March 23, 2019
Africa: ECA urges African countries to focus more on non-tax revenues to boost development
Marrakesh, Morocco, March 23, 2019 – African countries seeking innovative ways to improve revenue collection to finance development need to focus on non-tax revenue… Read more »
Africa: Tax reforms could yield African countries $72 billion in extra revenue -- ECA Report
Addis Ababa/Marrakesh, Mar. 23, 2019 – Africa could increase tax revenue by as much as $72 billion or 4.6 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) annually if comprehensive… Read more »
Africa: Africa should adopt pro-poor fiscal policy to meet deadline for development – ECA report
Marrakesh, Morocco, March 23, 2019 – African countries should adopt a fiscal policy that favours the poor and considers the implications of such a plan for income… Read more »
Africa: Africa needs double-digit growth to achieve SDGs, says Economic Report on Africa
Marrakesh, Morocco, March 23, 2019 -- African countries need to grow their economies faster if they are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by the target date of 2030, the… Read more »
March 02, 2019
Africa: African Free Trade Is Almost Here, Delegates to Eca's 52nd Session Rejoice
Delegates attending the 38th meeting of the Committee of Experts of the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development have applauded the Federal… Read more »
March 20, 2019
Africa: Com 2019 - Eca Moves to the Agenda of Regional Integration in Africa
Following the launching of the 52nd session, of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through the Director of the Division of Regional Integration and Trade, Mr. Stephen… Read more »
March 22, 2019
Africa: Smart ways of buying Africa's railway vehicles, up for debate at COM2019
Marrakech, 22 March 2019 (ECA) – An event to kick start solid arrangements for the innovative financing of railway vehicles that would ply the African… Read more »
Africa: African Free Trade is almost here, delegates to ECA's 52nd Session rejoice
Marrakech, 22 March 2019 (ECA) – Delegates attending the 38th meeting of the Committee of Experts of the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning… Read more »
Africa: COM 2019: ECA moves to the agenda of regional integration in Africa
Marrakech (Morocco), 20 March 2019 - Following the launching of the 52 nd session, of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through the Director of the Division of… Read more »
Africa: Policy, Trade and the Private Sector in the Digital Era to dominate debate as Conference of African Ministers kicks off in Marrakesh
The annual Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development - COM2019 - kicked off in Marrakesh on Wednesday, with… Read more »
March 20, 2019
Africa: Experts Tease Out Kingpin Role of Digitization for Africa's Revenue Harvest
Digitization has been variously described as pivotal in ramping-up revenue collection for financing Africa's development. Read more »
March 21, 2019
Africa: Experts tease out kingpin role of digitization for Africa's revenue harvest
Marrakech, 20 March 2019 (ECA) – Digitization has been variously described as pivotal in ramping-up revenue collection for financing Africa’s development. Read more »
March 20, 2019
Africa: African countries can do better with improved fiscal policy, says Songwe
Marrakesh, Morocco, March 20, 2019 (ECA) – The 38 th meeting of the Committee of Experts of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic… Read more »
Africa: Africa needs policies to protect its economies from vulnerabilities
Marrakesh, Morocco, March 20, 2019 (ECA) – African countries need policies that can help build resilience, raise potential growth and inclusiveness if the continent is to… Read more »
Africa: Stakes of COM 2019 spelt out to media with accolades to Moroccan hosts
Marrakech, 20 March 2019 (ECA) – “The Government of Morocco has done a wonderful job” in laying the ground work for the kick-off of the 52 nd Session of the… Read more »
March 17, 2019
Africa: Adedeji Lecture to Focus On Promise and Peril of Digital Transformation, Says Eca's Nwuke
The Economic Commission for Africa's annual Adebayo Adedeji Lecture will this year interrogate ideas, identify action areas, and propose tangible suggestions for debate and… Read more »
Africa: Com2019 an Opportunity to Create Impactful Solutions to Africa's Challenges, Says Chinganya
The annual Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (CoM) is a great opportunity for Africa's ministers and experts from around the world to… Read more »
Africa: All Set for Era2019 Launch - Focuses On Fiscal Policy for Financing Sustainable Development in Africa
All is set for the launch of the Economic Report on Africa - ERA2019 - which examines institutional and policy reforms that are needed to enable African countries to maximize… Read more »
March 06, 2019
Africa: ECA and Its Partners' Report At Com2019 On the Next Steps for the African Continental Free Trade Area
The African Union Commission, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will present recommendations that emanate from one of its annual… Read more »
March 04, 2019
Africa: Quality Research Needed to Help Implement the Afcfta
With a few more ratifications needed for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to become effective, scholars meeting for the Economic Research Conference in Kigali… Read more »
March 02, 2019
Africa: 8th North African Development Forum to Discuss Smart Maritime Transport in Marrakech
The 8th edition of the North Africa Development Forum will take place on Saturday 23 March in Marrakech under the theme: "Blue Economy in North Africa: Smart Maritime Transport in… Read more »
Africa: Africa Prepares Tomorrow's Employment in Marrakech
As globalization, technological breakthroughs, demography and climate change are deeply transforming the global job market, is Africa able to provide a workforce that matches the… Read more »
Africa: Can Gender Budgeting Finance Inclusive Development in Africa?
The Economic Commission for Africa will organize, in partnership with UN Women and the Ministry of Finance of the Kingdom of Morocco, a meeting on "Gender-sensitive budgeting: a… Read more »
Africa: Cameroon's Critical Role in Implementing Africa's Free Trade Area, Rebooted
Cameroon needs the markets that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will create to achieve the its goal of becoming an upper middle-income state, the country's… Read more »
March 11, 2019
Africa: UN Family in Ethiopia Pay Their Respects to Personnel Killed in Airline Crash
United Nations staff in Ethiopia gathered today at the UN Conference Centre for a minute of silence and a flag lowering ceremony in memory of the 19 United Nations personnel killed… Read more »
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