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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Lake Victoria Basin is endowed with abundant water and other natural resources, and is vital to its communities and countries owing to its role in supporting valuable ecosystems and economic activities. Its sustainable ...

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 ...

Africa’s natural resources endowment can propel commodity-based industrialization and economic structural transformation that could shift the sectoral composition in favor of high-productivity activities, especially ...

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 ...

The East African Community (EAC) have collectively experienced rapid economic growth and transformation over the last decade, in spite of an adverse global economic environment. The main drivers of these changes have been ...

The last two decades, Africa experienced a severe crisis manifested among others in the constant decline of its economic growth rate. Since 1994, the economic situation of the continent has improved steadily, but this ...