July 26, 2017
Africa: Final Call for Abstracts - 2017 Conference On Land Policy in Africa
"The Africa We Want: Achieving socioeconomic transformation through inclusive and equitable access to land by the youth" is the theme of the 2017 Conference on Land Policy in… Read more »
July 25, 2017
Africa: ECA Deputy Chief Highlights the Vital Need for Sound Statistics in Africa
Ms. Giovanie Biha, ECA Deputy Executive Secretary, argues that sound statistics are essential to help African countries to analyse what is going on the continent and better plan… Read more »
July 21, 2017
Africa: Regional Integration - African Directors of Statistics to Meet in Morocco in 2019
In a meeting held on 20 July 2017 in Marrakech, under the joint chairmanship of Morocco's High Commissioner for Planning Ahmed Lahlimi and ECA's Deputy Executive Secretary for… Read more »
July 20, 2017
Nigeria: Amdc Calls for an Inclusive Mineral Sector in Nigeria
Adopting and domesticating the African Mining Vision (AMV) will contribute to laying the institutional groundwork and cementing strong accountability mechanisms that are vital for… Read more »
Africa: Stakeholders Make Case for Open Data in Africa At Report Launch
The maiden edition of The Africa Data Revolution Report (ADRR2016) has been launched in Accra, Ghana, with calls for governments and other data producers to make data open,… Read more »
Africa: Africa's Land Commissions Commit to Recognizing and Securing Community Land Rights
The regional workshop with African Land Commissions on securing community land rights ended in Accra, Ghana, Wednesday with participants committing to advancing policy, legal and… Read more »
Africa: Pilot Study Tracking Implementation of AU Land Declaration Launched in Ghana
The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) today unveiled a Monitoring and Evaluation of Land in Africa (MELA) project to track… Read more »
July 19, 2017
Africa: ECA Pushes Africa's Integration Agenda, Inclusivity and Equitable Trade At the 2017 Aid for Trade Global Review
The just-ended Aid for Trade Global Review 2017 that was held on the theme "Promoting Trade, Inclusiveness and Connectivity for Sustainable Development" saw the Economic Commission… Read more »
Africa: Customary Land Managers Share Lessons & Experiences With Africa's Land Commissioners
The regional workshop for Africa's Land Commissioners focusing on securing community land rights continued today with participants visiting two prominent communities to learn… Read more »
Africa: UN Regional Economic Commissions Share Perspectives On SDGs Progress and Implementation
14 July New York, During a panel on SDGs "implementation at the regional and subregional levels" at the ongoing High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development,UN Regional… Read more »
July 18, 2017
Africa: Inception Workshop to Launch the Monitoring and Evaluation of Land in Africa (Mela) Project
Inception workshop to launch the Monitoring and Evaluation of Land in Africa (MELA) project - a pilot study to track progress in the implementation of the African Union Declaration… Read more »
Africa: Pilot Study Tracking Implementation of AU Land Declaration to Be Unveiled in Ghana
The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), will on Thursday hold an inception workshop in Accra, Ghana, to launch the Monitoring… Read more »
July 17, 2017
Africa: African Land Commissioners' Workshop On Securing Community Land Rights Opens in Accra
The first ever meeting of African Land Commissioners opened in Accra Monday with Ghana's Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John-Peter Amewu, lamenting the extreme levels of… Read more »
Africa: ECA Holds Annual Meeting With Development Partners
The Economic Commission for Africa presented its key achievements at its annual meeting with its group of development partners on 7 July, highlighting its continued support to the… Read more »
Ghana: Workshop With African Land Commissions On Securing Community Land Rights Begins in Accra - 17-20 July, 2017
What: High level workshop on securing community land rights in Africa Read more »
Africa: Better Land Governance Important to Catalyze Africa's Economic Growth Says LPI's Kagwanja
The regional workshop on securing community land rights continued in Accra, Ghana, Monday with Land Policy Initiative (LPI) Coordinator, Joan Kagwanja, saying better governance of… Read more »
Africa: African Governments Urged to Secure Land Rights for All
Insecure forest and land rights trigger widespread poverty, gender disparity, lack of economic growth, social unrest, conflicts and investment risks, says Solange Bandiaky-Badji,… Read more »
July 15, 2017
Ghana: Regional Workshop On Securing Community Land Rights Set for Accra
The Land Policy Initiative (LPI), in partnership with the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), are next week convening a regional workshop with African Land Commissions on… Read more »
Africa: Continental Free Trade Area Negotiations Moving in the Right Direction
Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) negotiations are moving in the right direction and at the desired pace, with the first phase of the negotiations expected to be concluded by the… Read more »
July 14, 2017
Africa: Africa Regional Integration Index Report Under Spotlight At Global Review 2017 in Geneva
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) yesterday hosted a panel discussion at the Sixth Global Review of Aid for Trade, bringing together regional and international experts to… Read more »
Africa: Economic Overview of Burundi - Agricultural Productivity, Key to Greater Growth
Despite the challenges that has affected Burundi, its economy has been relatively resilient for the last past two years, after the recession of 2015. Nevertheless, the country's… Read more »
July 13, 2017
Southern Africa: ECA Urged to Address Development Challenges in Southern Africa
A two-day bureau meeting of the Inter-Governmental Committee of Experts (ICE) for Southern Africa ended on 13 July in Lusaka, Zambia, with calls for the Economic Commission for… Read more »
Africa: ECA-WTO Joint Publication On Role of Aid for Trade in Boosting Intra-African Trade Launched in Geneva
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) have launched a co-publication on promoting connectivity in Africa, focusing on the role of Aid for… Read more »
July 11, 2017
Africa: The African Climate Policy Centre Retools to Strengthen the Implementation of the Paris Agreement for Africa's Transformation.
(G20 - Hamburg 2017) Africa's development agenda is framedby the UN 2030 Agenda for SustainableDevelopment and the continent's widerdevelopment blueprint - Agenda 2063.Attaining… Read more »
Africa: Boosting Intra-African Trade Crucial to Africa's Development Says Eca's Stephen Karingi
The Aid for Trade Global Review 2017 opened at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) headquarters in Geneva today with the Economic Commission for Africa's Capacity Development… Read more »
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