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Background study on institutions, decentralization and structural transformation in Eastern Africa
(2016-06)
This background report on Institutions, Decentralization and Structural Transformation was prepared for discussion during the Twentieth Session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE). The overall objective was ...
La CEDEAO à 40 ans: une évaluation des progrès vers l’intégration régionale en Afrique de l’ouest
(2016)
La poursuite de l’objectif d’intégration en Afrique de l’Ouest peut être considérée comme un processus
légitime et naturel à la fois. Elle se justifie amplement par des raisons aussi bien théoriques que pratiques. L’Afrique ...
Activity report of the ECA Sub-Regional Office for West Africa 2015 and work programme 2016:activity report of the office from April 1st, 2015 to march 31st, 2016
(2016-02)
This report presents the main activities carried out by the Sub-Regional Office for West Africa (SRO-WA) of the United Nations Economic Commission for West Africa (ECA) during the period from April 2015 to March 2016. These ...
Assessing progress made after 15 years of implementing the Millennium Development Goals in West Africa and the transition to the Sustainable Development Goals
(2016-03)
This 2015 report assessing the progress made in West Africa towards fulfilling the MDGs, the second of its kind, not only provides an annual cumulative assessment of the subregion’s efforts to achieve the MDGs but also ...
From the millennium development goals to sustainable development goals: path and additional efforts of West African countries towards achieving the objectives set for 2030
(2016-04)
This report entitled "From Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals" describing the steps forward in the sub‐region towards achieving the MDGs and the transition to SDGs, has been drawn up in the context ...
Country profile Guinea 2016
(2016-01)
The combined effects of the Ebola epidemic, prolonged low investment in mining, inadequate electricity supply and weak economic diversification resulted in estimated real gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 1.1 per cent ...
African social development index: measuring human exclusion for structural transformation: West Africa report
(2016-09)
Africa’s positive economic growth during the past two decades has shown its resilience in the wake of the international crisis of 2008. Nevertheless, this positive performance has not yet translated its economic gains into ...
Enhancing food security in the eastern African sub-region: issues paper
(2016)
This paper represents an attempt to identify the issues and challenges confronting food security in Eastern Africa. This will not be exhaustive by any means and shall be complemented by other views which will be identified ...
Améliorer l’accès au financement pour renforcer l’autonomisation des femmes rurales en Mauritanie: réflexions sur le secteur de la microfinance, bonnes pratiques et leçons à tirer: étude de cas
(2016-07)
La Mauritanie, pays de 4 millions d’âmes très généralement désertique, connaît un niveau très important de pauvreté, malgré les progrès significatifs du début du millénaire et les programmes volontaristes entrepris. Alors ...
Mapping Spatial Inequalities in Eastern Africa
(2016-01)
This paper provides a novel assessment of spatial inequalities in Eastern Africa. For that purpose, we draw on sub-national data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) for Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The study ...