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World Bank VP Eyes Opportunities for Sustainable Growth in Africa 

Rachel Kyte, World Bank Vice President for Sustainable Development wrapped up a visit to Africa last weekend encouraged by actions and opportunities for sustainable growth. 

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Focus on Bridging Biggest Access Gaps First, Bank Officials Urge at Energy Conference 

Efforts to achieve universal access to energy by 2030 need to focus on countries and regions such as sub-Saharan Africa where the access gap is biggest, senior World Bank officials told a global conference on sustainable energy in January. 

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Quarterly Food Prices Decline, but Remain Volatile 

Global food prices declined 8 percent between September and December of 2011 due to increasing supplies and uncertainty about the global economy, but still remain volatile and high with the 2011 annual index 24 percent higher than its average in 2010, according to the World Bank Group’s latest Food Price Watch. 

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Geographic Information Systems: a Revolution by Stealth

GIS integrates, stores, edits, analyzes, shares and displays geographic information for informed decision-making. This map depicts the urban expansion of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, between 1990 and 2009.

Using a combination of remote sensing and GIS software, urban planners can use satellite imagery to analyze how urban areas have changed in the past, as well as model how they might change in the future.

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