Regional Initiative in Support of the Horn of Africa

The Horn of Africa (HoA) region has many security and development challenges whose origins and consequences go well beyond the borders of individual countries. It is also a region with many human assets and resource endowments, and some of the most dynamic economies in the world. Despite its numerous challenges, the Horn of Africa offers significant potential to address cross-border issues that can help transform its countries and the region. This paper describes a World Bank Group (WBG) initiative to address some of the key drivers of instability in the HoA and promote development in the area. The initiative is intended to build on and complement the large country and regional programs the WBG and other partners are already supporting in the HoA, bringing value by addressing a number of issues which demand cross-border collaborative solutions to reducing fragility and instability. The central rationale to this initiative is that WBG cannot effectively support the elimination of extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity in the region without engaging more intensively and creatively in addressing very difficult development problems, including those linked to insecurity and vulnerability. The WBG package totals $1.8 billion to be committed over approximately 24 months, with about $600 million investments from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and an estimated $200 million in guarantees from the Multilateral Guarantee Investment Agency (MIGA). The initiative builds on two previous programs aimed at similar issues in the Great Lakes Region (May 2013) and the Sahel (November 2013), efforts that recognize the link between security and development, and the importance of giving hope to vulnerable citizens, including women and children, that they can overcome poverty and deprivation.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014-10-23
Subjects:	ABUSE, AGRICULTURAL LAND, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AID EFFECTIVENESS, ARABLE LAND, ARMED CONFLICTS, BASIC EDUCATION, BASIC HEALTH CARE, BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES, BORDER REGIONS, CAPACITY BUILDING, CITIZENS, CLEAN WATER, CLIMATE CHANGE, COERCION, COPING MECHANISMS, COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN, COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, DEMAND FOR FOOD, DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS, DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, DISEASES, DRINKING WATER, DROUGHT AREAS, DRUG TRAFFICKING, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, ECONOMIC TRENDS, EMPOWERING WOMEN, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, EQUITABLE ACCESS, ETHNIC GROUPS, EXTREME POVERTY, FERTILITY, FERTILITY RATES, FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD PRODUCTION, FOOD SECURITY, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FOREST DEGRADATION, FUTURE GENERATIONS, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROSS NATIONAL INCOME, GROUNDWATER, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE SERVICES, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH SYSTEMS, HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES, HOST COUNTRIES, HOST COUNTRY, HOUSING, HUMAN ASSETS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS, HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, HUSBANDS, ILLITERACY, IMPACT OF POPULATION, INCOME INEQUALITY, INCOME POVERTY, INEQUITIES, INFANT, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT MORTALITY RATES, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, INTRAREGIONAL TRADE, LACK OF EDUCATION, LAND RIGHTS, LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE, LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIFESTYLES, LIVE BIRTHS, LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES, LIVESTOCK SECTOR, LOCAL ECONOMY, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MALNUTRITION, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES, MIGRANTS, MIGRATION, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE, NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, NATIONAL CAPACITIES, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATIONAL POVERTY, NATIONAL POVERTY LINE, NATURAL RESOURCE, NATURAL RESOURCES, NUMBER OF REFUGEES, NUTRITION, PANDEMIC, PASTORAL LIVELIHOODS, PEACE, PEACEKEEPING, PILOT PROJECTS, PLACES OF ORIGIN, POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, POLITICAL RESOLVE, POOR PEOPLE, POPULATION DIVISION, POPULATION DYNAMICS, POPULATION FUND, POPULATION GROWTH, POPULATION GROWTH RATE, POVERTY INCIDENCE, POVERTY LEVEL, POVERTY LEVELS, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PROGRESS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC POLICY, QUALITY CONTROL, QUALITY SERVICES, RAPE, RAPID POPULATION GROWTH, REFERRAL SYSTEMS, REFUGEE, REFUGEE MOVEMENTS, REGIONAL ACTIVITIES, REGIONAL APPROACH, REGIONAL COLLABORATION, REGIONAL CONTEXT, REGIONAL COOPERATION, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, REGIONAL HUB, REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, REGIONAL INITIATIVE, REGIONAL INITIATIVES, REGIONAL INTEGRATION, REGIONAL MANAGEMENT, REGIONAL PARTNERS, REGIONAL PROGRAMS, REGIONAL PUBLIC GOODS, REGIONAL SOLUTIONS, REGIONAL STRATEGY, REGIONAL TENSIONS, REGIONAL TRANSPORT, REGIONAL TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, REMITTANCE, REMITTANCES, RESPECT, RETURNEES, RURAL AREAS, SAFE WATER, SAFETY NETS, SANITATION, SCARCE RESOURCES, SEX, SEX TRAFFICKING, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, SOCIAL CHANGE, SOCIAL COHESION, SOCIAL CUSTOMS, SOCIAL IMPACT, SOCIAL UNREST, SOIL EROSION, SUB-REGION, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, TERRORIST, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TRADE ISSUES, TRANSPORTATION, TUBERCULOSIS, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNFPA, UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES, UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND, URBAN AREAS, URBAN CENTERS, VICTIMS, VICTIMS OF GENDER, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION, VULNERABILITY, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WAR, WARS, WATER FOR IRRIGATION, WATER RESOURCES, WORKFORCE, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, YOUNG MEN, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG POPULATIONS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/10/20316926/regional-initiative-support-horn-africa https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20664
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