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Africa: Curtain Falls On 10th African Economic Conference in Kinshasa
African Development Bank (AfDB), 4 November 2015
Leaving no one behind in the development agenda will require taking bold steps by African governments including strengthening the role of state in economic transformation to… Read more »
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Africa: Adopting a Non-Conventional Way of Tackling Poverty and Inequality in the SDGs
African Development Bank (AfDB), 4 November 2015
The recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a critical framing for transforming development like never before, tackling poverty and inequality as well a… Read more »
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Africa: Researchers Call for Improved Governance and the Establishment of Strong, Credible Institutions
African Development Bank (AfDB), 4 November 2015
On Tuesday, November 3, researchers gathered in Kinshasa at a fringe event held during the 10th African Economic Conference. The session, chaired by Professor Bernadette Kamgnia,… Read more »
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Africa: Economists Confront Setbacks to Building Agriculture-Driven Industrialization in Africa
African Development Bank (AfDB), 4 November 2015
New research on the effect of increasing the amount of raw cocoa processed locally in Ghana for the US $20-billion export market has highlighted the difficulty of achieving rapid… Read more »
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Africa: Role of International Banks in Fighting Poverty
African Development Bank (AfDB), 4 November 2015
The role of financial institutions in supporting the fight against poverty has come into sharp focus at the 10th African Economic Conference (AEC), which opened in Kinshasa,… Read more »
Focus on Poverty - African Economic Conference #2015AEC Day2
Discussions continued on November 3 and 4 at the 2015 African Economic Conference co-organized by the African Development Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the United Nations Development Programme in Kinshasa. Governance was cited as essential to fighting povert and overcoming income disparities across the continent. Follow on Twitter: #2015AEC
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Africa: Mixed Bag of Prosperity, Rising Inequality and Opportunity
UNECA, 2 November 2015
The numbers look good but as much as African economies have grown in the past decade, they still produce inequality and lack fair distribution and inclusion declared the Economic… Read more »
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Africa: Smart Measures Required to Weather Commodity Boom-Bust Cycles
African Development Bank (AfDB), 4 November 2015
Governments in Africa should put into place fiscal rules, sovereign wealth funds and other mechanisms to buffer their economies from the commodities roller-coaster, according to a… Read more »
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African Development Bank (AfDB), 3 November 2015
On Monday, November 2 at the third plenary session of the African Economic Conference (AEC) in Kinshasa, the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Augustin… Read more »
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African Development Bank (AfDB), 3 November 2015
"Tax morale and trust in public institutions" and "Housing finance and inclusive growth in Africa" were the topics of two papers presented by a group of researchers and economists… Read more »
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Africa: Growth and Poverty - the Paradoxes of African Economies
UNECA, 2 November 2015
African leaders gathered at the African Economic Conference taking place in Kinshasa from 02- 04 November said to reduce poverty and inequality Africa needs inclusive economies and… Read more »
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Africa: Weathering Global Ups-and-Downs to Grow Our Economies - Ex-DRC Central Bank Gov
allAfrica, 3 November 2015
While I was president of the Central Bank of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),we pursued fiscal and monetary policies that paved the way for 9.2 percent economic growth last… Read more »
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Africa: Growth is Real But Development Must Be Inclusive - Calos Lopes Blog
UNECA, 3 November 2015
Africa's much trumpeted growth is real. It is a significant historical achievement to be able to almost triple GDP in one and half decade. Read more »
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Africa: Tackling Poverty and Inequality to Meet the Sustainable Development Goals
UNECA, 3 November 2015
Following the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by world leaders in September, policy-makers, development practitioners, and researchers are convening to lay… Read more »
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With a focus on poverty and inequality, delegates from across the continent and around the globe are taking part in the 2015 African Economic Conference co-organized by the African ... Read more »
