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These interventions aim to close gaps between the DR Congo and other regions, such as South America and South Asia, in areas like maternal mortality, democracy, and economic freedom.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000182#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The governance scenario aims to improve democracy, economic freedom, and government transparency by 2043. Specifically, it targets an 18.6% improvement in average democracy and a 14.5% improvement in economic freedom above the Current Path forecast.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000182#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Health interventions focus on reducing mortality and increasing contraceptive use. The scenario projects that maternal mortality in the DR Congo will drop to 19.3 per 100,000 live births by 2043, compared to 27.1 in the Current Path forecast.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000182#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The agriculture scenario includes multipliers to increase yields (1.6) and land equipped for irrigation (1.5), while reducing crop production loss rates (0.8) and losses during transport from producer to consumer (0.8).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000182#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Large Infrastructure/Leapfrogging scenario targets energy and digital connectivity, including a 1.2 multiplier for other renewables energy production and a 3x multiplier for ICT mobile broadband.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000182#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Under the AfCFTA scenario, the document projects an increase in multifactor productivity growth by approximately 20 percentage points relative to the Current Path forecast for the 2026-2035 period.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000182#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The financial flows scenario proposes increasing foreign aid receipts (1.15 multiplier) and portfolio investment stocks (1.5 multiplier), noting a need for increased aid from China and OECD countries.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000182#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["renewable energy","agriculture","agricultural irrigation","infrastructure","trade policy","climate finance"],"geography_discussed":["South America","South Asia","Africa","People's Republic of China"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["scenario modeling","long-term forecasting"]},{"id":"issafri-000227","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/issafri-000227","title":"Mozambique: SCENARIO COMPARISONS","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Security Studies","organization":"institute-for-security-studies"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":"2026-05-31","source_url":"https://futures.issafrica.org/geographic/guide.pdf?geography=MZ&topic=04-scenario-comparisons","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document evaluates the impact of different policy interventions on Mozambique's future. It finds that while individual sectoral scenarios like Large Infrastructure and Agriculture boost GDP per capita, a 'Combined scenario' integrating multiple sectors offers the most significant gains, potentially reducing extreme poverty from 65.1% to 40% by 2043. However, this accelerated growth is projected to increase carbon emissions to 47.6 million tons by 2043. The energy sector, dominated by gas, is expected to become the primary economic driver under the Combined scenario.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000227#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Among individual sectoral scenarios, Large Infrastructure provides the highest boost to GDP per capita by 2043, increasing it by US$256 over the Current Path, followed by Agriculture (US$228) and Governance (US$131).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000227#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Combined scenario, which integrates all sectoral interventions, is projected to result in an average annual growth rate of approximately 8.5% between 2023 and 2043, making Mozambique the 16th-largest economy in Africa by 2043 with a GDP of US$93.5 billion.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000227#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Combined scenario significantly reduces extreme poverty (measured at US$3 per day) to 40% by 2043, compared to 65.1% on the Current Path, representing 15.4 million fewer people in extreme poverty.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000227#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Economic structural transformation under the Combined scenario would see the energy sector become the dominant driver of the economy, with its GDP share rising from 24.9% in 2024 to 33.9% by 2043, while the manufacturing sector's share increases from 7.6% in 2023 to 14.7% in 2043.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000227#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Combined scenario is expected to reduce the size of the informal sector to 22.6% of GDP by 2043, which is 5.8 percentage points lower than the Current Path projection of 28.4%.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000227#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Life expectancy in Mozambique is projected to reach 73 years by 2043 on the Current Path, and 75.1 years under the Combined scenario.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000227#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Accelerated economic activity under the Combined scenario is projected to increase carbon emissions from fossil fuels to approximately 47.6 million tons by 2043, compared to 33.3 million tons on the Current Path.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000227#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Energy production in Mozambique is heavily reliant on gas, which is projected to constitute 88.5% of total energy production by 2043 on the Current Path and 91% in the Combined scenario.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-000227#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["carbon dioxide emissions","fossil fuel","natural gas","economic diversity","infrastructure","poverty reduction"],"geography_discussed":["Africa","Southern Africa"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["economic modelling","scenario analysis","long-term forecasting"]},{"id":"issafri-002757","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/issafri-002757","title":"Angolan futures 2050","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Security Studies","organization":"institute-for-security-studies"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2020-03","source_url":"https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/sar35.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report analyzes Angola's vulnerability to oil market volatility and its low human development outcomes. It argues that while GDP is projected to grow, absolute poverty will increase due to rapid population growth unless the government prioritizes human development. The authors evaluate five sectoral scenarios, concluding that investing in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure provides the most significant economic and health benefits, while prioritizing education and reproductive healthcare for women is the fastest way to boost incomes and reduce maternal mortality.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002757#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Angola's economy is highly vulnerable to global oil market volatility, with crude oil exports accounting for more than 95% of export earnings in 2017. Proven oil reserves are expected to be depleted by the early 2030s.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002757#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Rapid population growth is projected to hinder income growth. The population is expected to reach 80 million by 2050, and the ratio of working-age people to dependants will not reach the 'demographic dividend' threshold of 1.7 to one until the second half of the century.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002757#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Poverty is pervasive and expected to grow in absolute terms for at least a decade due to population growth, despite projected declines in the poverty rate. Approximately 22 million Angolans currently live in poverty.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002757#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Educational attainment is low, particularly for women; nearly one-third of adults have no education, and 70% of those are women. The report identifies deprivation of education as the most powerful driver of poverty in the country.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002757#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Basic infrastructure is severely lacking, with only 60% of the population having access to safe water and 40% to improved sanitation. Improving these rates to 70% and 75% respectively by 2035 could reduce childhood malnourishment by one-third.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002757#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Angola faces significant health challenges, including a high maternal mortality ratio of roughly 452 deaths per 100,000 births and high rates of childhood malnutrition (38% of children under five in 2018).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002757#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The agricultural sector performs far below its potential, with only 0.2% of cropland actually irrigated. 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Angola is classified as an 'anocracy,' meaning it possesses both democratic and autocratic characteristics, which the report suggests may lead to instability during a transition to democracy.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002757#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The government spends over three times more of its GDP on the military than its lower-middle-income African peers, while underspending on core infrastructure and education.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002757#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Among the tested scenarios, the 'Water, Sanitation & Hygiene' (WASH) scenario provides the largest boost to GDP, while the 'Education & Family Planning' scenario has the most dramatic impact on GDP per capita and the reduction of extreme poverty by mid-century.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002757#insight-10","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["renewable energy","solar energy","wind power","hydropower","fossil fuel subsidy","climate change","deforestation","food security","water security","energy transition"],"geography_discussed":["Luanda","Cabinda Province","Namibe Province","Benguela Province","Democratic Republic of the Congo","People's Republic of China"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["integrated assessment","scenario modelling","long-term forecasting"]},{"id":"issafri-002126","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/issafri-002126","title":"Made in Africa Manufacturing and the fourth industrial revolution","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Security Studies","organization":"institute-for-security-studies"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2018-04","source_url":"https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/aitwr-8.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report argues that Africa is currently deindustrialising, with structural transformation shifting from low-productivity agriculture to low-productivity urban retail services. 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The author suggests that the fourth industrial revolution—characterised by robotics, AI, and 3D printing—could allow Africa to leapfrog traditional infrastructure deficits and establish regional value chains, provided governments implement determined industrial policies and invest in human capital and ICT.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002126#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Africa is experiencing a trend of deindustrialisation, where structural transformation has moved labour from low-productivity informal agriculture to low-productivity urban-based retail services, which the report describes as 'growth reducing'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002126#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Manufacturing is identified as the most productive sector and is uniquely capable of transforming productivity and driving rapid economic growth, whereas growth in services in Africa has contributed to slow or no growth in aggregate per capita income.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002126#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The contribution of manufacturing to GDP across African countries has either stagnated or contracted since the mid-1980s, leaving the continent significantly under-industrialised compared to other income-groupings globally.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002126#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The fourth industrial revolution, involving technologies like AI, robotics, and additive manufacturing, may reduce the importance of low labour costs in locating industry, potentially offering Africa a way to accelerate economic transformation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002126#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"ICT has significant potential to bridge Africa's educational deficit by providing remote access to high-quality materials, and can facilitate leapfrogging in health and infrastructure through off-grid renewable energy solutions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002126#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"African governments have historically failed to industrialise due to a lack of committed leadership, failure to implement concerted public investment packages, and a lack of high-quality, locally embedded special economic zones (SEZs).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002126#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A 'Made in Africa' scenario modelling active industrialisation interventions suggests that by 2040, the African economy could be 42% larger than under the 'Current Path', with manufacturing's share of GDP increasing from roughly 17% to 24%.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002126#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Under the 'Made in Africa' scenario, the number of people living in absolute poverty by 2040 would be approximately 200 million fewer than the 'Current Path' forecast, though many countries would still miss the SDG 2030 target of eliminating extreme poverty.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002126#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The report argues that industrialisation requires a shift away from unfettered free trade toward deliberate policies that protect infant domestic industries and promote regional economic integration to create larger markets.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002126#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["industrial manufacturing","industrial policy","renewable energy","distributed generation","poverty reduction"],"geography_discussed":["East Asia","People's Republic of China","Ethiopia","South Africa","Tunisia","Mauritius"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["long-term forecasting","scenario modelling","comparative economic analysis"]},{"id":"issafri-001085","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/issafri-001085","title":"Gathering storm clouds","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Security Studies","organization":"institute-for-security-studies"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2017-11","source_url":"https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/car11.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report examines the 'gathering storm clouds' of political and economic uncertainty in the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) region. 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The authors warn that without strategic diversification of economies and significant investment in human capital, the region's large youth population could become a catalyst for further instability and violence.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001085#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The CEMAC region is characterized by neo-patrimonial governance systems that prioritize the survival of a small political elite over collective human development, resulting in some of the lowest governance scores in Africa.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001085#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Economic instability in the region is driven by a heavy reliance on primary commodities, particularly energy, which exposes these states to the 'resource curse' and vulnerability to price shocks.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001085#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Rapid population growth is forecast to outpace the delivery of basic services, leading to an increase in the absolute number of people living in extreme poverty and without access to water or sanitation by 2040.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001085#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The region faces a significant 'youth bulge', with a working-age population forecast to grow by 25.6 million by 2040; without investment in education and jobs, this demographic is viewed as a potential driver of instability.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001085#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Political transitions in the region are highly unpredictable and often violent, as regimes have adopted the outward appearance of democracy while maintaining authoritarian control.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001085#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Security is threatened by both internal political violence and cross-border non-state armed groups, including Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin and various militias in the Central African Republic.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001085#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Despite being a productive agricultural region, CEMAC remains dependent on food imports, a vulnerability that is expected to increase by 2040 due to population growth.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001085#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["agricultural productivity","food security","climate change","blue economy","biodiversity"],"geography_discussed":["West African Economic and Monetary Union","Chad Basin","Gulf of Guinea","Libya","South Sudan","Democratic Republic of the Congo"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["long-term forecasting","comparative regional analysis","socio-economic assessment"]},{"id":"issafri-002563","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/issafri-002563","title":"South African Futures 2035","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Security Studies","organization":"institute-for-security-studies"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":"2015-08","source_url":"https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/Paper282.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The paper argues that South Africa is currently on a 'Bafana Bafana Redux' trajectory characterized by modest growth and structural unemployment due to an electricity supply crisis and poor governance. While a more positive 'Mandela Magic Lite' scenario is possible through improved leadership and policy coherence, the author suggests the country is likely to remain in a middle-income trap in the near term. The analysis highlights a critical generational shift as 'born-free' voters increase in number, potentially reducing the ANC's dominance and pushing the country toward a more competitive multiparty democracy.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002563#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"South Africa's population is projected to grow to 67.3 million by 2035, driven by inward migration, lower infant mortality, and increased life expectancy, despite fertility rates expected to fall below replacement levels within 10 years.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002563#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The 'Bafana Bafana Redux' scenario forecasts an average growth rate of 3.6% from 2015 to 2035, which is 0.4% lower than the original 'Bafana Bafana' forecast due to the electricity crisis and government inefficiency. This results in an economy forecast to be 10% smaller by 2035 than it would have been under the higher trajectory.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002563#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The electricity supply crisis is a primary constraint on growth; the author notes that the country is unlikely to achieve more than 2% growth per year until the supply improves. Load shedding has had a direct negative impact, with some estimates suggesting it wiped almost 2% of the country's economic weight off the map in a single month.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002563#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"South Africa suffers from 'structural unemployment' that is unlikely to be significantly reduced by modest growth. 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By 2034, 'born-free' voters (those born in 1994 and thereafter) are forecast to outnumber the combined total of older voting cohorts, likely increasing voting volatility and reducing the ANC's reliance on liberation credentials.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002563#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The 'Mandela Magic Lite' scenario suggests that modest, achievable interventions in governance, infrastructure, and health could raise average growth to 4% by 2035, resulting in an economy US$71 billion larger than the 'Bafana Bafana Redux' scenario.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002563#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Extreme poverty, defined as living on less than R11.17 per person per day (2011 prices), is forecast to decline from 21.7% in 2011 to approximately 14% by 2035 under the 'Bafana Bafana Redux' scenario.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002563#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The author identifies a 'middle-income trap' where high social expenditure required to address the apartheid legacy and a reliance on social grants limit the capital available for high-end skills and infrastructure investment.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002563#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["energy policy","infrastructure investment","economic growth","poverty reduction"],"geography_discussed":["Western Cape","Gauteng","KwaZulu-Natal","Eastern Cape","Brazil","South Korea","People's Republic of China"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["scenario analysis","long-term forecasting","socio-economic assessment"]},{"id":"issafri-001030","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/issafri-001030","title":"PROSPECTS FOR AFRICA’S 26 FRAGILE COUNTRIES","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Security Studies","organization":"institute-for-security-studies"},"document_type":"policy brief","language":"en","date_published":"2013-10","source_url":"https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/AF8_16Oct2013V2.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document analyzes state fragility in Africa as a self-reinforcing syndrome driven by poor governance, conflict, inequality, and poverty. Using the International Futures system, it forecasts that while 16 of the 26 identified fragile countries may transition toward resilience by 2050, ten are at risk of remaining in a 'fragility trap'. The authors emphasize that while Africa's overall economy is projected to grow significantly, the gap in extreme poverty between fragile and resilient states is expected to widen unless inclusive growth and improved governance are achieved.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001030#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The authors define state fragility as a 'syndrome' or a set of mutually reinforcing conditions characterized by low state capacity and poor performance in providing basic human security and public goods. This syndrome is driven by four primary dimensions: poor or weak governance, high levels of conflict and violence, high levels of inequality and economic exclusion, and poverty.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001030#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Long-term forecasts indicate that 12 fragile countries may move toward resilience by 2030 (Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Guinea, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Uganda, and Zimbabwe), and another four by 2050 (Eritrea, Liberia, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone). However, ten countries are projected to remain fragile beyond 2050: Comoros, Central African Republic, DRC, Republic of Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Somalia, Sudan/South Sudan, and Togo.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001030#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"While the African economy is forecast to grow at an average rate of 5,6 per cent between 2010 and 2050, the number of people living in extreme poverty (less than $2 per day) is expected to increase in 'more fragile' states, rising from 302 million in 2010 to 394 million by 2050, whereas it is expected to decrease in 'more resilient' states.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001030#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Mauritania faces specific long-term environmental risks due to global warming and the depletion of groundwater, which could lead to agricultural yield reductions of approximately 5 per cent by 2030 and 10 per cent by 2050 relative to 2010 levels.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001030#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The authors argue that the trajectory of fragile states depends heavily on the quality of leadership and the commitment of elites to inclusive growth. They suggest that countries potentially benefiting from new oil and gas revenues—specifically Ethiopia, Malawi, Uganda, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and possibly Niger—should implement social cash grants using mobile banking and biometric identification to distribute wealth directly to citizens.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001030#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The report highlights a 'conflict trap' in the Horn of Africa and Great Lakes Region, specifically noting that Sudan/South Sudan, Somalia, and the DRC show the lowest reductions in intrastate violence in optimistic scenarios and the largest increases in pessimistic ones.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001030#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["economic growth","climate change","water scarcity"],"geography_discussed":["Burundi","Central African Republic","Chad","Cameroon","Comoros","Democratic Republic of the Congo","Republic of the Congo","Ivory Coast","Ethiopia","Eritrea","Guinea","Guinea-Bissau","Liberia","Madagascar","Malawi","Mali","Mauritania","Niger","Sierra Leone","Rwanda","Somalia","Sudan","South Sudan","Togo","Uganda","Zimbabwe","Libya"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["long-term forecasting","scenario analysis","comparative analysis"]},{"id":"issafri-002370","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/issafri-002370","title":"Assessing long-term state fragility in Africa: Prospects for 26 ‘more fragile’ countries","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Security Studies","organization":"institute-for-security-studies"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2013","source_url":"https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/Mono188.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report identifies a 'syndrome of fragility' in Africa driven by the interaction of poor governance, conflict, inequality, and poverty. 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