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Accelerating industrialization in Southern Africa through beneficiation and value addition
(2017-07)
SADC member States stakeholders are involved in global commodity value chains that are very much a relic of the colonial era. These producers, however, are generally anchored at the bottom of these value chains and derive ...
Etre jeune au Maghreb
(2013)
Cette étude représente la première initiative visant à présenter un large diagnostic de la situation des adolescents et des jeunes au Maghreb. Combinant une approche quantitative et qualitative, elle aborde les thèmes de ...
Implementation of work programme and technical assistance to ECOWAS and member states: electronic brief
(2012-06)
This electronic brief highlights major activities of the Economic Commission for Africa, Sub-Regional Office for West Africa (ECA/SRO-WA) for the period between January and June 2012, as part of its work
programme for ...
Sustainable development and climate change :how North Africa is positioning itself ?
(2011-02)
This publication provides an overview of how the region is coping with climate change. It highlights the vulnerability of the region and the potential impacts on key sectors.Significant efforts made by countries have been ...
Rapport sur les Conditions Economiques et Sociales en Afrique de l’Ouest en 2010 et les Perspectives pour 2011: décennie de mise en oeuvre des OMD: performances et faiblesses
(2012-01)
Les économies de l’Afrique sub-saharienne (ASS) restent vulnérables et enregistrent des taux de croissance en dent de scie et généralement non élevés; souvent expliqués par des successions de catastrophes naturelles mais ...
Food security in North Africa situation analysis and reactions from the states over the instability of agricultural markets
(2012)
This report aims for a better understanding of the effect of rising prices of basic products and policy measures implemented by countries to deal with this in the short term but also over the longer term, as part of an ...
"Climate change and the rural economy in Southern Africa: issues, challenges and opportunities" : issues paper
(2012)
This study reviews the issues and challenges faced by SADC countries in addressing the impact of climate change on their rural economies and highlights opportunities arising from the climate-change
development agenda.The ...
Diversifying Algeria’s exports challenges and prospects relating to the African market
(2017)
The purpose of the present study is to analyze the diversification of Algerian exports, and its export growth to sub-Saharan Africa. Algeria aspires to increase its trade with the rest of the African continent significantly, ...
Youth employment in west Africa: prospects and challenges
(2012-11)
Youths are one of the greatest assets that any nation has, and through their creative talents and labor power they can contribute towards achieving economic development and socio-political advancement. However, one of the ...
West Africa: a brief introduction
(2017)
Africa’s economic growth declined sharply, from 3.7 per cent in 2015 to 1.7 per cent in 2016, after a significant growth spell of more than a decade at an average of 5 per cent. That drop was caused in part by continuing ...