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Falling remittances could remove a major source of income for people in several African countries.
Assessing the vulnerability of African countries to infectious disease outbreaks and the role of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in preventing them.
A bibliometric analysis of Africa-focused research by the Joint Research Centre to support science diplomacy
GHS-BUILT-S R2023A - GHS built-up surface grid, derived from Sentinel2 composite and Landsat, multitemporal (1975-2030). The spatial raster dataset depicts the distribution of built-up surfaces, expre...
An interactive map showing data from the Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) 2023 produced by the European Commission Joint Research Center
The Regional Economic Communities (RECs) are regional groupings of African states. The 1980 Lagos Plan of Action for the Development of Africa and the 1991 Abuja Treaty proposed the creation of RECs a...
Malaria, a life-threatening disease transmitted by mosquitoes, affects millions of people worldwide. This layer highlights malaria rates among children age 2 to 10 in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2015.
Developing high spatial resolution data on net migration is a first step to analyse the relation between climate change, population distribution and related migration. Net migration is defined as the ...
Understanding why and where humanitarian disasters are likely to occur is a fundamental step in saving lives and promoting sustainable development. The main focus of humanitarian organizations is peop...
Africa is projected to have the fastest urban growth rate in the world — by 2050, Africa’s cities will be home to an additional 950 million people. Urban planning and management are essential developm...
In an age of Development Agendas that call for universal inclusiveness of people, global population grids are essential to support analyses and inform policy-making in a wide range of fields, from env...
Most conflicts initially start out as very local phenomena. Monitoring political violence events at local-level can help anticipate the escalation of conflicts within states, recognise signs of crisis...