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Financing climate change adaptation and mitigation in Africa: key issues and options for policy-makers and negotiators : policy brief
(2011-01)
Financial support for mitigation and adaptation in developing countries is a ‘make or break’ component of a United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) agreement in Copenhagen in December 2009. In light ...
Enhancing Africa's competitiveness: policy issues in natural resources and science and technology
(2001-09)
The paper discusses the concept of competitiveness and how the concept has evolved over time. This analysis is useful to understand and assess the current state of competitiveness in Africa and how competitiveness can be ...
Possibilités d’harmonisation des systèmes réglementaires pour le développement des infrastructures : Le cas des pools énergétiques pour la fourniture de services et la transformation structurelle en Afrique
(2017)
La présente note d’orientation donne un aperçu de quelques-unes des principales recommandations issues de l’étude «Systèmes réglementaires efficaces pour la fourniture de services et la transformation structurelle en Afrique ...
Opportunities to harmonize regulatory systems for infrastructure development: the case of power pools for service delivery and structural transformation in Africa
(2017)
The present Policy Brief outlines some of the key
recommendations derived from the study on “Effective
Regulatory Systems for Service Delivery and Structural
Transformation in Africa: Infrastructure Development and
the ...
Rural progress : vol. ix, No. 2
(1990)
This issue of the rural Progress covers, on a very selective basis, some aspects of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Secretariat’s efforts to facilitate development of rural Africa during the period 1979-1989. The ...
Achieving sustainable development in Africa through inclusive green growth: leveraging trade potential
(2016)
Trade plays an important role in the world economy and can spur economic growth on the African continent. It reflects the preferences of firms and consumers on the world market, making the environmental and social outcomes ...
Inclusive green economy policies and structural transformation in Ethiopia
(2015-10)
The main objective of this report is to explore the linkages and contribution of inclusive green economy policies and strategies to structural transformation in Ethiopia. In this regard, the report provides an assessment ...
Bio-Energy for Africa: opportunities, constraints and tradeoffs
(2016)
Bio-energy, which refers to all fuels derived from biomass, is the largest single source of renewable energy. The proportion of bio-energy in some developing countries exceeds 90% of their primary energy supply. Bioenergy ...
Unlocking the potential of the blue economy for socioeconomic development in Southern Africa: issues and policy options:Policy brief
(2019)
This policy brief derives from a background study conducted by the sub regional office for Southern Africa of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), entitled: “The Blue Economy, Inclusive Industrialization and Economic ...
Achieving sustainable development in Africa through inclusive green growth: the role of ecosystem goods and services
(2016)
Ecosystem goods and services are the benefits that people obtain from both natural and modified ecosystems. From disaster risk reduction to energy generation to water security, Africa has ample opportunity to seize the ...