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Countries fall into four broad categories based on their HDI: very high, high, medium, and low human development. Currently, no Oceanian country falls into the low human development category while Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen are the only Asian countries which fall into this category. The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist ...
The Encyclopedia of Modern Asia (6 vol Thomson-Gale, 2002) 1:31–35 and passim; basic introduction and articles on each group. Li, Anshan. A history of overseas Chinese in Africa to 1911 (Diasporic Africa Press, 2017). Mangat, J.S. A History of the Asians in East Africa: 1896-1965 (Oxford University Press, 1969)
A developing country is a sovereign state with a less developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries. [ 3] However, this definition is not universally agreed upon. There is also no clear agreement on which countries fit this category. [ 4][ 5] The terms low and middle-income country ( LMIC) and ...
The agricultural system in Sub-Saharan Africa is a predominantly small-scale farming system with more than 50% of the agricultural activity performed by women, producing about 60-70% of the food in this region. [ 1] While women provide the majority of the labor in agricultural production, their access and control over productive resources is ...
Andela, which builds engineering teams tapping African talent, goes fully remote and opens to the wider continent. When Andela launched in 2014, it built hubs in Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda ...
Community. The United Nations defines community development as "a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems." [ 1] It is a broad concept, applied to the practices of civic leaders, activists, involved citizens, and professionals to improve various aspects of communities ...
The Southern African Development Community consists of 16 nations, including all countries of southern Africa plus Tanzania and the DRC from the Great Lakes. [142] Tanzania is a founding member of SADC in 1994, as well as its predecessor the Frontline States (FLS), from 1960 to 1994. While FLS aimed to end apartheid, its successor SADC has the ...
Chummery House. Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) is a Bangladesh -based intergovernmental organization involved in rural development and poverty alleviation. It was established on 6 July 1979 at the initiative of the countries of the Asia-Pacific region and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of ...