2024-03-29T01:48:27Zhttps://repository.uneca.org/oai/requestoai:repository.uneca.org:10855/4372018-12-28T15:51:50Zcom_10855_22561com_10855_22560com_10855_22569com_10855_22587col_10855_22562col_10855_22570col_10855_22588
Report on economic and social conditions in Southern Africa, 2000/2001
For most Southern African countries, the year 2000 was a period of continued economic growth. However, negative growth rate recorded in Zimbabwe, which is estimated at 6 percent, greatly affected the average gross domestic product (GDP) of the sub-region. For the 11
countries served by the Center, aggregate GDP grew by 3.3 per cent in 2000, as compared to 3.4 per cent in 1999.The generally improved performance in 2000 was mainly due to progressive implementation
of macroeconomic policies in the sub-region, strong business investment, particularly in transport and telecommunications, as well as favorable weather conditions. GDP rose at a sharply higher pace than in 1999 in some countries, including Angola, Mauritius, South
Africa and Zambia. In other countries, GDP growth rate was either maintained or increased only marginally compared co 1999. Only one country, Zimbabwe, recorded a negative growth rate.
Most countries that managed to achieve higher growth rates in 2000 also registered an increase in foreign direct investment (FDI), which injected additional resources to the national economy. Investors in the sub-region have been encouraged because of the deepening
of structural reforms and subsequent improvement in macroeconomic environment in most of the countries. This has coupled with improvements in governance and democracy as well as with the effective implementation of economic co-operation and integration agreements.
The negative growth rate recorded in Zimbabwe was due CO discontinued FDI inflows arising from political uncertainty after the occupation of farms in April 2000.
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Southern Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/493172023-01-03T12:36:34Zcom_10855_22587com_10855_22560col_10855_22588
Accelerating implementation of the agreement establishing the African continental free trade area in Southern Africa to achieve the sustainable development goals and the aspirations, goals and targets of Agenda 2063
This study assesses progress towards implementation of the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area in 11 countries in Southern Africa and towards implementation in those countries of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, particularly Sustainable Development Goals 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9. Establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area is of critical importance in that it can accelerate implementation of the two Agendas, which lie at the heart of development policies in Africa. The study assesses quantifiable targets, identifies challenges impeding implementation of the Agreement in States in Southern Africa and discusses how they can be assisted in their efforts to accelerate the process. The report focuses on Agreement ratification, the development of implementation and action plans and the roll out of planned activities.
2023-01-03
2023-01-03
2022-11
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https://hdl.handle.net/10855/49317
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Back to office report: to participate in Stakeholders' meetings on the integrated framework for trade-related technical assistance in Zambia
The Purpose of this document to Participate in Stakeholders' Meetings on the Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance in Zambia.
2011-12-16
2012-06-21
2001-04
Reports
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/18419
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SADC-UNECA Technical Meeting on Information and Communication Technology (ICT): Report
As part of the multi-year programme for 2008-2009, the South African Development Community (SADC) and the ECA Sub regional Office in Southern Africa (ECA-SA) convened a Technical Meeting on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The meeting overview of the expected outcomes which included evaluation of the harmonization of the various ICT infrastructure initiatives at both regional and continental levels. They informed the participants that the objective of the meeting was also to examine the Terms of Reference of the e-SADC initiative. The meeting adopted the following agenda: Opening session, election of the Bureau and adoption of the programme of work; Framework for SADC ICT Infrastructure; Consideration of the Terms of Reference for the e-SADC strategy; Recommendations.
2018-12-28
2022-01-13
2008-04
Reports
https://hdl.handle.net/10855/37617
AFR
Africa
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Report of the Ad Hoc experts group meeting on the Implementation plan for the harmonization of mining policies, standards, legislative and regulatory frameworks in southern Africa
This report presents the outcome of an Ad hoc Experts Group Meeting convened to review
a draft implementation plan for the harmonization of mining policies in Southern Africa.
The meeting, organized by ECA-SA in collaboration with the SADC Secretariat, took place
in Johannesburg, South Africa on 24 to 26 October 2007. Senior Officials from Ministries
responsible for Mining from eleven SADC governments and representatives of the private sector
attended the meeting. The meeting followed the approval by SADC Ministers responsible
for Mines, of a framework for Harmonization of Mining Policies, Standards, Legislative and
Regulatory Frameworks in Southern Africa in 2006 and the subsequent endorsement, during
the same year, of the framework by the SADC Ministers responsible for Finance and the SADC
Intergovernmental Committee of Ministers. The Implementation Plan identifies eight themes
to drive the harmonization agenda. The themes are; geological information and mining systems,
value addition, innovation and research and development;
2011-05-13
2011-05-13
2007-10
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http://hdl.handle.net/10855/3590
AFR
Southern Africa
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Land tenure systems and sustainable development in southern Africa
This study was commissioned to review the current land tenure systems in selected
countries in southern Africa, to identify constraints and opportunities relating to tenure
security and improvements in women’s land rights and to recommend strategies to alleviate
problems. The study methodology combined the collection and synthesis of existing country
level literature on land policies, land laws and other related documents with interviews with
selected key informants from relevant government ministries such as agriculture and lands
and civil society groups, universities and NGOs. Six countries were selected for detailed study: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia.
2011-04-27
2011-04-27
2003-12
Reports
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/5511
ZAF
Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/149572020-06-29T09:22:11Zcom_10855_22561com_10855_22560com_10855_22587col_10855_22563col_10855_22588
An overview of corporate governance and accountability in Southern Africa
Furthermore, UNECA has recently created a unit within the Governance and Public
Administration Division (GPAD) to focus on private-sector issues, key among these being the
implementation of good corporate governance principles and practices. This reorganization is in
line with the UNECA repositioning exercise that includes the promotion of regional integration
in support of the African Union and NEPAD. In the past, UNECA’s support resulted in the
production of the Guidelines for Enhancing Good Economic and Corporate Governance in Africa
in 2002, a document that was in response to a request by the Heads of State and Government
Implementation Committee of NEPAD for UNECA to lend its expertise to develop the
Guidelines for promoting good economic and corporate governance in the continent.
2011-05-13
2011-05-13
2007-09
Briefing paper
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/14957
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oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/496082023-11-03T09:26:19Zcom_10855_22587com_10855_22560col_10855_22588
Eswatini 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 Eswatini
Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, has a relatively diversified economy, although it is more dependent on such sectors as agriculture, manufacturing and mining than on others. Eswatini is a member of SADC, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, and the Southern African Customs Union, which includes four other members: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. It was among the first countries to deposit its instruments of ratification for the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area, on 2 July 2018. The Sub regional Office for Southern Africa has been providing technical support to the Government of Eswatini to develop an inclusive financing model, promoting the growth of micro-, small and medium sized enterprises in the country, following a request made to ECA by the Government, through the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Trade. Since November 2019, when the first field mission to Eswatini was carried out, the financing framework for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises was designed. It is aimed at enhancing their growth and their integration into the industrialization process, in line with the SADC Industrialization Strategy and Roadmap, 2015–2063.
2023-05-30
2023-05-30
2023
Reports
https://hdl.handle.net/10855/49608
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Report of mission to Mozambique : to participate in the Second National Workshop ICT Policy
African Information Society Initiative(AISI)
2018-12-28
2018-12-28
2000-08
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/25402
MOZ
Mozambique
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Southern African development bulletin: a special issue on partnership
Partnership is one of the most important realities of life. Man has been described as a 'social animal' and Plato had described him early in history as a 'political animal'. Although the word 'partnership' was not used in these descriptions the underlying idea is that working with others is an essential part of the nature of Man. Are we then trying to reinvent the wheel by putting forward the 'concept of partnership' as something new. The short articles in these pages are meant to inform readers and increase their awareness of the need for partnerships; the kind of partnership s which ensure that partners equitably share the responsibilities, benefits and loses of their common endeavor. hoping that this objective will be
realized and that the readers of this Bulletin will carry forward the torch of partnership.
2018-12-28
2022-07-14
2001-06
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https://hdl.handle.net/10855/30934
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Socio-economic indicators
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Report of the nineteenth session of the Intergovernmental committee of experts of Southern Africa: Harare, 7-8 March 2013
The report presents the discussions and outcomes of the nineteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts of Southern Africa, which was held in Harare on 7 and 8 March 2013, under the theme “Industrialization for economic transformation and sustainable development in Southern Africa: addressing the gaps”.
2016-01-21
2016-01-21
2015-03
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http://hdl.handle.net/10855/22880
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/46902018-12-28T14:40:55Zcom_10855_22575com_10855_22560com_10855_22618com_10855_22609com_10855_22561com_10855_22587col_10855_22579col_10855_22619col_10855_22564col_10855_22588
The challenges on financing development in Africa
2011-01-07
2011-01-07
1999 - 10
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/4690
15353
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Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/500202024-01-17T10:17:12Zcom_10855_22587com_10855_22560col_10855_22588
Impact of COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine crisis on micro small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Angola
The study was undertaken to assess the impact of COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine crisis on MSMEs in Angola, the role regional integration plays in post pandemic recovery, and how technology and innovation are being used by MSMEs to address the impacts of the pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine crisis. The basis of the study is a survey of 147 MSMEs across the provinces of Luanda, Huila and Huambo, but strongly concentrated in Luanda, capital city of Angola. Besides the overrepresentation of businesses in the capital, the sample reveals an under-representation of agricultural units, these are biases that were considered when the results of the study were analyzed. The study recommends supporting the transition from informal to formal status of economic units operating only on a domestic scale to activities integrated into regional value chains. More so, there is a need to strengthen institutional capacities of business associations as support structures for the activity of MSMEs and promote advocacy on the advantages for MSMEs to participate in SADC and AfCFTA. Additionally, it is critical to provide information on opportunities in regional and international markets. It is also important to note that these initiatives will only be sustainable if the country successfully faces the structural and cyclical economic challenges that persist.
2024-01-17
2024-01-17
2023-11
Working paper
https://hdl.handle.net/10855/50020
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Report on economic and social conditions in Southern Africa 2013
The subregion’s growth rate of about 4 per cent in 2012, though higher than the global growth rate of 3.3 per cent, was lower than the 5.6 per cent and 5 per cent recorded in 2010 and 2011, respectively. The major risk to the global economy is the weaker eurozone economy and lower than anticipated growth among emerging economies. Primary commodity prices however remained buoyant; hence commodity exporters in the subregion performed better than during the 2009 crisis, resulting in significant windfall gains for exporting countries. The management of the windfall revenues will have significant effects on future real GDP growth of these economies. However, the subregion remains highly vulnerable to price fluctuations. On the social front, unemployment remains, especially among the youth, a critical challenge for many countries, and has the potential to be a source of instability if not addressed. Most countries remain off track in as far as the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 is concerned. In going forward, member States must deliberately link economic and social development goals to poverty alleviation and job creation, and also ensure inclusive and sustainable growth and development.
2018-12-28
2023-04-20
2013
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Southern Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/493092023-01-25T11:23:59Zcom_10855_22587com_10855_22560col_10855_22588
Accelerating the implementation of the industrial policies of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa and the Southern African Development Community through local adaptation
The implementation of regional industrialization and trade policies and strategies could be strengthened through the accelerated incorporation into national frameworks of industrial policies of COMESA and SADC, regional trade agreements and the African Continental Free Trade Area and this, in turn, could bolster the resilience of countries to shocks induced by the COVID-19 pandemic. To stimulate economic revival, member States need to initiate industrialization through the local adaptation and implementation of strategies and policies elaborated in the SADC Industrialization Strategy and Roadmap, 2015–2063, the COMESA Industrialization Policy and other related policies and strategies. This study investigated the extent to which the national industrialization policies of member States have incorporated into their local frameworks the provisions of regional industrialization policies. The overarching objective of those initiatives is to create a modern, competitive and robust industrial sector that is not only fully integrated into the African and global economy, but able to effectively compete on the global market. The study identified the various elements of member State industrial policies and strategies that needed to be aligned with those of COMESA, SADC and the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite. Generally, there is congruence and consistency between the industrial transformation of member States and regional commitments. The study established that member States face several challenges in incorporating regional industrial policies and strategies into local frameworks.
2022-12-19
2022-12-19
2022-11
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https://hdl.handle.net/10855/49309
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Water and sanitation in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) : innovative approaches for resource mobilization and policy implementation
This is the report of the joint ADB, AU and ECA-SA Seminar on “Water and Sanitation in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC): Innovative Approaches for Resource Mobilization and Policy Implementation”, which was held in Lusaka, Zambia, from 10 - 11 December 2008. The seminar aimed at enhancing water and sanitation policies in the subregion and accelerating the attainment of the related MDGs.
2011-05-12
2011-05-12
2008-12
Working paper
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/15321
AFR
Southern Africa
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Mission report to participate at the Workshop on Population and Sustainable Development 25 -30 April, 2000, Kabwe Zambia
The objective of the Mission was to participate at the Workshop on Population and Sustainable Development which was organized by the Ministry of Finance at the Tuskers Hotel, Kabwe, from 25 to 30 April, 2000. Of particular interest was the presentation by Dr. Evans Mwangi of FSSDD on PEDA Model and aspects of Nexus Issues, which was included in the schedule of the Workshop.
2011-03-23
2011-03-23
2000-04
Reports
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/15053
AFR
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/407712019-05-29T03:51:53Zcom_10855_22575com_10855_22560com_10855_22587col_10855_22579col_10855_22588col_10855_22591
Back to office report to participate in the meeting of the COMESA Committee on Industry
2018-12-28
2018-12-28
1998
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/40771
AFR
Africa
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Development Bulletin
The Southern Africa Development Bulletin is designed as a forum for sharing information on major development issues in the Sub-region. This issue of the Bulletin contains two articles on current development challenges. Part I presents the status of development in transport and communications in Southern Africa, with an example of national transport policy development in Swaziland. In Part II, a general discussion on tapping African development financing from African sources is presented. The cost-sharing approach of Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda is given as an example. This is followed in Part III by reports on recent events of relevance to the subregion (meetings, seminars, workshops), and in Part IV by a list of some upcoming events. Finally, Part V presents a review of selected publications.
2018-12-28
2024-01-09
2000-06
Reports
https://hdl.handle.net/10855/30962
AFR
Africa
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Policy framework on nexus issues of population, food security and environment in Southern Africa
This document focuses on the nexus issues of population, food security and environment in Southern Africa. This publication contains (a) the Report of the Ad-hoc Expert Group Meeting, (b) the Policy Framework on Nexus Issues on Population, Food security and Environment in Southern Africa and (c) background documents presented by participants at the Meeting.
2011-01-07
2014-08-25
1999-08
Conference document
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/4726
AFR
Southern Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/497462023-07-21T09:36:18Zcom_10855_22587com_10855_22560col_10855_22588
Promoting inclusive industrialization and the development of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises through a tailored financing model
The present brief is the product of technical assistance from the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) to the Government of Eswatini, following a call by the latter for support in developing an inclusive financing model for micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises. Given the paramount importance of the micro-, small and medium-sized enterprise sector to the socioeconomic development of the African continent, and indeed to the inclusive industrialization agenda, the model produced with the help of that technical assistance was intended to alleviate a key constraint for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises: access to finance.
2023-07-06
2023-07-06
2023-06
Reports
https://hdl.handle.net/10855/49746
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/52642018-12-28T15:36:50Zcom_10855_22607com_10855_22593com_10855_22581com_10855_22560com_10855_22618com_10855_22609com_10855_22561com_10855_22575com_10855_22587col_10855_22608col_10855_22582col_10855_22619col_10855_22564col_10855_22577col_10855_22588
Implementation plan for the harmonization of mining policies, standards, and legislative and regulatory frameworks in Southern Africa
This report comes at an exciting time as UNECA celebrates fifty years of an enduring partnership with the African Union (AU) and the Regional Economic Communities. The report heralds a new approach in the SADC-UNECA work relationship – a multi-year, multi-partner programme approach in line with the Windhoek Declaration on a New SADC-ICP Partnership. The Declaration calls for a thematic programme in which multiple stakeholders, including international cooperating partners and the broader United Nations family, will pool resources to achieve greater complementarities and effectiveness at the national and regional levels. This is the only way that we can build up a full head of steam to revitalize the agenda for regional cooperation and integration.
2011-08-03
2011-08-03
2008-04
Conference document
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/5264
ZAF
Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/77012018-12-28T14:28:51Zcom_10855_22561com_10855_22560com_10855_22618com_10855_22609com_10855_22587col_10855_22562col_10855_22619col_10855_22588
Proposed work programme for the biennium 2000-2001 sub-regional development centre for Southern Africa
The work programme for the biennium 2000-2001 will represent the second half of implementation of the current medium-term plan period, 1998-2001. It will, consequently, be implemented within the framework of the First Revision of the Medium-Term Plan 1998-2001 (Document E/ECG/MC.1/3 of 21 April, 1998) as part of the EGA programme area on Supporting Sub-regional Activities for Development in Southern African countries. In this regard, the SRDC-SA will, in close collaboration with all the ECA divisions, endeavor to support the activities of the member States in the subregion through the appropriate Regional Economic Communities (RECs), the inter-governmental organizations (IGOs) and directly with the countries.
2011-03-23
2011-03-23
1998-10
Reports
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/7701
AFR
South Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/222402018-12-28T14:24:58Zcom_10855_22561com_10855_22560com_10855_22569com_10855_22587col_10855_22562col_10855_22570col_10855_22588
Proceedings of the sixteenth Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of Southern Africa : workshop report : Johannesburg, South Africa 3-4 May 2012
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 taking stock of the sub region’s responses to the receding global financial and economic crises, share experiences and strategies and then devise measures to inoculate Southern Africa from similar future external shocks.
2014-06-05
2014-06-05
2010-03
Conference document
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/22240
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/150462018-12-28T15:45:36Zcom_10855_22614com_10855_22609com_10855_22587com_10855_22560col_10855_22616col_10855_22588
Report of the ad hoc Expert Group Meeting o the role of development information in the economy
This is the report of an Ad Hoc Expert Group meeting held in Lusaka, Zambia on 12 and 13 March 2007 to review a draft of the technical publication on “The Role of Development Information in African Economies.”the background report on Development Information presented by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) be restructured to clearly reflect its purpose and deal with all issues pertinent to development information and avoid concentrating solely on Information and
Communication Technologies.
2011-01-08
2014-05-07
2007-03
Conference document
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/15046
AFR
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/497372023-06-27T09:36:39Zcom_10855_22587com_10855_22560col_10855_22588
Import substitution industrialization revisited: considering import substitution industrialization and export-oriented industrialization to accelerate intra-African trade and the expansion of regional value chains : side event held on the margins of Africa Industrialization Week summary of proceedings
African countries are increasingly exploring innovative ways, in addition to tried but not fully tested approaches, to promote industrialization, both within the country and within the region. It is incontrovertible that industrialization can be an important driver of the structural transformation of national economies from largely agrarian-based, commodity-dependent, low-innovation and low-productivity to manufacturing- and service-based, with the capacity to power economic growth, generate employment and foster prosperity for citizens.
2023-06-27
2023-06-27
2023-04
Conference document
https://hdl.handle.net/10855/49737
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/48992018-12-28T15:45:36Zcom_10855_22575com_10855_22560com_10855_22614com_10855_22609com_10855_22569com_10855_22587col_10855_22579col_10855_22616col_10855_22570col_10855_22588
The Zambia book fair 1998 to exhibit at the Zambia bookfair 1998 on the theme "books and human rights" back-to-office report
The 1998 Zambia Book Fair was held from 21-24 May, 1998. This is an annual event which is organized by the Booksellers and Publishers Association of Zambia. It was first held in 1984 and has since grown over the years in terms of impact and importance within and outside Zambia. It has improved tremendously the development of the Book industry. The theme for the 1998 Book Fair was "Book and the Human lights ".
2011-03-21
2011-03-21
1998-11
Reports
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/4899
ZMB
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Building linkages between micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises and multinational companies from the global South: the case of Southern Africa
ILO estimates that small and medium-sized enterprises account for more than two thirds of total employment in developing and emerging economies. In the Middle East and North Africa, self-employment, and microenterprises, namely enterprises with fewer than 10 employees, account for some 70 per cent of total employment, while in sub-Saharan Africa they account for approximately 80 per cent. The empirical analysis of linkages in Southern African countries discussed in the present report was conducted based on data collected through two surveys, namely the micro-, small, and medium-sized enterprise survey, which was addressed to local micro-, small, and medium-sized enterprises, and the multinational enterprises survey, which was addressed to local affiliates of foreign multinational enterprises. The micro-, small, and medium-sized enterprise survey was completed by 62 micro-, small, and medium-sized enterprises active in a variety of economic sectors in Botswana, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, and Zambia. The multinational enterprise survey was completed by the managers of five foreign multinational enterprise affiliates, namely two South-African food retailers, two South African manufacturing enterprises and one Japanese enterprise active in the fishing sector. During the field mission to Namibia, relevant institutional stakeholders were also interviewed and asked about the status of linkages in the country and about opportunities and challenges faced by companies in that regard.
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2024-02-01
2023-06
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Groupe de travail d’experts sur les partenariats public-privé dans le secteur de l’électricité en Afrique:note conceptuelle
Cette initiative est lancée par la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA), en collaboration avec le secrétariat du Consortium pour les infrastructures en Afrique (ICA), dans le but de repérer les principaux problèmes posés par les partenariats public-privé dans le secteur de l’électricité en Afrique et de tenter de les résoudre. Plus précisément, la CEA et l’ICA proposent de créer un groupe de travail d’experts qui repérera les problèmes pertinents et étudiera les futurs besoins de recherche et de capacités dans ce domaine. Le travail du groupe d’experts contribuera au programme de recherche en cours, à la formation d’un consensus et à la fourniture d’une assistance consultative aux décideurs chargés de la transformation structurelle.
2015-12-21
2015-12-21
2015
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An Ad Hoc experts group meeting on assessment of macroeconomic policy and Institutional convergence in member states of southern African development community
The Ad- hoc expert group meeting on Assessment of Macroeconomic Policy
and Institutional Convergence in member States of Southern African Development
Community (SADC) was held on 4 – 5 September 2007, in Johannesburg, South
Africa. The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Southern
Africa Office, Lusaka organized the meeting in collaboration with SADC. Mr. Alfred Latigo, Senior Economic Affairs Officer, ACGD presented the overall
objectives of the ad-hoc expert group meeting as to review the national macroeconomic
convergence (MEC) reports and provide information on recent progress in the 14
SADC member States with respect to the macroeconomic convergence criteria and
targets specified in the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP).
The specific objectives were:
2011-05-13
2011-05-13
2007-09
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Assessment of national mechanisms for coordination of regional cooperation and integration in Southern Africa
Africa's regional and subregional economic cooperation and integration initiatives have come on the back of great expectations of rapid economic growth and social equity. However, the performance of economic cooperation and integration initiatives has been below expectations. This is especially true with regard to efforts to restructure the region's economies, attaining sustainable development and reducing poverty levels. Given these constraints, concerns have been growing in recent years over the different mechanisms at national level for coordination of sub-regional and regional economic cooperation and integration policies. UNECA/SRDC-SA commissioned six country case studies in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and Zambia. The overall objective of the country case studies, that were carried out by local consultants in each country, was to assess existing national mechanisms for regional economic cooperation and integration with a view to identifying gaps, if any, and establishing their effectiveness. This document is divided into six parts. Part I discusses background and rationale and methodology of the study. Part II synthesizes the six country case studies. Part III highlights current national mechanisms for coordination of regional economic cooperation and integration. Part IV contains conclusion, findings and recommendations. Part V outlines selected bibliography while Part VI contains Appendices.
2011-01-07
2018-04-25
2001
Conference document
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/3017
2796
AFR
South Africa
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A workshop on development finance institutions' support to infrastructure development in SADC and COMESA: draft report
This report whose main objective is to highlight the importance of sound infrastructure in supporting regional integration in SADC and COMESA is in two parts. The first part deals with the workshop discussions based on the technical study that was conducted on the Development Finance Institutions’ Support to Infrastructure Development in the SADC and COMESA. The workshop brought together experts from DFIs from across the region and took place in Manzini, Swaziland from 7-8 December 2009. It was co-hosted by ECA-SA and SADC with a sole purpose of reviewing, identifying and critically evaluating constraints and challenges faced at both national and sub-regional levels in financing infrastructure development programmes and projects to ensure that efforts are on course to attaining regional integration.
2011-08-03
2011-08-03
2009-12
Conference document
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/5270
ZAF
Africa
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The state of industrialization in Southern Africa and opportunities for acceleration : issues Paper
Industrialization is arguably the most certain route to rapid, sustained, and sustainable economic development, for economies with large populations. No country has lifted millions of people out of poverty without industrializing. Successful industrialization is the missing link for the structural transformation and sustained economic growth that countries in Southern Africa so greatly desire. The contribution of manufacturing value added to gross domestic product (GDP) in the subregion of Southern Africa is very low. The average ratio of manufacturing value added to GDP in the subregion in 2018 was 11.8 per cent, with country ratios ranging from 4.8 per cent in Angola to 32 per cent in Eswatini. Highskill, technology-intensive manufactured goods constitute less than 30 per cent of exports from the subregion, with most economies still highly undiversified and dependent on a few primary commodities for revenue. Immense opportunities exist for industrialization in Southern Africa through value addition to commodities, beneficiation, and subregional integration. For Southern Africa to industrialize successfully, it is critical for the subregion to upgrade its productive capacity, promote investment in modern industries, develop and strengthen value chains, and deepen opportunities for subregional integration and trade. For this industrialization to be successful, inclusive, and sustainable, the necessary conditions will need to be created for the numerous industrial policies and strategies to take off. These include addressing the infrastructure deficit and infrastructure bottlenecks; adopting sound macroeconomic policies including on taxation and expenditure, governance, education, competition, trade, and investment; promoting technological learning and capabilities; and utilizing surpluses from traditional revenue streams to build an export oriented manufacturing sector.
2023-11-16
2023-11-16
2023
Briefing paper
https://hdl.handle.net/10855/49988
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Workshop on strengthening intraregional agricultural trade in Southern Africa: report of the workshop
This is the report of the workshop on “Strengthening Intraregional Agricultural Trade in Southern Africa” held 23-25 October 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The workshop aimed at discussing issues, challenges and constraints faced by Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries in enhancing intraregional food and agricultural trade. It reviewed the recent trends and structure of the agriculture and food trade and discussed strategies aimed at strengthening agricultural trade in the subregion.
2018-12-28
2023-04-20
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Report : workshop on improving electoral quality in Southern Africa
This document presents the Report for the workshop on improving electoral quality in Southern Africa, taken place in Lusaka, Zambia, from 28-29 November 2007.
2011-03-25
2011-03-25
2007-11
Reports
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AFR
Southern Africa
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Building Back Better: Fostering Commodity-Based Industrialization, Manufacturing and Regional Value Chains in Southern Africa
Southern Africa has borne the brunt of the impact of COVID-19 on Africa. To develop economic recovery strategies to counter the damage caused by the pandemic, efforts have been animated by the goal of building back better (BBB) to create economies that are resilient to external shocks. Fostering commodity-based industrialization (CBI), manufacturing and build out of regional value chains in Southern Africa are the core BBB strategy advocated in this report. All 11 Southern Africa states covered by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Subregional office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA) are members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) which is the Regional Economic Community (REC) that this strategy targets. Regional markets are essential to both achieving economies of scale and competitive pricing as well as being the building blocks for accessing the massive continental market through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Building upon the region’s comparative advantages in commodities production, an analysis of the linkages is discussed namely, forward or downstream, mainly to manufacturing agriculture and construction, backwards or upstream to inputs comprising capital equipment, consumables and services as well as side stream linkages—knowledge and lateral linkages—spillover of expertise into other sectors.
2023-10-19
2023-10-19
2023
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https://hdl.handle.net/10855/49968
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH AFRICA
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Mission report :bilateral consultations with SATCC
The objective of the mission was discuss the priority programs for the
SADC, COMESA and ESAMI organizations, in conjunction with ongoing and
proposed ECA activities in transport and communications within the ECA Regional Cooperation and Integration subprogram, and identify areas for cooperation.
2011-01-07
2014-08-13
1997
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Africa
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Report on the national information and communications infrastructure development workshop for SADC region
2018-12-28
2018-12-28
2000
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/24569
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Aide memoire: theme: "Enhancing domestic resource mobilization: challenges and opportunities for Southern Africa"
The main objective of the fifteenth ICE meeting is to analyse the opportunities and challenges in integrating domestic resource mobilisation into other areas of economic policy making.
2011-08-03
2011-08-03
2009-04
Conference document
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/15690
AFR
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/221472016-06-09T13:36:05Zcom_10855_22561com_10855_22560com_10855_22575com_10855_22587col_10855_22562col_10855_22579col_10855_22588
Report of the ad-hoc expert group meeting (AEGM) on industrialisation for economic transformation and sustainable development in southern Africa: addressing the gaps
This report is an account of the proceedings on an Ad Hoc Experts Group Meeting on Industrialisation for Economic Transformation and Sustainable Development in Southern Africa: Addressing the Gaps organized in Harare, Zimbabwe from 5 to 6 March 2013 and attended by experts from seven SADC states, international, regional and sub regional organisations and the United Nations system. The experts reviewed a draft report on industrialization in Southern Africa prepared by SRO-SA, participated in panel discussions on various industrialization issues as well as national reports on industrial development and strategies in the SADC member States. Presentations by the African Union, NEPAD, Development Bank of Southern Africa and UNIDO explored various critical areas in industrial development in Africa.
2013-11-25
2013-11-25
2013-03
Conference document
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/22147
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/40512018-12-28T15:36:37Zcom_10855_22618com_10855_22609com_10855_22587com_10855_22560col_10855_22619col_10855_22588
Report of the adhoc expert group meeting on assessing the implementation of the ECA-SA - SADC multi-year programme
The objective of the Cooperation Agreement is to provide a framework for, and facilitate, the cooperation between SADC and ECA in addressing regional integration and the special needs of Southern Africa as articulated in the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) and the Strategic Indicative Plan for the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation (SIPO).
2011-08-03
2011-08-03
2009-07
Conference document
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/4051
ZAF
Africa
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Southern Africa Development bulletin Issue No.11: NEPAD a framework for africa's development in the 21 st century
The Southern Africa Development Bulletin is a publication of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Sub-Regional Development Centre for Southern Africa. Initiated in 1997 as a bi-annual publication, it is designed as a forum for dissemination of information on key development issues in Southern Africa. The intended audience includes policy makers in the public and private sector, development institutions and agencies, and civil society at large. A total of ten issues were produced between 1997 and 2001. This issue marks the transformation of the Bulletin into an annual publication. This issue of the Bulletin focuses on the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), a framework that has been developed by African leaders for Africa's Development in the 21sf century. NEPAD aims to reduce poverty in Africa by transforming the continent's development strategy by placing African countries, individually and collectively, on a path of self-sustaining development. It aims to tum Africa into a major actor in the new world economy and halt its marginalization in the globalization process. This issue of the Bulletin focuses on the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), a framework that has been developed and by African leaders for Africa's Development in the 21st century. NEPAD aims to reduce poverty in Africa and to transform Africa's development and put African countries, individually and collectively on a path of self-sustaining development. It aims to make Africa a major actor in the new world economy 'and halt its marginalization in the globalization process.
2018-12-28
2024-01-12
2002-12
Series
https://hdl.handle.net/10855/30958
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Africa
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A forum on mainstreaming regional integration and SADC law international development plans
The purpose of the Forum was to review the process of domesticating the regional integration agenda in terms of costs and benefits and the status of implementation; examining the enforcement and the monitoring mechanisms; critically evaluating constraints to a faster domestication of regional integration at both national and sub-regional levels; developing mechanisms to speed up the execution of projects to support regional integration efforts at national levels; and proposing national institutional structures and systems required for implementing, monitoring and evaluating the regional integration agenda.
2011-08-03
2011-08-03
2009-06
Conference document
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/7610
AFR
Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/45002018-12-28T14:39:40Zcom_10855_22573com_10855_22560com_10855_22587col_10855_22574col_10855_22588
Gender mainstreaming activities during 2000-2001
The framework of the programme of work of the Economic Commission for
Africa Subregional Development Centre for Southern Africa (SRDC-SA) is to support regional cooperation and integration in the countries of Southern Africa through the activities of the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), in this case the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
2011-01-07
2015-03-27
2001-11
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14037
AFR
Africa
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Harnessing traditional governance in Southern Africa
This paper is the result of a study conducted to assess the current role that traditionalleadership plays in public service delivery and to investigate how this role could be further enhanced. The findings from the study were reinforced by the perspectives of selected traditionalleaders and representatives of local governments and civil society organizations from the Southern Africa region at a workshop on “Harnessing Traditional Governance in Southern Africa” that took
place from 18 to 19 October 2007 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The workshop’s ma in objective was to boost the content of the study by inviting traditional leaders and other stakeholders within
the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to find ways in which traditional leadership structures could be incorporated into the “modern” systems of government for the purposes of public service delivery. Specifically, the workshop’s goals were to (i) assess the current role of traditional leadership in public service delivery (health, education, agriculture, the judiciary,etc.); (ii) identify the modalities for enhancing the role of traditional leaders in public service delivery; and (iii) discuss possible ways of boosting good governance in resource management and ensuring delivery on development projects.
2011-03-22
2011-03-22
2007-11
Working paper
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/14940
AFR
Southern Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/239752018-12-28T16:29:59Zcom_10855_22587com_10855_22560col_10855_22588
Energy crisis in Southern Africa: future prospects
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) region is endowed with natural resources such as coal, water, biomass, solar and wind, used for energy. Unfortunately, the energy sector is plagued with challenges such as low access; power shortages; constrained and ageing infrastructure; lack of funding for infrastructure; low tariffs, poor project preparation; weak energy policy and regulatory instruments; over-reliance on coal, which runs contrary to global efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions; reliance on hydro-power, which is highly susceptible to climate change, as demonstrated by the current drought. The paper is divided into four sections, starting with the “Introduction and background”, which analyses the socioeconomic environment in all SADC countries, and ending with an assessment of the institutional structure within which the energy sector in the region operates in. From section II onward, the focus is on the member States of SADC since they are interconnected or are in the process getting interconnected through electric infrastructure making the analysis much more comprehensible. The paper focuses on electric energy, a prominent sector for all the national economies.
2017-11-22
2017-11-22
2017
Technical paper
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Zambia Country Handbook: Highlights of ECA’s support to Zambia 2019-2022
In recent years, Zambia’s socioeconomic and development prospects have been constrained by, among others, the COVID-19 pandemic which has adversely impacted on lives and livelihoods. Prior to the pandemic the economy had been facing several challenges including; high fiscal deficits, elevated debt levels and debt service, low international reserves, arrears owed to domestic suppliers of goods and services, tight liquidity conditions and subdued growth. The high levels of poverty and inequality in Zambia remain a concern. The Living Conditions and Monitoring Survey (2015) indicates that Zambia still ranks among the countries with high incidences of poverty and inequality in Africa and globally. This is despite several interventions made in education and skills development, health, water and sanitation, job creation and empowerment of citizens. However, total poverty reduced to 54.4 percent in 2015 from 62.8 percent in 2006 overall with poverty being higher in rural areas at 76.6 percent compared to 23.4 percent in urban areas. Yet overall extreme poverty remained high at 40.8 percent being also higher in the rural areas at 60.8 percent. Common agro-industrial park - SRO-SA in close collaboration with COMESA is providing technical support towards establishment and management of the Common Agro-Industrial Park (CAIP) between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
2023-07-04
2023-07-04
2022
Working paper
https://hdl.handle.net/10855/49750
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Report of the Fifth Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts of the Subregional Development Centre for Southern Africa : Lusaka, Zambia, 5-8 October 1998
United Nations.
Economic Commission for Africa
This document shows the report of the Fifth Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts of the Subregional Development Centre for Southern Africa : Lusaka, Zambia, 5-8 October 1998.
2011-12-15
2011-12-15
1999-04
Conference document
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/4686
4664
4679
15245
15267
AFR
South Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/222392016-08-08T13:22:43Zcom_10855_22614com_10855_22609com_10855_22587com_10855_22560col_10855_22616col_10855_22588
Knowledge management training workshop for SADC, COMESA and partners : workshop report Johannesburg, South Africa 3-4 May 2012
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Southern Africa Office (ECA-SA) has a mandate to strengthen regional integration in the Southern Africa subregion. The ECA has developed a Knowledge Management (KM) strategy to better serve its stakeholders and to optimize the synergies between its work and that of various partners in knowledge generation and dissemination, policy advisory and outreach. The KM strategy will allow ECA to establish a system to rationalize the acquisition, storage and sharing of knowledge, which will optimize the impact of its work. The principal aim of the workshop was to enhance networking of information and knowledge with key stakeholders, including governments, SADC, COMESA, the private sector, civil society, UN agencies and development partner organizations involved in regional development and integration activities.
2014-06-05
2014-06-05
2012-05
Working paper
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/22239
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/406932019-05-29T03:19:12Zcom_10855_41930com_10855_41929com_10855_41983com_10855_41975com_10855_22569com_10855_22560com_10855_22587col_10855_41931col_10855_41984col_10855_22571col_10855_42032col_10855_22588
International Migration and Development in Africa: Human Rights, Regional Integration and Impacts of the Financial Crisis : ECA Addis
2018-12-28
2018-12-28
2010-06
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/40693
AFR
Africa
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Economic and social conditions in Southern Africa 2004 : implemention of the MDGs : progress and prospects
The first part of this publication reviews economic development in the Southern
African subregion in terms of economic growth, poverty reduction strategies,
investment and sectoral development.
2011-05-13
2011-05-13
2006-08
Briefing paper
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/15188
AFR
Southern Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/3282021-06-03T10:08:55Zcom_10855_22561com_10855_22560com_10855_22573com_10855_22587col_10855_22562col_10855_22574col_10855_22588
Report on policy options for promoting the economic empowerment of women
This paper focuses on report on policy options for promoting the economic empowerment of women. the objectives of the Forum and pointed out the major issues that came out of the discussions of the agenda items including recommendations. At the end, the draft report was adopted.
2011-01-07
2014-06-12
1999-06
Conference document
https://hdl.handle.net/10855/328
AFR
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/35742018-12-28T16:09:08Zcom_10855_22569com_10855_22560com_10855_22587col_10855_22570col_10855_22588
Economic and social conditions in southern Africa in 2007
The present report on the Economic and Social Conditions in Southern Africa for
2007 is a regular document presented to the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts
(ICE) for Southern Africa. The main aims of the report for 2007 are to: (i) to provide
Member States with analysis of the economic and social conditions in Southern Africa
and prospects for 2008; and (ii) to provide police advice on selected policy issues in
Southern Africa.
2011-05-13
2011-05-13
2007
Technical paper
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/3574
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4691
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15347
AFR
South Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/52632018-12-28T15:36:34Zcom_10855_22614com_10855_22609com_10855_22618com_10855_22587com_10855_22560col_10855_22616col_10855_22619col_10855_22588
An expert group meeting on the proposed project of the UNECA depository libraries in Southern Africa
Since 1946, the Dag Hammarskjold Library of the United Nations Secretariat in New York has arranged for the distribution of United Nations documents and publications to users around the world through its depository library system as a way of propagating UN development ideas. The objective of depository libraries is to enhance dissemination of UN information on its work to the academia and the public at large. The depositories also inform the academia and the public at large of opportunities that exist at the UN in terms of
employment, professional services and Knowledge Management products.
2011-08-03
2011-08-03
2009-12
Conference document
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/5263
ZAF
Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/497492023-11-01T06:19:40Zcom_10855_22587com_10855_22560col_10855_22588
Malawi Country Handbook: Highlights of ECA’s support to Malawi 2020-2022
Malawi is listed among the five Least developed countries (LDCs) in the sub-region and is one of the focus countries for the SRO-SA. The country is agro-based, with more than 80 per cent of households depending on the agriculture sector for some of their income. Other economic sectors, including manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade are highly dependent on the agriculture sector, pointing to the critical importance of agriculture, not only for subsistence, but as the major export earner, contributing over 30% of the country’s Gross domestic product (GDP). The high intensity of the country’s export profile, coupled with its landlocked position, makes the country highly vulnerable to climate change and other external shocks. ECA’s support to Malawi has been multi-faceted with targeted support at policy, technical and programmatic levels towards attainment of the country’s goals and economic transformation, with a central focus on inclusive industrialization. ECA through SRO-SA will continue to explore new areas of possible support to the Government of Malawi. On the horizon, capacity building support is being offered with respect to a feasibility study for the development of two out of four SEZs which are being planned for Malawi.
2023-07-04
2023-07-04
2022
Working paper
https://hdl.handle.net/10855/49749
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/475572022-03-07T04:03:56Zcom_10855_22587com_10855_22560col_10855_22588
Harnessing the potential of special economic zones for private sector development and inclusive industrialization in Southern Africa
The term “special economic zones” (SEZs) is a generic term encompassing various forms of specially designated clusters of industrial and high-value-added activities whose operators receive incentives not received by other economic operators. SEZs can also be defined as geographically demarcated areas where economic laws are more liberal than in the rest of the country. As a result, they include a variety of forms and types. The key message of the present study for the Southern African subregion is that countries around the world are replacing old-fashioned, export-focused, rigid schemes with a broader, more flexible form of SEZ as an appropriate policy tool to support two key objectives: private-sector development (including that of micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises) and industrialization. The Subregional Office for Southern Africa of the Economic Commission for Africa commissioned the present study to identify measures, policies, partnerships and institutional frameworks that will enable Southern African countries to harness SEZs to drive private-sector development (including that of micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises) and achieve sustainable industrialization. The study aims to improve our knowledge and understanding of how relevant and effective SEZs are as tools for private-sector development to inform policymaking.
2022-03-06
2022-03-06
2022
Reports
https://hdl.handle.net/10855/47557
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/149422018-12-28T15:30:41Zcom_10855_22598com_10855_22593com_10855_22587com_10855_22560col_10855_22599col_10855_22601col_10855_22588
Impact of food aid and developed countries' agricultural subsidies on long-term sustainability of food security in Southern Africa
In addition to the challenges caused by food aid on long term food security sustainability,
subsidies imposed by developed countries also impact on food security in the developing
world in general, and the sub region in particular. Therefore, the impact of developed
countries’ agricultural export subsidies and domestic farm supports on the African
economies and welfare is central to the debates at the Doha Round of multilateral trade
negotiations. Agricultural export subsidies and domestic farm supports in developed
countries contribute to global overproduction of wheat, corn, beef, sugar, cotton and
other basic food commodities that create trade distortions on the world market. The
concern has been the potential negative impact that these subsidies could have on
agricultural production and food security in the Southern Africa.
2011-05-13
2011-05-13
2007-12
Working paper
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/14942
AFR
Southern Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/77082020-03-19T13:24:08Zcom_10855_22605com_10855_22593com_10855_22587com_10855_22560com_10855_22575col_10855_22606col_10855_22588col_10855_22576
The new world trade arrangements with special focus on post-lome period : implications for Southern Africa
Following the conclusion of the Uruguay Round Negotiations culminating in the Marrakesh Agreement 1994 establishing the World Trade Organization, the world ecortomy is undergoing complete transformation through globalization. The Uruguay Round Agreement has brought about a liberalized Multilateral Trading and Investment System opening up trading and investment opportunities across the globe with minimal interventions by governments.
2011-03-23
2011-03-23
1998-10
Reports
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/7708
AFR
Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/242622018-12-28T16:19:26Zcom_10855_22587com_10855_22560col_10855_22588
Déclaration finale: réunion du Comité Intergouvernemental d'Experts (CIE)
La vingt-troisième réunion du Comité intergouvernemental d’experts (CIE) d’Afrique australe a été organisée les 26 et 27 octobre 2017 par le Gouvernement zimbabwéen à Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) sous le thème « Facilitation des échanges en Afrique australe : combler le déficit infrastructurel ». Lors de la réunion, le Comité a examiné trois rapports statutaires soumis par le secrétariat, lesquels portaient sur : a) les conditions économiques et sociales en Afrique australe en 2016 et les perspectives pour 2017 ; b) l’exécution des programmes du Bureau sous-régional de la CEA en Afrique australe ; et c) les progrès dans la mise en oeuvre des programmes régionaux et internationaux, y compris le NEPAD et d’autres initiatives spéciales de la sous-région axées sur l’Agenda 2063 et le Programme de développement durable à l’horizon 2030. Le rapport sur le thème du CIE intitulé « Facilitation des échanges en Afrique australe : combler le déficit infrastructurel » a été présenté et débattu par le Comité. Ce dernier a également examiné et adopté les recommandations de la réunion du groupe spécial d’experts sur « L’approfondissement de l’intégration régionale en Afrique australe : rôle, perspectives et progrès de la Zone de libre-échange tripartite ».
2018-04-05
2018-04-05
2017-10
Conference document
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/56502020-05-11T19:43:07Zcom_10855_22581com_10855_22560com_10855_22587col_10855_22582col_10855_22588
Sustainable energy : a framework for new and renewable energy in Southern Africa
This publication presents a framework for creating a competitive and gender-sensitive environment in the new and renewable energy sector in Southern Africa. The sub-regional framework is a set of recommendations on how member States should align their policies in the sector, collectively develop and nurture skills in renewable energy, pool resources for development of appropriate renewable energy technologies and facilitate trade in these technologies. The ultimate objective is to increase access to affordable energy services by a majority of citizens in Southern Africa in order to promote sustainable development. The publication addresses the constraints to renewable energy development in the subregion including, inadequate policies, legal, regulatory and institutional frameworks and limited
financial flow for the development and provision of sustainable energy. The focus of the framework is the creation, by member States, of an environment where the private sector can actively participate in the development of appropriate renewable energy technologies and to facilitate the supply of these technologies to communities at affordable prices. The framework
emphasizes the importance of energy as a factor of production for purposes of economic empowerment and diversification of economic activities in rural areas. The policy framework is underpinned by the important relationship between access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy and social and economic upliftment.
2011-03-21
2011-03-21
2006-03
Working paper
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/5650
AFR
Southern Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/222352018-12-28T14:09:58Zcom_10855_22607com_10855_22593com_10855_22581com_10855_22560com_10855_22587col_10855_22608col_10855_22582col_10855_22588
Tracking and certification of mineral output in Southern Africa: final report
There have been calls for effective mechanisms for regulating the exploitation and movement of the minerals. Illegal exploitation of minerals in particular has regularly been linked to instability and conflict in the region. The illegal exploitation of minerals and fraudulent manipulation of the volume or the value of exported minerals are enduring challenges for producing countries in Southern Africa. Some of the mineral exploitation occurs in areas with difficult access either because of conflict or because of the nature of the terrain. This makes it difficult to verify any declarations of output issued from such areas. The estimated yield of each mine is based on the scientific analysis of samples collected at various stages of mineral processing. The study reviewed various regional and international systems for tracking and certifying relevant mineral products. It recommends a framework that has administrative and operational elements.
2014-06-05
2014-06-05
2014
Reports
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/22235
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/239682020-03-31T19:36:40Zcom_10855_22587com_10855_22560col_10855_22588
Economic growth, inequality and poverty in Southern Africa: issues and policy options
Southern Africa is in the midst of a complex transition, involving political, socioeconomic and governance dimensions that need to evolve into new political and economic dispensations that can guarantee broad-based wealth creation, equality, inclusivity, sustained growth and development and poverty reduction. This transition has been in a context of unfavorable economic performance and negative external shocks. The result has been increasing poverty, inequality and unmet aspirations of prosperity, even in the midst of growth for some countries. The key message of this publication is that the appropriate growth and development strategy for Africa in general, and Southern Africa in particular, should be one that not only accelerates the process of capital accumulation, diversifies the economies and creates an industrial base, but also one that is participatory, empowering and inclusive for the people. Economic growth can only be sustainable and enduring when it protects the weak and vulnerable in society, includes the majority of the people in the economic process and creates majority stakeholders in the development agenda.
2017-11-10
2017-11-10
2017
Policy paper
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/497412023-08-08T16:11:06Zcom_10855_22587com_10855_22560col_10855_22588
Industrialization policies and strategies of the common market for Eastern and southern Africa and the Southern African development community: accelerating implementation through local adaptation:policy brief
The present policy brief contains the recommendations of a study conducted by ECA entitled “Accelerating the implementation of the industrialization policies and strategies of COMESA and SADC through local adaptation”, and provides the elements of a proposed local adaptation template for the consideration of regional member States. The purpose of the study was to investigate the extent to which States in Southern Africa have adapted the provisions of the industrialization policies of SADC and COMESA to create conditions for a modern, competitive and robust industrial sector that is fully integrated into the African and global economy. The policy brief is aimed at strengthening the knowledge base relating to the local adaptation of industrial policies through harmonization and alignment in support of regional value chain development.
2023-07-11
2023-07-11
2023
Policy paper
https://hdl.handle.net/10855/49741
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/154502018-12-28T14:40:19Zcom_10855_22594com_10855_22593com_10855_22569com_10855_22560com_10855_22587col_10855_22595col_10855_22570col_10855_22588
Briefs on socio-economic and political situation in Southern Africa
Democracy is now ingrained in the societies of the Southern African subregion. The countries of the subregion are grasping a more favorable economic climate ushered in by the democratic changes, on-going economic reforms coupled with the globalization and liberalization. Glimpse of hope are starting to show the importance of reforms for relaunching successful process of economic cooperation and integration of the subregion into the world economy. Defiantly, the relative merits of reforms cannot be enough without the peace dividend created in the region.
2011-03-30
2011-03-30
1997-07
Briefing paper
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/15450
4701
AFR
Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/222432018-12-28T15:35:15Zcom_10855_22602com_10855_22593com_10855_22561com_10855_22560com_10855_22587col_10855_22603col_10855_22562col_10855_22588
"Climate change and the rural economy in Southern Africa: issues, challenges and opportunities" : issues paper
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 study also discusses measures taken by the subregion towards mitigating and reducing the impacts of climate change and mainstreaming it in rural-development policies. It
further highlights how these initiatives can be further strengthened to improve the regional and national response to the global threat.
2014-06-05
2014-06-05
2012
Briefing paper
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/22243
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/412842019-05-29T03:19:53Zcom_10855_41930com_10855_41929com_10855_41983com_10855_41975com_10855_22561com_10855_22560com_10855_22587com_10855_41961com_10855_41951col_10855_41931col_10855_41984col_10855_22562col_10855_42032col_10855_22588col_10855_41973
Report on economic & social conditions in Southern Africa, 1998-1999
2018-12-28
2018-12-28
1999-12
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/41284
Also Available on the World Wide Web.
Also Available on the World Wide Web.
Also Available on the World Wide Web.
Also Available on the World Wide Web.
AFR
Southern Africa
unbis
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/52732021-05-22T15:50:03Zcom_10855_22561com_10855_22560com_10855_22566com_10855_22575com_10855_22587col_10855_22563col_10855_22567col_10855_22577col_10855_22588
Governance of financial institutions in Southern Africa : issues for an institutional convergence framework for regional financial integration in SADC
In sum, this paper is an attempt to urge the SADC leadership to kick-start the process of compiling a comprehensive Framework for Regional Financial Integration. It raises some of the issues that should be addressed by such a Framework, including whether the timeframes in the RISDP and FIP remain viable; how the weak political support could be revitalized, including through measures to support poorer Member States; how the capacity issues can be addressed to aver implementation delays; and importantly how to inject a participatory content in the entire regional integration programmes to gain more adherents.
2011-08-03
2011-08-03
2009-08
Conference document
https://hdl.handle.net/10855/5273
ZAF
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/239692020-04-07T16:19:35Zcom_10855_22587com_10855_22560col_10855_22588
Zambia-Malawi-Mozambique growth triangle stakeholders' meeting: final report
The Zambia-Malawi-Mozambique growth triangle initiative was launched in the Southern African sub region by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Southern Africa Office in 1999. Creation of the growth triangle was inspired by examples in the South-East Asia region, where the concept was developed in the 1980s as a means of promoting dynamic development among three or more countries. The primary objectives of the meeting were to enable senior government officials dealing with the initiative to discuss and finalize the draft memorandum of understanding and to prepare the document for approval by the ministers responsible for commerce, industry and trade from the three countries. Connected to this, there were secondary objectives, namely, first, to enable the drafting technical committee to ensure that the draft memorandum of understanding incorporates all agreed issues, and is ready for discussion and approval by the senior government officials ; second, to afford relevant stakeholders a platform to review the initiative’s existing mechanisms, instruments, frameworks and institutions for their relevance and effectiveness; and, third, to enable the stakeholders to make proposals for reforms, improvements, and reorientation of the initiative to achieve its stated objectives.
2017-11-22
2017-11-22
2017-05
Conference document
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/495612023-06-09T07:02:41Zcom_10855_22587com_10855_22560col_10855_22588oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/438112022-09-15T09:28:14Zcom_10855_22587com_10855_22560col_10855_22588
Strategies and policies for the integration of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises into the industrialization process in Southern Africa
The study is focused on enhancing the effective participation of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in agriculture and natural-resource-led industrialization, in particular agroprocessing and mineral processing value chains. Motivation for this selection lies in the priorities identified in the SADC Industrialization Strategy. For agroprocessing in the study, the findings of a SADC study entitled “Profiling of the regional agro-processing value chains in the SADC region (hereinafter referred to as the SADC agroprocessing study), which was finalized by SADC in March 2019. In the study success factors are identified for upstream and downstream value chain participation in agroprocessing. Among the recommendations in the study is a five-point policy framework to improve the potential for establishing sustainable agroprocessing value chains in the region. This report’s agroprocessing discussion provide micro, small and medium-sized enterprises specific strategies and policies within this framework.
2020-10-05
2020-10-05
2020-09
Policy paper
https://hdl.handle.net/10855/43811
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/46892018-12-28T14:11:12Zcom_10855_22598com_10855_22593com_10855_22573com_10855_22560com_10855_22587col_10855_22599col_10855_22601col_10855_22574col_10855_22588
Development of food processing projects to promote women entrepreneurship in Eastern and Southern Africa
This paper examines the prospects of developing small scale food processing projects in various member states of the sub region with a view to enhancing women entrepreneurship. In Section II, we examine the rationale of focusing specifically on women friendly food processing projects. Section III, suggests the list of projects, albeit not exhaustive, which are amenable to women entrepreneurship. Section IV, examines the possible constraints while Section V, reviews the role of government as well as other cooperating institutions in facilitating progress in this scenario. Section VI gives conclusion and makes a number of recommendations for future action
2011-03-28
2011-03-28
1997-01
Working paper
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/4689
AFR
Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/494102023-03-04T11:12:47Zcom_10855_22587com_10855_22560col_10855_22588
The role of digitalisation in strengthening capacities of Micro, Small and Medium-Size Enterprises (MSMEs in Southern Africa to take advantage of the AfCFTA): ECA Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA) & ECA Digital Centre of Excellence
This study on the Role of Digitalisation in Strengthening Capacities of Micro, Small and Medium-size Enterprises (MSMEs) in Southern Africa to take Advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), probes into the network of three critical and connected themes: African MSMEs, Digital Ecosystems and AfCFTA. It lays out an understanding of the state of MSMEs within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and outlines how governments can create the right conditions for smaller enterprises to optimally participate in their respective national digital ecosystems in order to leverage the range of opportunities opening up for full regional and continental integration through AfCFTA. AfCFTA holds great promise as an umbrella for driving the next wave of Africa’s growth. Anchored on the prioritisation of intra-Africa trade, regional collaboration, industrialisation, and economic diversification, the free trade agreement, when successfully implemented, will consolidate the continent’s markets by developing regional and specific value-chains that avail new scalable opportunities to MSMEs and the private sector beyond what they currently have access to, but there is a major concern.
2023-03-03
2023-03-03
2023
Technical paper
https://hdl.handle.net/10855/49410
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/150512018-12-28T14:30:06Zcom_10855_22575com_10855_22560com_10855_22587col_10855_22580col_10855_22588
Consultative meeting on development of efficient, safe and integrated transport system in Eastern and Southern Africa-SATCC, COMESA and ECA SRDC-SA : mission report
Representatives of SATCC, COMESA and ECA/SRDC-SA met in Maputo, Mozambique from 28 February to 3 March 2000 to consult on selected areas for cooperation, agree on the modalities for their implementation and also identify other areas for future cooperation. More specifically, the meeting was tasked to address the following issues:
2011-06-03
2011-06-03
2000-02
Reports
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/15051
AFR
Southern Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/149822018-12-28T15:45:18Zcom_10855_22610com_10855_22609com_10855_22618com_10855_22569com_10855_22560com_10855_22587col_10855_22611col_10855_22619col_10855_22570col_10855_22588
Accelerating Africa's development to meet the MDGs: challenges and the way forward for Southern Africa
The major objective of the thirteenth ICE meeting was for Southern Africa to take stock of progress it was making towards achieving the MDGs.In 2005,the ECA-SA Office undertook a study,which reviewed the status and trends in meeting the MDGs in southern Africa. The report found that progress was very uneven with a number of countries
experiencing a deterioration in human development compared to the preceding decade.
2011-01-08
2014-05-07
2007-03
Reports
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/14982
AFR
Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/76932018-12-28T14:10:24Zcom_10855_22610com_10855_22609com_10855_22575com_10855_22560com_10855_22587col_10855_22611col_10855_22577col_10855_22588
Policies, partnership and cooperation with other regional groupings within the context of the Abuja treaty Southern Africa
Regional Cooperation and Economic Integration has become an indispensable stage in the development process spurred by the GATT/WTO paradigm of liberalization and globalization. However, past experience has shown that Regional Cooperation and Economic Integration is fraught with numerous constraints namely institutional, structural, economic, political and even socio-cultural coupled with technical difficulties in the preparation and implementation of regional projects as compared to national ones. Consequently, the results of Africa's integration efforts since independence have fallen short of expectation.
2011-03-23
2011-03-23
1998-10
Reports
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/7693
AFR
Southern Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/222372021-01-10T17:12:04Zcom_10855_22587com_10855_22560col_10855_22588
Report of the ad hoc experts group meeting on cost-benefit analysis of regional infrastructure and services : Lilongwe, Malawi 22 - 23 March 2010
The objective of the meeting was to provide guidance on the preparation of a technical publication commissioned by ECA-SA on Regional Infrastructure Costs and Benefits in Southern Africa aimed at producing an analytical framework for establishing regional infrastructure costs and benefits to serve as a knowledge resource for assessing the key issues and challenges facing regional cooperation in developing regional infrastructure.
2014-06-05
2014-06-05
2010-03
Reports
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/22237
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/54482018-12-28T14:23:20Zcom_10855_22569com_10855_22560com_10855_22587col_10855_22570col_10855_22588
Labour markets and employment in southern Africa: the employment, poverty and development nexus
This paper focused on the labor markets and employment in Southern Africa, the employment, poverty and development nexus.
2011-01-07
2014-04-30
2003
Working paper
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/5448
AFR
Southern Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/32502018-12-28T14:54:34Zcom_10855_22605com_10855_22593com_10855_22587com_10855_22560col_10855_22606col_10855_22588
Achieving free trade area and customs union (CU) : emerging challenges and opportunities for Southern Africa
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has five sub regional offices. The main function of the sub regional Offices is to translate much of UNECA's normative and analytical work into operational activities at the country and sub regional levels, particularly with respect to harmonising policies and programmes of action, providing policy advisory services, and generally serving as focal points for policy dialogue and information exchange all aimed at facilitating regional integration.
2011-12-13
2011-12-13
2008-03
Reports
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/3250
AFR
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/28452016-03-03T15:01:24Zcom_10855_22561com_10855_22560com_10855_22573com_10855_22575com_10855_22587col_10855_22562col_10855_22574col_10855_22577col_10855_22588oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/27632018-12-28T14:27:12Zcom_10855_22561com_10855_22560com_10855_22573com_10855_22575com_10855_22587col_10855_22562col_10855_22574col_10855_22577col_10855_22588
Report of mission to SADC : to review the work programme of SADC and ECA/SRDC in order to identify areas of possible collaboration
To review the work programme of SADC and ECA/SRDC in order to identify areas of possible collaboration. One of the key objectives of the Sub-Regional Development Centre for Southern Africa is to provide technical support to the major Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in the Southern African sub region, namely: the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).
2011-01-14
2011-01-14
1998-03
Reports
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/2763
AFR
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/368652022-05-10T12:59:43Zcom_10855_41930com_10855_41929com_10855_41983com_10855_41975com_10855_22575com_10855_22560com_10855_22587col_10855_41931col_10855_41984col_10855_22577col_10855_42032col_10855_22588
Report on national mechanism for coordination of regional cooperation and integration in Southern Africa
The Committee considered the document entitled "Report on National Mechanism for Coordination of Regional Cooperation and Integration, which noted that, although regional cooperation and integration have been the foundation for Africa's economic and social development, efforts to bring about a fundamental socioeconomic structural change in Africa had often been frustrated by domestic and external factors. The objective of the Ad Hoc Experts Group Meeting will be to review existing national mechanisms for regional cooperation and integration in Southern Africa, and make appropriate recommendations to minimize cost and increase the benefits of regional cooperation and integration in Southern Africa. The discussions from the meeting would form the basis for a policy document suggesting appropriate mechanisms for coordination of regional economic cooperation and integration at national level.
2018-12-28
2022-05-10
2001
Reports
https://hdl.handle.net/10855/36865
AFR
Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/28342018-12-28T14:39:26Zcom_10855_22605com_10855_22593com_10855_22575com_10855_22560com_10855_22587col_10855_22606col_10855_22578col_10855_22577col_10855_22588col_10855_22576
Report on national mechanisms for coordination of economic cooperation and integration in Southern Africa
Regional cooperation and integration in Southern Africa has been increasingly accepted and promoted by all the countries, it being considered as one of the solutions to the limitations of their tiny national economies. The four major building blocks in Southern Africa: COMESA, SADC, IOC and SACU, are tangible examples of member States' determination to create a large and uniform investment, trading and production environment, thereby integrating their economies. The Committee is called upon to consider the report, brainstorm on the issues raised and recommend appropriate steps so that the Centre, in collaboration with selected national experts, could prepare a technical discussion paper to be presented to the Ad Hoc Experts Group Meeting.
2011-06-22
2011-06-22
2001-03
Reports
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/2834
2978
AFR
Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/150452018-12-28T14:11:25Zcom_10855_22575com_10855_22560com_10855_22587col_10855_22579col_10855_22588
Report of the Ad Hoc Expert Group meeting on the measurement of the informal sector in Africa / UNECA
This is the report of the Ad Hoc Expert Group meeting held in Lusaka, Zambia on 26 and 27 November 2007 to deliberate on Measurement of the Informal Sector in Africa. The main objective of the meeting was to discuss the practical concepts, definitions and protocols on the informal sector and review the various data collection methodologies to capture the sector, assess their efficiency and propose a suitable integrated methodology. The Ad Hoc Expert Group meeting also aimed to discuss African country experiences and best practices on informal sector surveys and their incorporation into national accounts.
2011-06-14
2011-06-14
2007-11
Reports
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/15045
AFR
Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/411082019-05-29T03:02:49Zcom_10855_41937com_10855_41929com_10855_22569com_10855_22560com_10855_22587col_10855_41950col_10855_22570col_10855_22588
Report and recommendations of the expert Ggup meeting
2018-12-28
2018-12-28
2003-02
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/41108
Southern Africa
oai:repository.uneca.org:10855/226862020-10-18T14:55:03Zcom_10855_22614com_10855_22609com_10855_22587com_10855_22560col_10855_22616col_10855_22588
Opportunities and challenges in using intellectual property systems to strengthen regional cooperation through policy harmonization in the Southern African Development Community
Intellectual property is a critical component of commerce and economic growth worldwide as intellectual property rights protection systems affect international trade and support creativity and innovation. The study assessed the feasibility of harmonizing national intellectual property frameworks in the SADC region and aligning them to sub regional mechanisms with the view to strengthen regional integration.
2015-12-04
2015-12-04
2015
Reports
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/22686
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Parliament of Botswana ICT master plan
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are being widely deployed and used in various economic and public spheres. However, their use in parliaments is lagging, at least in relative terms. When
ICTs are deployed in parliaments without a well-thought plan on how the institutions’ core functions will be implemented the effects can be detrimental to the intended objective.
2014-06-04
2014-06-04
2012-08
Technical paper
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/22246
BOTSWANA
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Rising to the challenge: socioeconomic development opportunities in Lesotho
The present report contains a multidimensional diagnostic evaluation of the national development context of Lesotho. Key trends in the social and economic development of the country over the past two decades are highlighted in order to identify areas of progress and opportunities, as well as the gaps and bottlenecks that Lesotho is facing in confronting and overcoming its socioeconomic development challenges. The present report shows that gender inequality in households shapes the terms and conditions under which women and men engage in work and care and how that inequality structures the operation of the economy in Lesotho. The report shows that this productivity record is replicated in industry, in textile and apparel manufacturing and in services. Poor productivity performance is largely responsible for poverty in Lesotho and the country’s inadequate social development during the first two decades of the twenty-first century. Lying behind this economic record has been a marked deterioration in governance since 2012. In this context, the present report provides an outline of a comprehensive package of economic reforms that could improve social and human development in Lesotho. The report provides five specific objectives for government policy and contains suggestions for short, medium and long-term policy interventions that could meet the challenges relating to the country’s socioeconomic development by unlocking opportunities to improve the livelihoods of the people of Lesotho. It observes that the National Strategic Development Plan II Strategic Focus 2023/24–2027/28 offers a route out of development distress and notes the significant opportunities to place Lesotho on a socioeconomic growth path that is consistent with the Sustainable Development Goals.
2023-09-04
2023-09-04
2023-02
Reports
https://hdl.handle.net/10855/49903
LESOTHO
LESOTHO
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Report of the Sixth meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of the Subregional Development Centre for Southern Africa
This document explains the report of the Sixth meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of the Sub-regional Development Center for Southern Africa. The document further briefed on the type of services the SRDC provided to member States and the two major publications by the Center: The Report on Economic and Social Conditions in Southern Africa and the Southern Africa Development Bulletin.
2011-01-07
2015-03-27
2000-04
Conference document
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/4703
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AFR
Southern Africa
Africa South of the Sahara
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Report of the seventh meeting of the intergovernmental committee of experts (ICE) of the subregional development center for Southern Africa
The Seventh Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of the ECA Sub regional Development Centre for Southern Africa (SRDC-SA) was held from 3 to 4 April, 2001 in Lusaka, Zambia. The Meeting was attended by representatives from member countries except Botswana, Malawi and Mauritius, regional communities like COMESA and SADC, the ECA and other UN agencies. The meeting created an opportunity for regional collaboration amongst member countries, the ECA and the UN agencies.
2011-01-07
2016-12-21
2001-04
Conference document
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/4699
4564
1991
9770
7561
8105
4664
7549
4679
AFR
Southern Africa
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Opportunities for Micro-small and Medium-sized Enterprises within the Green and Blue Economies: Case of the Southern African Development Community
Micro-small and medium-sized enterprises dominate the economies of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) in terms of their numbers, although not in value. Most, however, are micro- and informal enterprises and are largely cut off from opportunities to improve their capabilities. They mainly operate in the agriculture, fisheries, forestry, wholesale and retail trade sectors. Manufacturing micro-small and medium-sized enterprises are relatively few and data on medium-sized firms are sparse. In SADC countries, micro-small and medium-sized enterprises do not substantially participate in existing regional value chains, which are mainly composed of unbeneficiated natural resources. One large and buoyant market in SADC countries is the role of informal cross-border traders, who mainly trade food items, handicrafts and clothing. Many traders are women, and this trade plays an important role in food security and small-scale access to goods. The adoption of the green and blue economies by SADC countries needs to be context specific. In this regard, and as one example, SADC policy will need to manage the tensions between green and blue economy efforts on the one hand, which support the millions of small-scale farmers, fishers, harvesters and sellers of bio-economy products, with efforts geared towards mega-projects driven by large enterprises. Green and blue economy policies and plans will also have to be sufficiently geared towards addressing rural development needs and seizing the potential of a rapidly urbanizing population. The present report demonstrates the many opportunities available to micro-small and medium-sized enterprises in the green and blue economies in SADC countries. Realizing this potential requires a number of actions to be taken.
2023-05-30
2023-05-30
2023-05
Briefing paper
https://hdl.handle.net/10855/49607
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Report on Economic and Social Conditions in Southern Africa: 1998-1999
2018-12-28
2018-12-28
1999-12
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/25627
Also Available on the World Wide Web.
Also Available on the World Wide Web.
Also Available on the World Wide Web.
Also Available on the World Wide Web.
ZAF
Southern Africa
unbis
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Harmonization of national mining policies in the SADC region: report
This report on the harmonization of national mining policies in the SADC region is part of the ongoing collaborative programme between the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Southern Africa Office (UNECA-SA) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to implement the SADC Mining Protocol. The Protocol calls for member States to harmonize and align their mining policies and administrative and regulatory frameworks. This call was reiterated by SADC Mining Ministers at their meeting in Antanarivo, Madagascar, in 2006 when they approved the Framework for the Harmonization of Mining Policies, Standards and Regulatory Regimes in the SADC subregion, and requested swift implementation thereof. The Framework now forms the basis for the SADC-UNECA collaborative programme to harmonize mineral policies in the subregion.
2011-08-03
2011-08-03
2009-08
Reports
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/5257
ZAF
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Report of the workshop on mainstreaming Gender and Human Rights into the SADC HIV/AIDS strategic framework and programme 2000-2004 focusing on the SADC mining, SADC employment and labour sectors : Lusaka, Zambia, 16 - 17 May 2002
The objective of the workshop is to contribute to the process of ope rationalizing the SADC HIV/AIDS Strategic Framework and Program 2000-2004 through a gender responsive approach focusing on the SADC Mining, Labor and Employment Sectors.This is a beginning of a follow-up process of capacity building recommended by the Ad-Hoc Expert Group Meeting on Gender Networking to Control HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa.
2011-01-07
2014-08-13
2002-07
Reports
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/1980
AFR
Africa
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Paper on expirence in the promotion of trade and investment
Mauritius Export Development and Investment Authority (MEDIA), a semi-governmental promotional agency under the aegis of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce with the following objectives:Promote Mauritius as an investment base;Promote the export of locally manufactured products and Construction of industrial buildings which are put at the disposal of industrialists on a rental basis.
2011-01-08
2015-04-01
1999-10
Working paper
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/15050
MUS
Mauritius
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Southern Africa development bulletin: NEPAD a framework for Africa's development in the 21st century
The New Partnership for Africa's Development, NEPAD, is an initiative adopted by the African countries as the economic heart for the transformation of African development and marks the transition from the political orientation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) to the economic focus of the African Union (AU). NEPAD has been received with both enthusiasm and skepticism by stakeholders in Africa and outside Africa. This issue of the Bulletin focuses on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), a framework that has been developed by African leaders for Africa's Development in the 21st century. NEPAD aims to reduce poverty in Africa by transforming the continent's development strategy by placing African countries, individually and collectively, on a path of. self-sustaining development. It aims to tum Africa into a major actor in the new world economy, and halt its marginalization in the globalization process.
2012-08-03
2017-11-23
2002-12
Book
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/21328
AFR
Southern Africa
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Gender mainstreaming activities during 2000-2001
The framework of the programme of work of the Economic Commission for
Africa Subregional Development Centre for Southern Africa (SRDC-SA) is to
support regional cooperation and integration in the countries of Southern Africa
through the activities of the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), in this case
the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Southern
African Development Community (SADC). The Centre works in close collaboration
with all ECA divisions, UN agencies and directly with the member states and in
partnership with other development partners.
2011-06-15
2011-06-15
2001-11
Working paper
http://hdl.handle.net/10855/14076
4461
AFR
Southern Africa
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