February 03, 2017
Africa: African LDCs Discuss Trade Strategies for Transformation and Poverty Reduction
The regional Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) workshop organised with the Ministry of Trade of Ethiopia and in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for… Read more »
February 06, 2017
Africa: ECA and AfDB Ploughing Together for Central Africa's Development
A higher degree of experience sharing among development partners would make a huge difference in technically supporting the economies of Central Africa at these trying but… Read more »
December 03, 2016
Africa: Experts Held Discussions On Entrepreneurship in Africa
On 13 December 2016, the Finance and Private Sector Section of the Macroeconomic policy Division of UNECA organized an Experts Group Meeting at UNCC in Addis Ababa Ethiopia to… Read more »
December 15, 2016
Africa: African Least Developed Countries Need Greater 'Momentum' to Graduate From LDC Status
Kigali 15 December (ECA)- After several years of resilience following the global financial crisis, economic growth in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) has declined sharply… Read more »
December 09, 2016
Africa: Nobel Laureate Eric Maskin Addresses Issues of Globalization and Inequality
On Day 1 of the 11th African Economic Conference in Abuja, Nigeria, Prof. Eric Maskin of Harvard University and co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in economics made a short… Read more »
Africa: Is There a Future for Smallholder Farmers in Africa?
Participants at the 2016 African Economic Conference think there is future for smallholder farmers on the continent. They think African countries can use build upon the Green… Read more »
December 10, 2016
Africa: Towards an Inclusive-Development-Generating Mining Industry in Central Africa
Brazzaville, 10 Dec. 2016 (ECA) - The Sub-Regional Office for Central Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has convened mining development experts of… Read more »
December 06, 2016
Africa: Ending Hunger and Enabling Food Security in Africa
Researchers, policy-makers and development partners converge in Abuja, Nigeria, for the 11 th African Economic Conference (AEC) from December 5-7, 2016, to share… Read more »
November 30, 2016
Africa: ECA Project to Strengthen African Policymakers' Capacities in Building Inclusive and Sustainable Cities
A new project to strengthen the capacities of African policy makers and experts to effectively design, reformulate and implement strategies and policies for inclusive and… Read more »
November 02, 2016
Africa: ECA and Experts Examine Links Between Territorial Policies, Industrialization and Inclusive Development
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA - Office for North Africa) will organize on 24-25 November in Tunis (Tunisia) an expert group meeting under the theme : "Territorialization… Read more »
November 16, 2016
Africa: With Integrated Planning, Africa Can Benefit From Urbanisation
Urbanization can support industrialization, sustained economic growth, enhanced productivity and social environment if well manged. Read more »
November 03, 2016
Africa: Experts Get Early Preview of the ECA's 2017 Economic Report On Africa
Experts attending the 3rd Annual Senior Experts Dialogue on Science, Technology and the African Transformation Agenda on Thursday got a snippet preview of the ECA's flagship… Read more »
November 08, 2016
Cameroon: Stage Set for Inclusive and Sustainable Cities
Some 30 senior officials from several Government Ministries in Cameroon are concerting to roll out an ECA-facilitated project to strengthen the capacities of African countries to… Read more »
November 01, 2016
Africa: Gender Mainstreaming Into Development Interventions
Within the framework of accelerating the implementation of gender equality and equity as an essential basis for Development interventions, the ECA through its Sub-Regional Office… Read more »
October 08, 2016
Africa: For an Integrated Approach to the SDGs and Agenda 2063
Africa needs an integrated approach to implement its development agenda. The year 2016 marks a double transition period, from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the… Read more »
October 07, 2016
Africa: Conciliating Sustainable Development and Growth - Implications for Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa, the WTO Chair of the Mohammed V University of Rabat and LEAD (University of Toulon Laboratory for Applied Economic Research in Development),… Read more »
October 04, 2016
Africa: International Colloquium of Rabat to Study Links Between Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development
The Economic Commission for Africa is organizing, in partnership with the WTO Chair of the Mohammed V University of Rabat and LEAD (University of Toulon Laboratory for Applied… Read more »
October 09, 2016
Africa: Cameroon and ECA Hitch Horses for Further Development Cooperation
The Government of Cameroon and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) have recommitted to work hand in glove for both the structural transformation of the country and the… Read more »
October 19, 2016
Africa: African Leaders Hail Lopes for Championing Continent's Development
African Heads of State and Government at the weekend lauded Mr. Carlos Lopes of the Economic Commission for Africa for his active role in promoting and strengthening of African… Read more »
October 12, 2016
Africa: Launch of the MDGs to Agenda 2063/SDGs Transition Report 2016
ECA and its partners (AUC, AfDB and UNDP-RBA) will on October 2 launch a report, which looks at Africa's performance on the MDGs to date. The report is the last in a series of MDGs… Read more »
October 03, 2016
Africa: Launch of MDGs-Agenda 2063/SDGs Transition Report
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and its partners, African Development Bank (AfDB), African Union Commission (AUC), and the United Nations Development Programme's Regional… Read more »
September 20, 2016
Africa: ECA to Host Fourth Inter-Agency and Expert Group Meeting On Sustainable Development Goals
The Economic Commission for Africa will next month host the fourth Inter-Agency and expert group meeting on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs). Read more »
September 17, 2016
Africa: Giving Wings to Africa's Regional Integration
As the world gets used to new forms of interconnectedness, Africa is not left aside. Today, more than 700 million Africans are subscribed to mobile services with many wealthy… Read more »
August 04, 2016
East Africa: Debt in Eastern Africa Is Rising Rapidly, but Remains Manageable
In Eastern Africa, debt stocks have risen rapidly over the past five years, but debt ratios appear to remain manageable, according to the UNCTAD Economic Development in Africa 2016… Read more »
August 02, 2016
Ghana: Hunger Costs Ghana Ghc4.6 Billion per Year
The economy of Ghana loses some GHC4.6 billion annually (equivalent of US$2.6 billion in 2012) due to the effects of child undernutrition, according to a study released in Accra… Read more »