Africa’s ‘land-linked’ economies poised to drive continent’s prosperity

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Africa’s ‘land-linked’ economies poised to drive continent’s prosperity

“We stand at a pivotal moment, one that marks a profound shift from viewing these nations as isolated and constrained by geography to recognizing them as dynamic land-linked economies at the heart of Africa’s socio-economic resurgence,” said Samuel Doe, Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ethiopia. A new UNDP position paper […]

‘Landlocked to landlinked’: UN summit seeks to turn geography into opportunity

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‘Landlocked to landlinked’: UN summit seeks to turn geography into opportunity

And increasingly, climate change is compounding the problem – damaging roads, disrupting supply chains, and threatening already fragile infrastructure with floods, droughts, and extreme weather. But as global discussions intensify, a UN conference underway in Turkmenistan is aiming to flip the script – to help transform LLDCs from landlocked to landlinked through smarter more climate […]