role in a sustainable future. -
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Insights on healthcare plastic waste management in Lagos State, Nigeria
Given the increased use of plastics in the healthcare sector, this study aims to understand current practice and provide recommendations. Survey conducted to understand current practice and provide recommendations in healthcare plastic waste management in Lagos.
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Regional fisheries project in West Africa: the case of Guinea Bissau
Author: World Bank, WACA
In 2011, artisanal fishing employed nearly 26,000 people in Guinea Bissau.
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Operational Brief Overview Blue Economy for Resilient Africa Program
Author: World Bank, PROBLUE
The Blue Solutions for Africa series of operational briefs captures how a thriving Blue Economy can help African countries better manage the development challenges they face while supporting economic growth, sustainable livelihoods, and the health of these precious ecosystems.
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Operational Brief: Climate Change and the Blue Economy in Africa
A robust Blue Economy could protect Africa from the worst effects of climate change. At the same time, the effects of climate change are already preventing the continent from achieving the full benefits of a vibrant Blue Economy.
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Operational Brief: Coastal and Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Author: World Bank, PROBLUE
Governance also plays an important role. Coastal areas and territorial waters are under the jurisdiction of several agencies that lack sufficient coordination and incentives to improve the management of natural resources. Marine spatial planning is an important tool to improve such governance.
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Operational Brief: Marine Pollution
Author: World Bank, PROBLUE
The solutions include promoting a circular economy approach, improving solid waste infrastructure and services, and strong monitoring of plastic pollution for proactive action and removal. For wastewater, the use of practical low-cost technologies, with an emphasis on circular economy approaches, is gaining attention.
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Operational Brief: Sustainable Fisheries
Author: World Bank, PROBLUE
Stronger capacity for sustainable fisheries management could involve working with fish farming communities to adopt climateresilient aquaculture or mariculture, and implementing climate adaptation programs to strengthen the fisheries value chain.
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Operational brief: Marine Spatial Planning
Author: World Bank, PROBLUE
Marine spatial planning can help design coordinated coastal resilience programs at scale and identify possible lowcarbon development and growth pathways. This type of spatial planning can integrate measures articulated in nationally determined contributions and other instruments, budget for those measures, and monitor their progress.
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Operational brief: Knowledge, Data, and Information
Author: World Bank, PROBLUE
Improving the organization of—and strengthening access to—data and knowledge among governments, the private sector, academia, civil society organizations, financiers, and the public will help generate multisectoral, spatial, and sustainable development insights and attract more financing, including from the private sector and other development partners.
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Operational brief: Jobs and Livelihoods in the Blue Economy
Author: World Bank, PROBLUE
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Operational Brief: Developing and Incentivizing Institutions
Author: World Bank, PROBLUE
Thematic coordination involves identifying common development challenges that require coordinated action across agencies at the national and local level. Climate change adaptation, jobs, and livelihoods are important examples of such shared challenges.
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Operational brief: Financing Options and Instruments
Author: World Bank, PROBLUE
Many African countries would also benefit from accessing the World Bank’s full range of finance instruments, which spans grant financing, debt, and equity financing. Technical assistance or grant financing is often required to undertake the analytics and diagnostics needed to identify policy improvements.
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Etude d’impact environnemental et social du projet de protection côtière de la plage de l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar et de l’Anse Bernard
Author: WACA, MINISTERE DE L’ENVIRONNEMENT ET DU DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE
Le WACA ResIP, financé par la Banque Mondiale, d’une durée de 5 ans (2018-2023), ambitionne d’améliorer la gestion des risques naturels et anthropiques communs, en intégrant les changements climatiques, affectant les communautés et les zones côtières de la région d’Afrique de l’Ouest.
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Etude d’impact environnemental et social du projet de protection côtière de l’Ile de Gorée
Author: WACA
Le projet de protection côtière de l’île de Gorée revêt deux composantes : l’aménagement d’une digue de protection (bordière) en enrochements et un volet d’aménagements paysagers. Le système de protection retenue consiste en l’aménagement d’une digue de protection (bordière) en enrochements à crête élargie et abaissée, arasée à la cote + 3,1 m CM soit une revanche considérée de la crête, par rapport au niveau Extrême (= + 2,8 m CM), de seulement 0,3 m.