African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP)https://hdl.handle.net/10855/225972024-03-19T09:28:59Z2024-03-19T09:28:59ZFinancement du développement et soutenabilité de l’ajustement fiscal : Cas du Malihttps://hdl.handle.net/10855/495112023-04-28T04:09:16Z2020-01-01T00:00:00ZFinancement du développement et soutenabilité de l’ajustement fiscal : Cas du Mali
Ce document est une note d’orientation politique, et partant constitue la synthèse d’une réflexion. Les points de vue qui y sont exprimés représentent ceux des auteurs et constituent le résultat d’analyse professionnelle. Il ne saurait refléter la politique officielle, une prise de position ou des opinions de l’IDEP, ni ceux de ses pays membres ou encore des membres de son personnel. Toute erreur serait imputable aux auteurs. Cette note d’orientation a été élaborée à la suite d’une étude de cas sur le « Financement du Développement et Soutenabilité de l’Ajustement Fiscal au Mali ». Cette étude a abouti à des résultats dont découlent les recommandations présentées dans cette note. En effet, des techniques de modélisation vectorielle a correction d’erreur sur des données couvrant la période 1989 à 2020 ont été utilisées pour étudier la soutenabilité de la politique budgétaire en faveur d’une baisse de la dette globale au Mali.
2020-01-01T00:00:00ZStrengthening fiscal policies to ensure fiscal sustainability, efficient and dynamic financing for development, and better debt management in Liberiahttps://hdl.handle.net/10855/495102023-04-28T04:09:16Z2020-01-01T00:00:00ZStrengthening fiscal policies to ensure fiscal sustainability, efficient and dynamic financing for development, and better debt management in Liberia
This policy brief is drawn from a case-study on “Strengthening fiscal policies to ensure fiscal sustainability, efficient and dynamic financing for development, and better debt management in Liberia”. The results of the study are briefly presented and some policy recommendations discussed. The study used annual data from 1990 to 2020 to estimate a vector error correction model (VECM) to determine the relationship between debt relief and selected variables in Liberia. The results show an improvement in the health system, expanding international trade, reducing the exchange rate against the USD and infant mortality could reduce total
debt in the long term.
2020-01-01T00:00:00ZDigital agribusiness – for a sustainable industrialization : the role of economic planning and capacity building towards a resilient economic recoveryhttps://hdl.handle.net/10855/495092023-04-28T04:09:15Z2020-01-01T00:00:00ZDigital agribusiness – for a sustainable industrialization : the role of economic planning and capacity building towards a resilient economic recovery
This policy brief departs from the discussion on the topic “Digital agribusiness – For a sustainable industrialization - The role of economic planning and capacity building towards a resilient economic recovery”, held during IDEP side event at the 53rd Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (COM) in March 2021. It takes it from there and reflected further on the opportunities for better recovery in the digital agri-business. Reflections discussed the role of an enabling environment through improved ICT infrastructure and development planning.
2020-01-01T00:00:00ZBotswana country handbook: supporting social and economic development in southern Africa: recent activities of the sub regional office for southern Africa of the economic commission for Africa in Botswanahttps://hdl.handle.net/10855/494872023-04-18T10:04:13Z2022-01-01T00:00:00ZBotswana country handbook: supporting social and economic development in southern Africa: recent activities of the sub regional office for southern Africa of the economic commission for Africa in Botswana
Botswana is a member of the Southern African Customs Union and SADC. Although the country has not yet ratified the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area, which it signed on 10 February 2019, it is currently developing a strategy and implementation plan related to the Area. Recent direct and indirect technical support for social and economic development in Botswana has been focused on training and capacity-building relating to the integrated planning and reporting toolkit, the development of a national strategy and implementation plan related to the African Continental Free Trade Area, and food balance sheets, as well as on preparing country profiles and land policy. The Subregional Office for Southern Africa prepared and published the Country Profiles series, which included a profile on Botswana. Each profile provided robust independent analysis of the country’s economic and social development status, progress and prospects, which policymakers and analysts could use for key national, regional and international development initiatives and agendas, including economic transformation. The series was published and updated until 2018. The latest generation of profiles are the structural transformation, employment, production and society (STEPS) profiles. These recurrent publications were widely disseminated, eliciting evidence-based policy engagement and dialogue among State and non-State stakeholders.
2022-01-01T00:00:00ZNambia country handbook: highlights of ECA’S support to Namibia 2017-2022https://hdl.handle.net/10855/494892023-04-18T10:04:16Z2022-02-01T00:00:00ZNambia country handbook: highlights of ECA’S support to Namibia 2017-2022
The economy of Namibia is dominated by mining, agriculture, manufacturing and tourism. Pearls and diamonds were the most important exports in 2021, accounting for 19.4 per cent of the national total, followed by uranium (15.2 per cent) and fish (14.8 per cent). The country’s trade dependence index stood at 45.9 per cent, indicating that the economy is heavily dependent on international trade. The contribution of the agriculture sector (excluding fishing) to gross domestic product (GDP) averaged more than 4 percent between 2018 and 2021. Namibia is a member of the Southern African Customs Union and SADC. The country signed the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area on 2 July 2018 and deposited the instruments of ratification for the Agreement on 1 February 2019. Recent technical support provided to stakeholders in Southern Africa included, among other things, industrial policy harmonization; the development of national strategies and implementation plans related to the African Continental Free Trade Area; support for the growth of micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises; domestic resource mobilization; and capacity-building in macroeconomic modelling. The Subregional Office for Southern Africa prepared and published the Country Profiles series, which included a profile on Namibia. Each profile provided robust independent analysis of the country’s economic and social development status, progress and prospects, which policymakers and analysts could use for key national, regional and international development initiatives and agendas, including economic transformation. The series was published and updated until 2018. The latest generation of profiles are the structural transformation, employment, production and society (STEPS) profiles. These recurrent publications were widely disseminated, eliciting evidence-based policy engagement and dialogue among State and non-State stakeholders.
2022-02-01T00:00:00ZZimbabwe country handbook: highlights of ECA’S support to Zimbabwe 2019-2022https://hdl.handle.net/10855/494882023-07-05T10:06:18Z2022-01-01T00:00:00ZZimbabwe country handbook: highlights of ECA’S support to Zimbabwe 2019-2022
According to World Bank statistics for 2021, Zimbabwe has a gross domestic product (GDP) of approximately $26.22 billion, mainly from the agriculture, mining and tourism sectors. Since 2013, the economy of Zimbabwe has been grappling with several development-related challenges, including declining economic growth, inflation, heightened poverty and inequality, huge public debt and soaring unemployment. Recent technical support provided to stakeholders in Southern Africa included, among other things, industrial policy harmonization; the development of national strategies and implementation plans related to the African Continental Free Trade Area; support for the growth of micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises; domestic resource mobilization; and capacity-building in macroeconomic modelling. The Subregional Office for Southern Africa prepared and published the Country Profiles series, which included a profile on Zimbabwe. Each profile provided robust independent analysis of the country’s economic and social development status, progress and prospects, which policymakers and analysts could use for key national, regional and international development initiatives and agendas, including economic transformation. The series was published and updated until 2018. The latest generation of profiles are the structural transformation, employment, production and society (STEPS) profiles. These recurrent publications were widely disseminated, eliciting evidence-based policy engagement and dialogue among State and non-State stakeholders.
2022-01-01T00:00:00ZYouth Employability and the Entrepreneurship : the Role of Digital economyhttps://hdl.handle.net/10855/494222023-03-22T13:06:02Z2020-01-01T00:00:00ZYouth Employability and the Entrepreneurship : the Role of Digital economy
Projections reveal that by the year 2050, the African population will be 1.3 billion with about 15-20 million constitute youth and A Regional Situation Analysis Report on Africa’s youth and prospects for inclusive development by UNECA (2017) also purport that by 2050, the teeming number of young Africans are forecast to form one fourth of the world’s population. It is evident from the afforested that the choices, opportunities and constraints of young people in the youthful continent of Africa will play a crucial role in shaping Africa’s development and although this may supposedly be positive and reaffirming news, it is not without its woes as this projected increase will also lead to a rise in social challenges that youth are currently still faced with – joblessness, struggle to access public resources and quality social services, limited to no involvement in policy formulation and programme design
thereby limited to adhoc decision making. This policy brief draws from the interventions and discussions from the virtual conference on “Youth Employability and the Entrepreneurship: Role of digital economy”, held on November 10, 2020. The webinar first set the tone by providing the relevance of the opportunities as well as challenges that African youth currently are faced with regards to this webinar.
2020-01-01T00:00:00ZDeterminants of female labour force participation in Botswanahttps://hdl.handle.net/10855/494212023-03-22T13:06:01Z2021-01-01T00:00:00ZDeterminants of female labour force participation in Botswana
This paper examines the determinants of the female labor force participation in Botswana with a special attention on both formal and informal sectors. Although a progress has been made in terms of share of women in the labor force over the years, this is yet to be translated into quality and decent jobs for women as these latter are mostly employed in the informal sector. The methodology uses data from the Botswana Multi Topics Household Survey 2015/16 to run a multinomial logistic model with labor force as dependent variable, and age, marriage, geographical location and education level as explanatory variables. The
results reveal the significance of these variables in determining the female labor participation in both formal and informal sectors in Botswana. However, the effect of the marital status is nuanced. Thus, the policy makers should focus on strengthening the education of young girls and ensuring the economic development of non-urban areas to create more job opportunities.
2021-01-01T00:00:00ZVolunteer-based solution for the Agenda 2030 for sustainable Development : volunteer contribution in the SDGs process, accomplishments, and the Way Forwardhttps://hdl.handle.net/10855/494202023-03-22T13:06:01Z2020-01-01T00:00:00ZVolunteer-based solution for the Agenda 2030 for sustainable Development : volunteer contribution in the SDGs process, accomplishments, and the Way Forward
On 17 November 2020, in close collaboration with the UN Volunteers Programme and Social Change Factory, UNIDEP organized a webinar “Transformative Youth Volunteerism to Accelerate SDGs during the Covid19 Period”. Distinguished speakers stressed the needs of special support for the members and leaders of the youth community including women, in the context of Africa and in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, ii) presented best practices on effective interventions through volunteering in the global, regional and national level, and iii) put forward recommendations to further advance the work building upon the accomplishments (Centre for social Change, 2020, UNV,2020). As a key document following the above-mentioned webinar, this policy brief is to provide decision makers and -advisors engaged in the leading process of national economic and social planning with the overview of latest research results. The research includes the value and the benefit of encouraging civic engagement through formal and informal volunteering, as well as special efforts made for guidance and intervention in global, regional and national level, which furnishes a foundation of their intelligence in realizing the opportunity of volunteering as citizen’s contribution to national prosperity. This policy brief will conclude by proposing the way forward to build upon the pivotal milestones achieved so far to further advance the public welfare.
2020-01-01T00:00:00ZSouth Sudan Country Handbook : highlights of ECA’s support to South Sudan 2019-2022https://hdl.handle.net/10855/493722023-03-29T19:15:26Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZSouth Sudan Country Handbook : highlights of ECA’s support to South Sudan 2019-2022
ECA, in collaboration with the Ministry of Trade and Industry of South Sudan, conducted a series of training sessions for senior trade officials of Somalia and South Sudan on negotiations related to their accession to the World Trade Organization. The Government of South Sudan is facing many challenges linked with insufficient capacities in the public sector to develop, negotiate and implement trade policies. ECA spearheaded the establishment of the Business Council for the corridor to facilitate the participation of the private sector in the implementation of the corridor programmes. This report is focused on the period of economic recovery from the global pandemic, a recovery that started in 2021 and should have gained pace in 2022, were it not for an unfortunate set of circumstances, including severe drought in the Horn of Africa, conflict in the sub region and the breaking out of the war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine in February 2022.
2023-01-01T00:00:00ZData Analysis for Sustainable Development Planninghttps://hdl.handle.net/10855/439222023-01-31T10:05:15Z2020-05-01T00:00:00ZData Analysis for Sustainable Development Planning
Ce module est composé de trois sessions. Chaque session a des objectifs d'apprentissage spécifiques. La session 1 se concentre sur la conceptualisation du développement durable dans le contexte de l'agenda 2030 (en particulier les objectifs de développement durable (ODD) et l'agenda 2063), tandis que la session 2 traite du rôle des statistiques dans le développement durable. La session 3 traite de l'importance des Examens Nationaux Volontaires (ENV).
2020-05-01T00:00:00ZUrbanization and Inclusive Economic Growth in Africahttps://hdl.handle.net/10855/439202023-01-31T10:05:13Z2019-03-01T00:00:00ZUrbanization and Inclusive Economic Growth in Africa
Urbanization is a mega-trend with profound implications for Africa’s growth and transformation. Africa’s rapid urban growth presents considerable demands for employment, services and infrastructure, but also advantages for economic growth. While urbanization is necessary for structural transformation, it is not sufficient. The quality of cities can facilitate the growth of productive economic sectors or can constrict it. Despite the importance of cities for Africa’s inclusive growth agenda, there remain policy disconnects between spatial and economic planning. Currently, African national development plans consider urban issues as a sectoral issue, with a limited role in economic transformation and industrialization. Under national development planning, a cross-sectoral and strategic perspective is required to link urbanization and inclusive economic growth.
2019-03-01T00:00:00ZUrbanisation et croissance économique Inclusive en Afriquehttps://hdl.handle.net/10855/439212023-01-31T10:05:14Z2020-01-01T00:00:00ZUrbanisation et croissance économique Inclusive en Afrique
L'urbanisation est une méga-tendance qui a de profondes implications pour la croissance et la transformation de l'Afrique. La croissance urbaine rapide de l'Afrique présente des demandes considérables en matière d'emploi, de services et d'infrastructures, mais aussi des avantages pour la croissance économique. Si l'urbanisation est nécessaire à la transformation structurelle, elle n'est pas suffisante. La qualité des villes peut faciliter la croissance des secteurs économiques productifs ou la freiner. Malgré l'importance des villes pour le programme de croissance inclusive de l'Afrique, il subsiste des déconnexions politiques entre la planification spatiale et économique. Actuellement, les plans de développement nationaux africains considèrent les questions urbaines comme une question sectorielle, avec un rôle limité dans la transformation économique et l'industrialisation. Dans le cadre de la planification du développement national, une perspective intersectorielle et stratégique est nécessaire pour lier l'urbanisation et la croissance économique inclusive.
2020-01-01T00:00:00ZEstimate of Yaoundé GDP: reporthttps://hdl.handle.net/10855/492482022-12-06T02:37:57Z2021-10-01T00:00:00ZEstimate of Yaoundé GDP: report
Urbanization and the growth of cities promote national development by diversifying sources of income, by offering more service options, and by opening prospects favorable to innovation and the acquisition of skills. The promotion of inclusive and more sustainable economic growth therefore presupposes the empowerment of administrative districts in order to ensure faster and broader contextual urban development. This is the reason why the Cameroon political authorities have chosen to implement a decentralized mode of governance. In Cameroon, this decentralization is both administrative and budgetary. The Yaounde city council and the Economic Commission for Africa in partnership with national institutions including the National Institute of Statistics have carried out a pilot study in order to estimate the GDP of the city of Yaoundé. The study found that from 2013 to 20205, Yaoundé's GDP grew at an average growth rate of 2.32%. In addition, Yaoundé's GDP contributed on average to 15% of the national GDP for the period considered. In 2020, Yaoundé's GDP increased by 0.8% to stand at around 3,309 billion FCFA or 14.44% of the national GDP. The report is structured around six main points: background, existing practice of estimating the GDP, detailed approach and methodology, detailed estimate plan, estimation of Yaoundé’s city GDP and conclusion.
2021-10-01T00:00:00ZFondements théoriques du modèle macroéconomiquehttps://hdl.handle.net/10855/492452022-12-02T10:09:27Z2020-06-01T00:00:00ZFondements théoriques du modèle macroéconomique
La Commission économique pour l'Afrique (CEA) a développé un modèle pour aider les pays à mettre en œuvre un plan de développement durable. Il se caractérise par une approche néoclassique de l'offre à long terme et une approche keynésienne de la demande à court terme. Dans ce modèle, les équations de comportement sont posées dans un cadre de co-intégration et de correction d’erreur car il s'agit d'un modèle cohérent théoriquement dans lequel le court terme peut être modélisé pour correspondre aux données, le mécanisme de correction faisant en sorte que le système progresse vers le long terme en l'absence de chocs. Cette approche permettra d’intégrer dans le même cadre l'analyse des politiques et les prévisions. De plus, les variables de politique sont modélisées en introduisant de la souplesse dans les actions délibérées des pouvoirs publics, si nécessaire. Le modèle comprend une cinquantaine d'équations intégrant les variables qui déterminent la demande et l'offre. La demande est constituée par la somme des éléments de dépense, les exportations assurant le lien à l’échelle mondiale. L'offre est soutenue par une fonction de production sous-jacente générale qui planifie les facteurs de production par rapport à la production finale, représentant ainsi la capacité productive de l'économie.
2020-06-01T00:00:00ZPerformance et perspectives économiques trimestrielles en Afrique avril-juin 2022https://hdl.handle.net/10855/492442023-06-20T07:07:51Z2022-06-01T00:00:00ZPerformance et perspectives économiques trimestrielles en Afrique avril-juin 2022
Le conflit entre la Fédération de Russie et l’Ukraine a créé des goulets d’étranglement dans la chaîne d’approvisionnement mondiale et entraîné des chocs sur les prix des produits de base, réduisant ainsi les perspectives de croissance de nombreuses économies africaines. La Fédération de Russie et l’Ukraine étant des fournisseurs essentiels de produits agricoles au niveau mondial, les prix de ces produits et des intrants connexes, notamment les engrais, ont fortement augmenté depuis le début du conflit. La combinaison de l’augmentation rapide des prix des aliments et des engrais et des perturbations de la chaîne d’approvisionnement a exacerbé les pressions sur les prix intérieurs, accentuant encore une insécurité alimentaire déjà grave dans de nombreux pays. Ces défis surviennent à un moment où de nombreuses économies africaines subissent déjà les répercussions négatives de la pandémie, des chocs climatiques (la production alimentaire de nombreux pays ayant été affectée par des inondations, des sécheresses et d’autres phénomènes météorologiques extrêmes) et des risques accrus pour la sécurité. Résultat :des factures d’importation gonflées pour les économies qui sont des importateurs nets de denrées alimentaires et de pétrole, qui auront pour conséquence de ralentir la croissance économique en 2022.
2022-06-01T00:00:00ZAfrica’s quarterly Economic performance and outlook April - June 2022https://hdl.handle.net/10855/492432022-12-02T10:09:26Z2022-06-01T00:00:00ZAfrica’s quarterly Economic performance and outlook April - June 2022
The conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine has given rise to global supply chain bottlenecks and commodity price shocks, which have weakened the growth prospects of many African economies. Because the Russian Federation and Ukraine are crucial suppliers of agricultural commodities globally, the prices of those commodities and related inputs, including fertilizer, have risen sharply since the outbreak of the conflict. The combination of rapidly rising food and fertilizer prices and supply chain disruptions has exacerbated domestic price pressures, further worsening already dire food insecurity in many countries. Those challenges come at a time when many African economies are already reeling from the adverse repercussions of the pandemic, climate shocks (as food production in many countries has been adversely affected by floods, droughts and other extreme weather events), and heightened security risks. The result: ballooning import bills for economies that are net food and oil importers, which will reduce economic growth in 2022.
2022-06-01T00:00:00ZCadre macroéconomique pour une économie verte inclusive en Afriquehttps://hdl.handle.net/10855/439192022-11-16T15:36:10Z2019-01-01T00:00:00ZCadre macroéconomique pour une économie verte inclusive en Afrique
Le concept d'économie verte a pris une importance nouvelle dans la recherche de solutions aux crises économiques et financières mondiales de 2008/2009 (financières, énergétiques et alimentaires), y compris les défis posés par la dégradation de l'environnement et le changement climatique. C'est le cas, par exemple, du Global Green New Deal et de l'Initiative pour une économie verte des Nations Unies (ONU). L'économie verte était également l'un des thèmes de la Conférence des Nations Unies sur le développement durable (Rio+20), qui visaient tous à aborder les dimensions économique, environnementale et sociale du développement durable. Depuis lors, le concept a reçu une attention politique mondiale en tant que solution de rechange pour résoudre les problèmes systématiques des systèmes économiques dominants, par une croissance plus inclusive et durable (CEA, 2015a; PEP, 2012). Notez par exemple que la Déclaration du Consensus africain à Rio+20 a identifié que la transition vers une économie verte a le potentiel de créer des emplois, de stimuler la croissance économique et de contribuer à réduire la pauvreté, tout en répondant aux objectifs du développement durable (CEA, 2015a).
2019-01-01T00:00:00ZProgramme de gestion du patrimoine: rapport de mission 27 – 29 juin 2022https://hdl.handle.net/10855/491082022-11-14T10:10:47Z2022-06-01T00:00:00ZProgramme de gestion du patrimoine: rapport de mission 27 – 29 juin 2022
La CEA a lancé, en collaboration avec la Commission de l’Union africaine, le Programme de gestion de la culture et du patrimoine. L’objectif global du Programme est de contribuer aux secteurs des industries culturelles et créatives (ICC) des pays africains en général, et plus particulièrement à l’autonomisation des communautés locales et des experts des arts, de la culture et du patrimoine par le biais du renforcement des capacités et d’autres domaines d’intervention afin de promouvoir une source de transformation économique structurelle, de progrès socio-économique, de création d’emplois et d’innovation tout en contribuant à l’inclusion sociale et au développement humain durable.
2022-06-01T00:00:00ZTable ronde de haut niveau sur le thème "Financement de la relance de l’Afrique: trouver des solutions innovantes"https://hdl.handle.net/10855/482762022-10-31T09:36:55Z2022-01-01T00:00:00ZTable ronde de haut niveau sur le thème "Financement de la relance de l’Afrique: trouver des solutions innovantes"
La table ronde réunit des ministres africains des finances, des gouverneurs de banques centrales et des experts pour discuter du thème de la cinquante-quatrième session de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique, à savoir « Financement de la relance de l’Afrique : trouver des solutions innovantes ». Elle est l’occasion pour les ministres d’évaluer le paysage du financement en Afrique et de mettre en commun leurs expériences, d’évaluer les défis et les perspectives et de proposer des mécanismes innovants pour améliorer le financement du développement du continent en qualité et en quantité, le but étant de soutenir la reprise après la pandémie de coronavirus (COVID-19). Au niveau intérieur, le renforcement des capacités de l’administration fiscale et la promotion de la création de la valeur ajoutée seront essentiels pour endiguer les flux financiers illicites et élargir l’assiette fiscal. Au niveau extérieur, il est impératif, d’une part, d’améliorer l’accès aux financements concessionnels, notamment par la recapitalisation des banques multilatérales de développement, d’autre part, de concevoir une architecture financière mondiale qui soit agile et réactive aux besoins de financement des pays à faible revenu et des pays à revenu intermédiaire vulnérables.
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