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Breaking the plastic wave thought partners, a comprehensive assessment of pathways towards stopping ocean plastic pollution
Author: University of Oxford, The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, University of Leeds, Common Seas
The speed at which ocean plastic pollution has climbed up the public agenda has been surprising. Yet, even as the world starts to comprehend the enormity of the challenge, major actors disagree on the solution. In preparing “Breaking the Plastic Wave.
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Africa waste management outlook
Author: UNEP, Technology for Environment, CSIR
Africa is the world’s second largest continent after Asia, with a total surface area of 30,365,000 km2 , including several islands. It stretches approximately from 37 degrees latitude north to 35 degrees latitude south and has 54 sovereign countries (48 mainland and 6 island States).
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World Bank Plastic Pollution Document Wecyclers 4K
Author: WACA Program
World Bank Plastic Pollution Document Wecyclers 4K
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World Bank Plastic Pollution Documentary 2mins Videos 4K
Author: WACA Program
World Bank Plastic Pollution Documentary 2mins Videos 4K
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World Bank Plastic Pollution Documentary Second Video 4k
Author: WACA Program
World Bank Plastic Pollution Documentary Second Video 4k
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Compendium : Coastal Management Practices in West Africa
Author: World Bank
The report offers options for managing coastal risks. It presents best fit coastal management practices; assesses risk management techniques; and proposes hard engineering solutions along with nature based solutions.
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Benin plastic country brief
Author: World Bank
Benin is a lower-middle-income country in West Africa bordered by Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, and Togo. Its economy is highly dependent on the informal reexport and transit trade with Nigeria, as well as the export of cotton. The country comprises 12 regional departements and runs a unitary presidential republic system with a parliament.
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Cabo Verde plastic country brief
Author: World Bank
Cabo Verde is a lower-middle-income archipelago of 10 islands located 500 km off the coast of Senegal. Although Cabo Verde’s economy is driven by a vibrant tourism sector, it is also dependent on remittances from its large pool of emigrants. The country is divided into 22 administrative municipalities4 and runs a parliamentary republic system.
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Côte d’Ivoire plastic country brief
Author: World Bank
Côte d’Ivoire is a lower-middle-income country in West Africa bordered by Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Ghana. As the economic hub of Francophone West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire is one of the world’s fastest-growing economies and remains the globe’s leading producer and exporter of cocoa beans and cashew nuts. 1 The country comprises 12 administrative districts and 2 district-level autonomous cities2 and runs a unitary presidential republic system with a parliament.
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Equatorial Guinea plastic country brief
Author: World Bank
Equatorial Guinea is an upper-middle-income country in West Africa bordered by Gabon and Cameroon. Equatorial Guinea’s economy is dominated by the country’s oil and gas sector. 1 The country is divided into eight administrative provinces2 and runs a presidential republic system with a parliament.
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Gabon plastic country brief
Author: World Bank
Gabon is an upper-middle-income country in West Africa bordered by Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, and the Republic of Congo. According to the United Nations Development Programme, Gabon is one of SubSaharan Africa’s wealthiest nations, due to its petroleum reserves and foreign private investment. 1 The country comprises nine administrative provinces2 and runs a unitary presidential republic system with a parliament.
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Ghana plastic country brief
Author: World Bank
Ghana is a lower-middle-income country in West Africa bordered by Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Togo. As the second-largest economy in the Economic Community of West African States, 1 West Africa’s regional body, Ghana’s economy is driven by its three main export commodities—oil, cocoa, and gold. 2 Ghana comprises 16 administrative regions3 and runs a unitary presidential republic system with a parliament.
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Guinea plastic country brief
Author: World Bank
Guinea is a low-income country in West Africa bordered by Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Guinea’s mining sector drives the economy of the nation, particularly gold, bauxite, and diamond mining. The country comprises seven administrative regions and one gouvenorat and runs a presidential republic system with a parliament.
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Guinea-Bissau plastic country brief
Author: World Bank
Guinea-Bissau is a low-income country in West Africa bordered by Senegal and Guinea. Guinea Bissau’s economy is dependent on subsistence farming and cashew nut exports. The country comprises nine administrative regions and runs a semi-presidential republic system of government.
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Togo plastic country brief
Author: World Bank
Togo is a low-income country in West Africa bordered by Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Benin. Although Togo’s poverty rate fell from 61.7 percent in 2006 to 53.5 percent in 2017, poverty and inequality remain extremely high, especially in rural areas where 69 percent of households were living below the poverty line in 2015. The country is divided into five administrative regions and runs a unitary presidential republic system with a parliament.