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Publication South Meets South : Enriching the Development Menu(2010-10) Maruri, Enrique; Fraeters, HanAfrican countries, like Nigeria, with an emerging information technology (IT) industry, are examples of how globalization has opened up vast new opportunities. Information technology and business process outsourcing is a multibillion dollar talent-driven industry with a market that is still untapped. Africa is keen on exploring this new frontier which has the potential to create thousands of quality jobs for its young people. But to do so, it must nurture the right skills. Where can these be found?Publication The Bogotá Spirit : South-South Peers and Partners at the Practice-Policy Nexus(2010-10) Schulz, Nils-SjardOn a warm evening in late March of this year, more than 500 enthusiastic delegates from around the world poured out of the Chamber of Commerce building in Bogot�, with a shared vision that South-South cooperation would reshape today�s development cooperation landscape. Despite the Colombian capital�s dizzying altitude of 2,800 meters, their zeal for effective South-South knowledge exchange and mutual learning left the participants of the Bogot� High Level Event on South-South cooperation and Capacity Development clear headed and with a long list of ideas, projects and plans, for their countries and regions, and for their multilateral, parliamentary, civil society, and research organizations.Publication A Window of Opportunities for Poor Farmers(World Bank, 2008-10-01) Byerlee, Derek; de Janvry, Alain; Townsend, Robert; Savanti, Paula; Neal, Christopher; Lawton, AnnaFarmers may help solve the food, feed, and fuel crises, and prosper as a result, with the aid of political support and investments in agriculture.Publication Linking Small Farmers to the Market(World Bank, 2008-10-01) Umali-Deininger, Dina; Neal, Christopher; Lawton, AnnaThe private sector can help smallholders to participate in modern supply chains. This type of collaboration will be critical to agricultural development.