Cette note de lecture porte sur un rapport consacré à l’évaluation d’une réforme du système éducatif sénégalais, après 10 ans de mise en application. Pour rappel, le Programme Décennal de l’Éducation et de la formation (PDEF) a été conçu dans le cadre spécial de l’initiative des Nations- Unies qui procède de la volonté de venir […]
This research component examined the contextual and behavioral factors contributing to behavioral change in the context of the project’s waste management intervention. The study revealed what people’s practices of waste management in Dakar’s suburbs are and how high their intention was to bring their household waste to the collection place. The contextual and behavioral factors […]
IntroductionFlooding in the urban areas of Sub-Sahara Africa continues to destroy urban infrastructure and affect livelihoods. Flooded houses, impassable roads, blocked drainage channels, increased incidence of malaria and diarrheal diseases, and disrupted livelihoods are challenges facing about 1.5 million inhabitants in the suburban areas of Dakar, Senegal. Addressing them by building the resilience of the […]
What is the policy problem? Under an optimistic scenario of continued future socio-economic development and adaptation to climate change, a recent study published by the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated climate change induced mortality at 250,000 additional deaths per year due to coastal flooding, heat, diarrhoeal diseases, malaria, dengue and chronic malnutrition in the years […]
INTRODUCTIONThis policy brief presents a new analyzing approach of the changes induced by the strategies for building the resilience of populations to floods, in an urban context. Much research work has been done to measure resilience to climate risks, but, most of it is related to the resilience of rural communities and few are those […]
INTRODUCTIONLe commerce illicite du tabac propose des produits qui échappent à la fiscalité, aux avertissements sanitaires et à l’interdiction de la vente aux mineurs. Ils favorisent ainsi la consommation de tabac des enfants et des personnes pauvres. Ce commerce génère aussi des revenus qui financent la criminalité organisée avec des conséquences possibles sur le niveau […]
ContextSmoking is a pandemic that will cause 10 million deaths in 2030 of which 70% in developing countries if nothing is done. To curb this trend, the Framework Convention onTobaccoControl was set up in 2005 with a set of monitoring indicators to assess the progress made by each country. These indicators focus on the monitoring […]
ContextSmoking is a pandemic that will cause 10 million deaths in 2030 of which 70% in developing countries if nothing is done. To curb this trend, the Framework Convention onTobaccoControl was set up in 2005 with a set of monitoring indicators to assess the progress made by each country. These indicators focus on the monitoring […]
IntroductionIf nothing is done, the pandemic of tobacco will cause 10 millions of death by 2030 of which 70% in developing countries.To curb this trend, Framework Convention on Tobacco Control was put in place in 2005 with a set of monitoring indicators to assess the progress made by each country. These indicators focus on the […]
ContextIf nothing is done, the pandemic of tobacco will cause 10 millions of death by 2030 of which 70% in developing countries. To curb this trend, Framework Convention on Tobacco Control was put in place in 2005 with a set of monitoring indicators to assess the progress made by each country. These indicators focus on […]