Ethiopia: FfD3 - Ends Adopting the "Addis Ababa Action Agenda"

Addis Standard, 17 July 2015

United Nations member states from 193 who attended the third Finance for Development Conference (FFD3) held from 13 to 16 July 2015 in Addis Abeba have concluded their meeting by… Read more »

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Ethiopia: Financing for Development - Hopes for a Bright Future

Ethiopian Herald, 17 July 2015

Ethiopia is now very much in the eyes of the international community for a number of reasons. Not least because it is successfully carrying out an international conference that is… Read more »
Ethiopia: FfD3 - Political Support Crucial for Successful Domestic Resource Mobilization

Addis Standard, 17 July 2015

Political support and people's buy-in of capacity development initiatives in domestic resource mobilization is crucial for successful fiscal reforms, which can lead to Africa being… Read more »
Africa: Addis Conference Leaders Call for Industrial Growth

allAfrica, 17 July 2015

Ethiopia's decade-long record of double-digit economic growth was often cited as a model for other developing countries by speakers at the Third International Conference on… Read more »
Africa: World Leaders Strike Development Finance Deal, Focus On Taxes

Thomson Reuters Foundation, 15 July 2015

Rich and poor countries agreed on Thursday to overhaul global finance for development, unlocking money for an ambitious agenda to end extreme poverty, protect the environment and… Read more »
Africa: NGO Attacks Failure to Set Up Global Tax Body

Addis Standard, 16 July 2015

The third international Financing for Development conference in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, has failed to agree on the creation of a UN global tax body. Read more »
Africa: 'Historic' Agreement On Financing for New Development Goals - UN

UN News, 15 July 2015

Countries agreed today on a series of bold measures to overhaul global finance practices and generate investments for tackling a range of economic, social and environmental… Read more »
Ethiopia: Towards Boosting Diaspora's Involvement in Development

Ethiopian Herald, 16 July 2015

Recently, Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn briefed members of the Parliament on current issues and developments in Ethiopia. One of the issues raised and discussed by the… Read more »

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Africa: Rich Countries Provide a Poor Outcome At Addis Financing for Development Conference - Oxfam

Oxfam, 15 July 2015

Unresolved rigged tax rules and privatized development are the major drawbacks of the UN Financing for Development Conference outcome, says Oxfam. However, after such tense… Read more »
Africa: Addis - International Monetary Fund Boosts Efforts to Help Countries Finance Development

UN News, 16 July 2015

As countries meet in Addis Ababa to consider ways to ensure adequate financing for sustainable development, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is taking measures to boost access… Read more »
Africa: Addis Tax Initiative Launch

Ethiopian Herald, 16 July 2015

The 3rd International Financing for Development Conference yesterday launched Addis Tax Initiative with a view to helping countries across the world especially developing countries… Read more »
Africa: Were Addis Talks Simply a Talking Shop?

IRIN, 16 July 2015

The shoe-shine boys and phone card hawkers that usually throng the entrance to the UN complex in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, were cleared away, replaced by armed police who kept watch… Read more »
Africa: Global Slowdown Boosts Africa's Development Hopes

Thomson Reuters Foundation, 15 July 2015

Africa is likely to benefit from weak global growth by attracting more investment that will drive its development, experts said at a financing conference in Ethiopia on Wednesday. Read more »
Africa: Ffd3 - MDG Aids Goals Exceeded Expectation Ahead of Time: UNAIDS Report

Addis Standard, 16 July 2015

A report by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) announces today in Addis Abeba that sixth Millennium Development Goal of halting and reversing the spread of HIV… Read more »
Africa: Linking Health and Education

Global Fund, 15 July 2015

Global development partners meeting at the Financing for Development conference today called for stronger linkages between investments in health and education in low- and… Read more »
Africa: Financing for Development

African Development Bank (AfDB), 13 July 2015

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Africa: Pressure On Governments, Critical in Probing Africa's Stolen Funds

UNECA, 15 July 2015

"Many of our governments will only act on this [problem of illicit financial flows] if there is pressure from the people," said a much applauded Chairman of the High Level Panel on… Read more »

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