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A New ECA Report On Regional Integration Calls for Strong Action to Lower Costs of Doing Business and Facilitate intra-African Trade
(2010-05)
The report, titled “Enhancing intra-African trade” will be launched on Monday 24th May in Abidjan during the annual meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) as a side event organized under the umbrella of the Coalition ...
Calls made to integrate, industrialize and add value
(2012-04)
As part of the developing South, Africa has little choice but to industrialize, create bigger markets and minimize fragmentation as a means to deliver more balanced growth", said panelists at a special session held this ...
ECA Economists Discuss Industrialization and Trade with DFID in Kigali
(2015-09)
The Rwandan office of the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) praised ECA's 2015 edition of its Economic Report on Africa (ERA), saying that it contains “important subjects that will help DFID to design ...
Women can turn around Africa's poor trade performance, says ECA's Kyerematen
(2012-11)
A continental conference on Mainstreaming Gender into Trade Policy will be held in Accra Ghana from 12-14 November 2012 to focus on how to increase women's voice in trade policy and negotiations. The conference aims to ...
Experts to look into integrating aid for trade into global markets
(2014-04)
The Economic Commission for Africa will host an inter-regional forum of over 60 experts from around the world to share experiences and views on how Aid for Trade can best facilitate the integration of developing countries ...
Towards a continental free trade area and customs union in Africa 7th session of the Committee on trade, regional cooperation and integration aims to shape debate for African Union Summit 2012
(2011-05)
The 7th session of the Committee on Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration (CTRCI) will take place on 2-3 June 2011 at the Headquarters of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. More than ...
New Jubilee publications sheds light on 50 years of the continent's hopes and challenges
(2013-05)
Fifty years ago, the representatives of thirty-two independent African countries and from liberation movements of countries still under the yoke of colonialism met in Addis Ababa to bring the Organization of African Unity ...