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The green economy and Africa’s economic transformation: a balancing act
(2015)
Two approaches underpin the current policy debate on African development trajectories: conventional structural economic transformation and transformation linked to the green economy. While structural economic transformation ...
Report on sustainable development goals for the West Africa subregion
(2015)
One of the key commitments of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) was the compelling need for elaborating sustainable development goals (SDGs) because of their potential usefulness for pursuing ...
The blue economy
(2016-11)
In this report, the Blue Economy covers all bodies of water, including lakes and rivers, in addition to seas, coasts and oceans. It thus includes land-locked States in, for example, the Great Lakes Region. The main sectors ...
Progress towards sustainable development in Eastern Africa:summary for policy makers
(2012-05)
This document is a concise and well-informed report on progress made in implementing Agenda 21 and the various commitments, programs and time-bound targets adopted at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in the ...
After the MDGs, renewed commitment and financing required to spur Africa's development
(2015-09)
Leadership, innovation and targeted investments in a number of social sectors have led to transformative interventions and in many cases revolutionized people’s lives, says an annual report produced jointly by the Economic ...
Southern Africa comes up with roadmap on developmental state
(2015-07)
A regional conference on Building Democratic Developmental States for Economic Transformation in Southern Africa ended Wednesday last week in Pretoria, South Africa, with far reaching recommendations to provide policy ...
Changements climatiques, croissance et réduction de la pauvretée : document de travail no 12
(2010-10)
Tout le monde s’accorde à penser que les changements climatiques constituent une question critique pour l’Afrique et en fait le plus grand problème, avec celui de la pauvreté, qui se pose au 21e
siècle. Les changements ...
Africa can adhere to responsible, AMV compliant mining practices
(2013-05)
Key players in the mining sector attending an industry partnership meeting for Mining and Metals session organized by the World Economic Forum and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) have underscored that the window ...
Enhancing water resource management through an inclusive green economy approach: the case of Lake Victoria Basin
(2016)
This policy brief provides a synthesis of the findings and recommends, among other things, the development and implementation of an inclusive green economy strategy or framework for water resource management in the Basin ...