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Africa's growth figures are impressive, but there has been little investigation into the credibility of the figures. Morten Jerven's new book, Poor Numbers, lifts the lid.

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Special Report: Agriculture Smallholder value chains

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AGRICULTURE
Smallholder value chains

Content includes:

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Commercialising smallholder production
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Enabling environment is key to growth
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Andris Piebalgs, Michael Hailu,Ram Bhavani and Khalid Bomba

Transforming Value Chains

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Access+: A focus on education in Africa

This Is Africa takes an in-depth look at the state of education in Africa

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Learning Barometer - the first region-wide assessment of the state of education in 28 African countries

Perspectives from leading figures, including:
- Ban Ki-moon – UN Secretary-General
- Gordon Brown – UN Special Envoy for Global Education
- Rajiv Shah – Administrator of USAID
- H. E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf – President of Liberia
- Graça Machel – Africa Progress Member
- John Fallon – CEO, Pearson International
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Video interviews with key figures discussing with the post-Millennium Development Goals outlook

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