by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Guinea-Bissau, like many sub-Saharan African countries, faced the turmoil of the global food crisis of 2007 and 2008 when skyrocketing international and domestic prices hit the country hard. Once a major exporter of rice, Guinea-Bissau now imports almost...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Africa now has some of the fastest-growing economies in the world but in many cases, it has not been able to translate that progress into lower unemployment rates and a reduction in poverty levels. Given the continent’s vast human and material...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Although rice is a staple food for people in West Africa, most of it is imported. FAO estimated in 2006 that rice imports to the West and Central Africa subregions had reached more than 6 million tonnes, costing over $1 billion. The cost of importing rice is...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Although the number of people living in extreme poverty dropped by more than half between 1990 and 2015 (from 1.9 billion to 836 million), too many people are still struggling to meet the most basic human needs. Today, eradicating poverty in all its forms...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2009 | Highlighted, Solution
Challenge Similar to the situation in many developing countries, Bangladeshi government offices at the district and sub-district levels provide an extensive range of public services that are time-consuming and labour-intensive for both service providers and...
