Africa: Strengthening Economic Corridors

The Economic Commission for Africa, through the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) is holding a meeting in collaboration with the Walvis Bay Corridor Group and other Corridor… Read more »

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 »

Cote d'Ivoire: Development Planning - The ECA Lends Its Support to Côte d'Ivoire

On February 20th in Abidjan, the Ministry of Planning and Development (MPD) of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, in collaboration with the Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of… Read more »

Africa: ECA's Deputy Executive Secretary Meets Estonian Ambassador to Explore ICT Cooperation

Economic Commission for Africa's Deputy Executive Secretary for Knowledge Delivery Giovanie Biha recently met with Estonia's Ambassador to Egypt and Ethiopia, Mr. Sander Soone, to… Read more »

Africa: African Corridor Management Alliance to Strengthen Economic Corridors

The Economic Commission for Africa, through the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) is holding a meeting in collaboration with the Walvis Bay Corridor Group and other Corridor… Read more »

West Africa: Guterres Commends Ecowas for Role in Gambia's Peaceful Transition

(ECA) - The 28th African Union Summit opened in Ethiopia Monday with United Nations Secretary, General Antonio Guterres, commending the 'extraordinary' unity and leadership showed… Read more »

Africa: Idep Leads Dialogue On Youth Employment and the Demographic Dividend in Africa

The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP), in collaboration with the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs… Read more »

Africa: The IFF Consortium

The Consortium of stakeholders serves as a coordinating mechanism to oversee the implementation of the recommendations of the High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows. Read more »

Africa: Lawmakers Benefit From Training in Natural Resource Policy and Contract Negotiations

The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) and the Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute of Eastern and Southern Africa (MEFMI) recently jointly… Read more »

Africa: Twenty African Officials Benefit From Trade Policy Analysis Course

In its quest to help Africa deal with challenges it is facing regarding trade policy issues, the African Centre for Trade Policy (ATCP) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA,… Read more »

Africa: Expert Group Meeting On the Economic Report On Africa 2017

The external peer review meeting for ERA 2017 was held on 15-16 December 2017 at the UNCC. Read more »

Africa: External Peer Review Meeting On the Economic Report On Africa 2017

The external peer review meeting for ERA 2017 was held on 15-16 December 2017 at the UNCC. Read more »

Africa: Canada's Progressive Trade Agenda Starts in Africa

The arrival of President-elect Donald Trump threw the Liberal Government's trade strategy off balance. The recent reshuffling of Cabinet and the now laser-like focus on the United… Read more »

Africa: Africa Data Revolution Report

Drawing from the lessons of the MDGs, the SDG process recognized at the beginning that to achieve real sustainable development, we must “leave no one behind”. This was… Read more »

Africa: Inception Meeting for the 2018 Economic Report On Africa

The ECA will hold an Inception Meeting on the preparation for the 2018 edition of the Economic Report on Africa which will take place in Conference Room 3 on 13 January 2017 from… Read more »

Africa: African Governments Urged to Repeal Discriminatory Laws Against Women

The Africa Ministerial Pre-Consultative Meeting on the 61st Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 61st) on the theme "Women's economic empowerment in the changing world of work"… Read more »

East Africa: The Indian Ocean Commission Endorses the Handbook On the Blue Economy Published By the ECA

Kigali, 23 December (ECA) - In the Agenda 2063 of the African Union, it is asserted that the "blue-world" should be major contributors to the transformation and growth of the… Read more »

Africa: Experts Discuss Land Governance to Increase Agricultural Investment

Land in Africa has become the safest asset for those with spare funds to invest. With its growing population, Rwanda, like many other countries on the continent, has also been… Read more »

Africa: IDEP Trains Policymakers in Gender-Responsive Economic Policy Formulation

Dakar, Senegal, December 15 (IDEP) - The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning recently organized a course for senior and mid-level African policymakers to equip… Read more »

Africa: Policy Convergence Can Catalyse Central Africa's Transport Interconnection

Brazzaville, 15 Dec. 2016 (ECA) - Central Africa's transport interconnection problems are not a result of lack of expertise across countries but rather a manifestation of… Read more »

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 »

Africa: ECA and ECCAS Deepen Collaboration

Libreville, Gabon, 14 Dec. 2016 (ECA) - The Secretariat General of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through… Read more »

Africa: Mining and Development in Central Africa - Much Still to Be Done

Brazzaville, 14 Dec. 2016 (ECA) - In spite of the efforts deployed by countries in Central Africa to incorporate the objectives of the African Mining Vision (AMV) into national… Read more »

Africa: Senegal, ECA and NEPAD to Launch Infrastructure Investment Tool in Dakar

A global tool designed to increase private sector investment in Africa's transboundary infrastructure will be unveiled in Dakar on 15 December at the King Fahd Hotel. Read more »

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 »