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The African Water Facility Supports Mozambique’s resilience to climate change and reducing vulnerability to floods in Inhambane and Chimoio

Maputo, Mozambique, March 9, 2017 – The Government of the Republic of Mozambique and the African Water Facility (AWF) has entered into a grant agreement for a feasibility study on Urban Sanitation, Drainage and Solid Waste Management in Chimoio and Inhambane. The grant agreement was signed on January 27, 2017 by the Minister of Economy …

2.2 billion people are poor or near-poor, warns2014Human Development Reporton vulnerability and resilience

Calls for universal provision of basic social services, and stronger policies for social protection and full employment to advance and secure development progress     Tokyo, 24 July 2014 —Persistent vulnerability threatens human development, and unless it is systematically tackled by policies and social norms, progress will be neither equitable nor sustainable. This is the …