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Reform of the international financial architecture and the policy implications for Africa : background paper
(2010-06)
This paper undertakes an analysis of the emerging international financial architecture from the perspective of its implications for Africa. It highlights the evolution of the international financial architecture following ...
African Ministers of Finance and Economic Development commit to placing Agriculture at the core of growth policies
(2010-03)
In the framework of the General Assembly Resolution 57/7, which recommends that NEPAD be the framework within which UN agencies support Africa’s development, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa ...
Overview of economic and social conditions in Africa in 2009
(2010-02)
The global recession negatively affected economic activity in Africa in 2009. The continental gross domestic product (GDP) growth decelerated from 4.9 per cent in 2008 to 1.6 per cent in 2009, as demand and prices for ...
Sustainable development report on Africa: sustainable consumption and production for sustainable growth and poverty reduction
(2010)
The report documents progress made by African countries in the implementation of sustainable development commitments on the thematic cluster of issues comprising transport, chemicals, waste management, mining and sustainable ...
Third edition of the African Economic Outlook focuses on aid and Public Resource Mobilisation
(2010-07)
The African Economic Outlook has become a widely acclaimed annual report on African economies. AEO is the only recurrent report on Africa that provides country-by-country analysis of recent political, economic and social ...
Proceedings of the sixteenth Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of Southern Africa : workshop report : Johannesburg, South Africa 3-4 May 2012
(2010-03)
The sixteenth ICE meeting held from 24th–25th March 2010 in Lilongwe, Malawi was organized under the theme: “Responses to the Impacts of the Global Financial and Economic Crises in Southern Africa” with the objective of ...
UNECA and Microsoft join forces to support economic growth and opportunity in Africa
(2010-01)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and Microsoft announced the signing of a partnership agreement to promote development and foster regional cooperation in Africa by leveraging information and ...
UNECA and Microsoft join forces to support economic growth and opportunity in Africa
(2010-01)
Through the public-private partnership, UNECA and Microsoft will employ their respective expertise in a number of areas including: access to software and technical support; local software development; capacity building in ...
Side events to the AUC/ECA Committee of experts meeting focus on illicit financial flows and regulatory models in the knowledge economy
(2010-03)
African finance and development leading experts gathered in Lilongwe (Malawi), tackled financial integrity issues and the e-economy regulatory models during two panel discussions organized as side events to the Committee ...