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It also identifies emerging opportunities from urban growth, rising demand for higher-value and processed foods, and Gulf market demand for agricultural and meat products. The agenda aligns regional integration with job creation and structural transformation by improving connectivity, building capabilities, and linking workers to jobs, while addressing risks in education, human capital, youth inclusion, and infrastructure.","Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized  \n© 2021 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/THE WORLD BANK  \n1818 H Street NW  \nWashington, DC 20433  \nUSA  \nAll rights reserved  \nPhotos: Shutterstock and Unsplash.  \nHORN OF AFRICA REGIONAL ECONOMIC MEMORANDUM  \nOverview  \niv  \nCONTENTS  \n1 Introduction .................................................................................... 1  \n2 Background and Context ............................................................ 4  \n3 The Economic Geography of the HoA ................................... 15  \n3.1 Density: Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity and Living Standards ................................ 15  \n3.2 Distance: Access to markets and integration ... 20  \n3.3 Division: Weak cross-border connectivity  \ncompounded by fragility and thick borders ..... 24  \n4 Regional economic integration for job creation and structural transformation ............................................................ 28  \n4.1 Building capabilities and connecting workers to jobs ......................................................................... 31  \n4.2 Creating and connecting to markets ................. 35  \n5 Key actions for jobs and economic transformation in the HoA ............................................................................................. 40  \n5.1 Institutions: Building human capital ................... 40  \n5.2 Infrastructure: Trade facilitation and harmonization and selective investments in physical infrastructure ........................................... 41  \n5.3 Interventions: Metropolitan regions and selected secondary cities ...................................... 41  \n5.4 Additional considerations ...................................... 42  \nv  \nHORN OF AFRICA REGIONAL ECONOMIC MEMORANDUM: OVERVIEW  \nSECTION 1  \nIntroduction  \nThe Horn of Africa (HoA)1 is most commonly known for its long history of fragility, catastrophic droughts, and seemingly intractable conflicts. A complex set of historical, ideological, political, economic, geographical, territorial, and environmental factors have created tensions within and between states, at times boiling over into inter- and intra-state violent conflicts. These conflicts have, in turn, further weakened states’ capacity to provide public services, social cohesion, and further increased the vulnerability of its population (particularly in historically marginalized border areas), thereby increasing the risk of future conflicts. Climate change is now exacerbating an already difficult situation, leading to increased tension over natural resources. Successive shocks of different kinds have led to record numbers of displaced people and increased migration, mostly irregular, to Gulf countries.2  \nYet the true picture of the HoA is more nuanced, and HoA countries could unlock significant common opportunities. Cities and towns across the HoA are growing, increasing the demand for food grown elsewhere in the region. The growth in urban incomes is increasing demand for higher-value foods, including processed foods and animal products, with the potential to benefit rural producers and create jobs across the agri-food value chains. The growth of secondary cities attracts service providers that can provide jobs for those migrating from rural areas and deliver services supporting the growth  \nof off-farm employment in rural areas.3 There is strong demand from the Gulf for some products produced in the region, in particular, meat and other agricultural products. There is considerable potential for enhanced cross-border trade, which is intrinsically transnational but mainly small-scale (informal) in the Horn, with significant potential to leverage entrepreneurship and greater private sector activity to generate jobs. 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