Lake Chad Regional Economic Memorandum : Development for Peace

This report sheds light on the interlocked long-term territorial development challenges and the recently realized systemic risks affecting the Lake Chad region. It summarizes the findings of seven technical papers, each investigating different aspe...

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Main Authors: Granguillhome, Rogelio, Hernandez, Marco, Lach, Samantha, Masaki, Takaaki, Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/199391636438425177/Lake-Chad-Regional-Economic-Memorandum-Development-for-Peace
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spelling okr-10986-365712021-11-17T05:10:42Z Lake Chad Regional Economic Memorandum : Development for Peace Granguillhome, Rogelio Hernandez, Marco Lach, Samantha Masaki, Takaaki Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS POVERTY REDUCTION ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICES HUMAN CAPITAL AGRICULTURE LABOR MARKET URBANIZATION ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET ACCESS DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY TRADE BARRIERS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE VARIABILITY CONFLICT-AFFECTED STATES TRADE FACILITATION NATIONAL GOVERNANCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT This report sheds light on the interlocked long-term territorial development challenges and the recently realized systemic risks affecting the Lake Chad region. It summarizes the findings of seven technical papers, each investigating different aspects of the interlinked challenges faced by the region. These studies are accompanied by complementary research on labor market and geospatial socioeconomic trends, as well as by a review of the thin literature on economic development across the region. In addition to presenting the main results of the technical papers, the report positions the findings in the broader context of an analytical framework depicting the feedback mechanisms between the region’s territorial development gaps and the self-reinforcing link to shocks, namely, violent conflict and climate change. This analytical framework is presented in Section 1.2. The rest of the report is structured as follows. Section 1.3 describes the main social and economic trajectories in the region. It reviews long-term demographic trends, suggesting. Section 1.4 argues that the low-growth, high-poverty equilibrium observed in the region is closely linked to the region’s economic geography. Section 1.5 discusses how the impact of climatic variation and violent conflict experienced in the region interlink with and exacerbate the territorial development challenges. Section 1.6 presents policy directions structured around four crosscutting themes: infrastructure, trade, governance, and natural resource management. The crosscutting nature of these themes encourages the exploration of potential synergies across challenge areas. The discussion in the section aims to inform policy-making efforts to strengthen territorial development and mitigate the impacts of conflict and climate change. Such endeavors can increase the likelihood of breaking free from the self-reinforcing negative mechanisms and boost the potential return of the region to a path of stability and inclusive economic development. 2021-11-16T17:53:45Z 2021-11-16T17:53:45Z 2021-11-09 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/199391636438425177/Lake-Chad-Regional-Economic-Memorandum-Development-for-Peace http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36571 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Country Economic Memorandum Africa Africa Western and Central (AFW) Central Africa West Africa Cameroon Chad Niger Nigeria
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topic ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS
POVERTY REDUCTION
ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICES
HUMAN CAPITAL
AGRICULTURE
LABOR MARKET
URBANIZATION
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
MARKET ACCESS
DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY
TRADE BARRIERS
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE VARIABILITY
CONFLICT-AFFECTED STATES
TRADE FACILITATION
NATIONAL GOVERNANCE
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
spellingShingle ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS
POVERTY REDUCTION
ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICES
HUMAN CAPITAL
AGRICULTURE
LABOR MARKET
URBANIZATION
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
MARKET ACCESS
DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY
TRADE BARRIERS
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE VARIABILITY
CONFLICT-AFFECTED STATES
TRADE FACILITATION
NATIONAL GOVERNANCE
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Granguillhome, Rogelio
Hernandez, Marco
Lach, Samantha
Masaki, Takaaki
Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos
Lake Chad Regional Economic Memorandum : Development for Peace
geographic_facet Africa
Africa Western and Central (AFW)
Central Africa
West Africa
Cameroon
Chad
Niger
Nigeria
description This report sheds light on the interlocked long-term territorial development challenges and the recently realized systemic risks affecting the Lake Chad region. It summarizes the findings of seven technical papers, each investigating different aspects of the interlinked challenges faced by the region. These studies are accompanied by complementary research on labor market and geospatial socioeconomic trends, as well as by a review of the thin literature on economic development across the region. In addition to presenting the main results of the technical papers, the report positions the findings in the broader context of an analytical framework depicting the feedback mechanisms between the region’s territorial development gaps and the self-reinforcing link to shocks, namely, violent conflict and climate change. This analytical framework is presented in Section 1.2. The rest of the report is structured as follows. Section 1.3 describes the main social and economic trajectories in the region. It reviews long-term demographic trends, suggesting. Section 1.4 argues that the low-growth, high-poverty equilibrium observed in the region is closely linked to the region’s economic geography. Section 1.5 discusses how the impact of climatic variation and violent conflict experienced in the region interlink with and exacerbate the territorial development challenges. Section 1.6 presents policy directions structured around four crosscutting themes: infrastructure, trade, governance, and natural resource management. The crosscutting nature of these themes encourages the exploration of potential synergies across challenge areas. The discussion in the section aims to inform policy-making efforts to strengthen territorial development and mitigate the impacts of conflict and climate change. Such endeavors can increase the likelihood of breaking free from the self-reinforcing negative mechanisms and boost the potential return of the region to a path of stability and inclusive economic development.
format Report
author Granguillhome, Rogelio
Hernandez, Marco
Lach, Samantha
Masaki, Takaaki
Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos
author_facet Granguillhome, Rogelio
Hernandez, Marco
Lach, Samantha
Masaki, Takaaki
Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos
author_sort Granguillhome, Rogelio
title Lake Chad Regional Economic Memorandum : Development for Peace
title_short Lake Chad Regional Economic Memorandum : Development for Peace
title_full Lake Chad Regional Economic Memorandum : Development for Peace
title_fullStr Lake Chad Regional Economic Memorandum : Development for Peace
title_full_unstemmed Lake Chad Regional Economic Memorandum : Development for Peace
title_sort lake chad regional economic memorandum : development for peace
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/199391636438425177/Lake-Chad-Regional-Economic-Memorandum-Development-for-Peace
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