Africa: African Development Needs a Suitable Finance System

Speaking at the opening of the Regional Consultation towards the Third International Conference of Financing for Development held in Addis Ababa on 23 March 2015, Mr Abraham… Read more »

Africa: African Regions to Find Consensus On Financing Priorities for Sustainable Development Goals

Addis Ababa, 20 March 2015 (Joint Press Release ECA-AUC) - The sustainable development goals (SDGs) are on everyone's mouth. The excitement is palpable; the talk is fresh. However,… Read more »

Africa: Former African Heads of State and Government to Hold Their Forum in Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa, 23 March 2015 (ECA-AUC) - As the Conference of Ministers prepares to focus on implementing the African Union Agenda 2063, the Forum for Former African Heads of State… Read more »

Africa: Former African Heads of State and Government to Hold Their Forum in Addis Ababa

As the Conference of Ministers prepares to focus on implementing the African Union Agenda 2063, the Forum for Former African Heads of State and Government, commonly known as the… Read more »

Africa: World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Africa to meet in Addis Ababa

The last week of March 2015 will see a flurry of activities in the diplomatic capital of Africa, Addis Ababa as discussions focus on the continent’s financial and economic… Read more »

Africa: Experts to Debate Political Will On Open Data in Africa

Policy makers, technical experts, development specialists and sectorial specialists keen on promoting open data for development in Africa will meet at the UN Conference Centre in… Read more »

Africa: Stakeholders to Shape Africa's Data Revolution

On the sidelines of the AUC-ECA Conference of Ministers running from 25 to 31 March 2015 in Addis Ababa, experts will seek to push for evidence-based development policies hinged on… Read more »

Africa: Finance to Dominate Agenda at This Year's Conference of Ministers

Experts and politicians to discuss Implementing Agenda 2063 - Planning, Mobilizing and Financing for Development Read more »

Africa: Bankable Infrastructure Projects Will Improve Africa's Economic Growth

Africa needs to create bankable infrastructure projects, stressed the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in his keynote address at the Financial Times… Read more »

Africa: Industrialization Is a Political Project

Industrialization is as much an economic as it is a political project and requires unorthodox thinking, difficult policy choices, innovation and creativity. Read more »

Africa: Subsidize the Agricultural Sector, ECA

Africa's Agricultural transformation cannot take place without the State. Speaking during the official remarks of a two day expert group meeting on Agro-industry development for… Read more »

Africa: Regional Consultation On Financing for Development

The General Assembly, in its resolution 68/204, decided to convene a third International Conference on Financing for Development, the outcome of which will constitute a vital… Read more »

Africa: ECA Country Profiles to Help Countries Tell Their Own Development Narratives

"Africa must be in position to tell its own story, but it won't be able to do so if it doesn't have the data to tell this story. [... ] The ECA country profiles will be assisting… Read more »

Africa: Experts in Antananarivo Call for a Policy Handbook On the Blue Economy

The 19th meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of Eastern Africa was closed after four days of in-depth discussions debates and exchanges on Harnessing the… Read more »

Africa: LPI Events At World Bank Conference - Focus On Learning and Partnerships

The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) participates in the World Bank 2015 Annual Conference on Land and Poverty through organizing sessions and side events during the five-day event,… Read more »

Africa: African Central Bank Governors to Hold Second Caucus in Addis Ababa

The Economic Commission for Africa and the African Union Commission will host the second Caucus of African Central Bank Governors, in Addis Ababa in the margins of the eighth Joint… Read more »

North Africa: North Africa Must Participate More Strongly in Setting the Post-2015 Development Agenda

At the conclusion of the 30th meeting of its Intergovernmental Committee of Experts considering the theme: Implementing Agenda 2063 for the development of Africa, the ECA Office… Read more »

Central Africa: The Forest Industry - Game-Changer for Central Africa

As host to the Congo Basin - the world's second forest expanse, Central has to take advantage of the opportunities that the forest industry offers for the sub-region's… Read more »

Africa: Partners Launch African Climate Research Programme

- The eagerly awaited launch of the Climate Research for Development (CR4D) took place on the sidelines of the AMCOMET meeting in Praia, Cabo Verde on the 23rd February 2015. Read more »

Africa: Land Governance in Africa Requires Commitment and Urgent Attention

Land governance is a prerequisite for hunger and poverty alleviation, and sustainable development, and it requires urgent attention by African governments to improve the… Read more »

Africa: Planning for Africa's Development

Development planning is an important process for economic development and for many centuries, countries across the world have engaged and continue to engage in some form of… Read more »

Africa: The Intergovernmental Negotiations On the Post-2015 Development Agenda

The adoption of the Open Working Group's proposal for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) during the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly in 2014 paved the way for the… Read more »

Africa: Measuring Corruption in Africa

Corruption is seen as one of Africa's critical stumbling-blocks to good governance, inclusive growth and sustainable development. Corruption deprives countries of resources, which… Read more »

Africa: Corruption in Public Procurement - The Case of Infrastructure in Africa

Public procurement systems in Africa have increasingly become a target for corrupt practices. Indeed, corruption in the procurement of public goods and services is a major obstacle… Read more »

Africa: Central Africa Urged to Improve Its Macroeconomic Convergence

Central African countries have been once again admonished to increase their efforts at achieving the kind of regional integration that will foster sustainable growth in all the… Read more »