World Bank2014-12-082014-12-082014-10-23https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20664The 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.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABUSEAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAID EFFECTIVENESSARABLE LANDARMED CONFLICTSBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC HEALTH CAREBASIC SOCIAL SERVICESBORDER REGIONSCAPACITY BUILDINGCITIZENSCLEAN WATERCLIMATE CHANGECOERCIONCOPING MECHANISMSCOUNTRIES OF ORIGINCOUNTRY OF ORIGINDEMAND FOR FOODDEMOGRAPHIC CHANGESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT EFFORTSDEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONSDEVELOPMENT PLANNINGDISEASESDRINKING WATERDROUGHT AREASDRUG TRAFFICKINGECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC INTEGRATIONECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIESECONOMIC OPPORTUNITYECONOMIC PROSPERITYECONOMIC TRENDSEMPOWERING WOMENENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYEQUITABLE ACCESSETHNIC GROUPSEXTREME POVERTYFERTILITYFERTILITY RATESFOOD INSECURITYFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD SECURITYFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFOREST DEGRADATIONFUTURE GENERATIONSGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROSS NATIONAL INCOMEGROUNDWATERHEALTH CAREHEALTH CARE SERVICESHEALTH FACILITIESHEALTH POLICYHEALTH SYSTEMSHIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEESHOST COUNTRIESHOST COUNTRYHOUSINGHUMAN ASSETSHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXHUMAN TRAFFICKINGHUMANITARIAN AFFAIRSHUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCEHUSBANDSILLITERACYIMPACT OF POPULATIONINCOME INEQUALITYINCOME POVERTYINEQUITIESINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFANT MORTALITY RATESINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYINTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONINTRAREGIONAL TRADELACK OF EDUCATIONLAND RIGHTSLARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLELEVEL OF DEVELOPMENTLIFE EXPECTANCYLIFESTYLESLIVE BIRTHSLIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIESLIVESTOCK SECTORLOCAL ECONOMYLOCAL GOVERNMENTSLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMALNUTRITIONMATERNAL MORTALITYMATERNAL MORTALITY RATESMIGRANTSMIGRATIONMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMOVEMENT OF PEOPLENATIONAL BOUNDARIESNATIONAL CAPACITIESNATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTY LINENATURAL RESOURCENATURAL RESOURCESNUMBER OF REFUGEESNUTRITIONPANDEMICPASTORAL LIVELIHOODSPEACEPEACEKEEPINGPILOT PROJECTSPLACES OF ORIGINPOLITICAL PARTICIPATIONPOLITICAL RESOLVEPOOR PEOPLEPOPULATION DIVISIONPOPULATION DYNAMICSPOPULATION FUNDPOPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION GROWTH RATEPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY LEVELPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPROGRESSPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC POLICYQUALITY CONTROLQUALITY SERVICESRAPERAPID POPULATION GROWTHREFERRAL SYSTEMSREFUGEEREFUGEE MOVEMENTSREGIONAL ACTIVITIESREGIONAL APPROACHREGIONAL COLLABORATIONREGIONAL CONTEXTREGIONAL COOPERATIONREGIONAL DEVELOPMENTREGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATIONREGIONAL HUBREGIONAL INFRASTRUCTUREREGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTREGIONAL INITIATIVEREGIONAL INITIATIVESREGIONAL INTEGRATIONREGIONAL MANAGEMENTREGIONAL PARTNERSREGIONAL PROGRAMSREGIONAL PUBLIC GOODSREGIONAL SOLUTIONSREGIONAL STRATEGYREGIONAL TENSIONSREGIONAL TRANSPORTREGIONAL TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTUREREMITTANCEREMITTANCESRESPECTRETURNEESRURAL AREASSAFE WATERSAFETY NETSSANITATIONSCARCE RESOURCESSEXSEX TRAFFICKINGSEXUAL VIOLENCESOCIAL CHANGESOCIAL COHESIONSOCIAL CUSTOMSSOCIAL IMPACTSOCIAL UNRESTSOIL EROSIONSUB-REGIONSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE GROWTHTERRORISTTERTIARY EDUCATIONTRADE ISSUESTRANSPORTATIONTUBERCULOSISUNEMPLOYMENTUNFPAUNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEESUNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUNDURBAN AREASURBAN CENTERSVICTIMSVICTIMS OF GENDERVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENVOLUNTARY REPATRIATIONVULNERABILITYVULNERABLE GROUPSWARWARSWATER FOR IRRIGATIONWATER RESOURCESWORKFORCEWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONYOUNG MENYOUNG PEOPLEYOUNG POPULATIONS10.1596/20664