Innovative financing for the economic transformation of Africa

Abstract

This book builds on the issues papers and synthesis of discussions of the Ninth African Development Forum, organized by the Economic Commission for Africa and its strategic African partners, and examines five thematic issues areas of development financing. These are deemed to have the potential to respond to Africa’s quest for alternative and innovative sources of finance to underwrite its economic transformation agenda. The five thematic areas are: Domestic resources mobilization, illicit financial flows, private equity, climate financing and new forms of partnership. These innovative sources of finance offer the continent a range of options and opportunities.