The 4th Joint African Union Commission/United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (AUC/ECA) Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development was held in 2011. This Conference mandated ECA ...

This document focuses on Africa Bioenergy Policy Framework and Guidelines: Towards Harmonizing Sustainable Bioenergy Development in Africa. The purpose of this Framework and Guidelines is neither to develop a normative ...

Advisory service delivery is an important element of the mandate of ECA. It contributes to strengthening capacity development in national institutions and regional organizations. Africa is directing its development efforts ...

Externally driven financing of national development strategies has resulted in a serious challenge faced by African States to develop an effective exit strategy from resource rents and aid. This paper seeks to demonstrate ...

This document focuses on the Framework for a Renewed UN/AU Partnership on Africa's Integration and Development Agenda 2017-2027(PAIDA). The Framework is more “Afro-centric”, in that it is anchored on Africa’s own expressed ...

The Post-2015 Development Agenda presents a unique opportunity for Africa to articulate its common priorities, opportunities and challenges. This requires: productive capacities development, notably through infrastructure, ...

This paper focuses on the key recommendations of sessions of the regional coordination mechanism for Africa (2006-2015) at regional coordination mechanism for Africa coordinators retreat Debre Zeit, Ethiopia, 30 November- ...

This paper focuses on the alignment of the RCM-Africa clusters with agenda 2063. Agenda 2063, a plan for Africa’s structural transformation, was agreed upon by African heads of state and government at the twenty-first ...

The 2014 ECA Statistics Pocketbook is the third volume of this publication produced by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). It presents statistical trends for each African country on some key indicators ...

Beyond the death toll of the current outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EBOLA), the disease has notable impacts on the three affected countries Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone through two channels. First, the health and ...