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STORY HIGHLIGHTS A new World Bank report notes that Sub-Saharan Africa’s cities are crowded, disconnected and costly African urban areas contain 472 million people, and that number is expected to double over the next 25 years If well managed, cities can help countries accelerate growth and “open the doors” to global markets WASHINGTON, February 9, 2017 – Urbanization is a source of dynamism that can enhance productivity and increase economic integration, says a new World Bank report, Africa’s Cities: Opening Doors to the World , released today. If well managed, cities can help countries accelerate growth and “open the doors” to global markets in two ways: (i) by creating productive environments that attract international investment and increase economic efficiency and (ii) by creating livable environments that prevent urban costs from rising excessively with increased densification. By generating agglomeration economies, cities can enhance productivity and...

Human Rights Watch report calls on UK and other aid donors funding ambitious education programme to put pressure on government to halt abuses The report says female students are exposed to sexual harassment and that in some schools male teachers coerce them into sexual relationships. Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian Ben Quinn Sexual abuse, harassment and corporal punishment are widespread in schools in Tanzania, according to a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) that called on donors funding one of Africa’s most ambitious education programmes to press for government intervention. The report also found that more than 40% of adolescents in Tanzania were left out of quality lower-secondary education, despite a decision to make this schooling free. The country has one of the world’s largest youth populations, with 43% of people under the age of 15 . 'I feel powerful and free. I want other girls in Zanzibar to feel that way' Sita Hai Simai in...