High level delegations expected in Marrakech for African development forum
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United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa;United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa;
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High-level delegations expected in Marrakech for African Development Forum. Marrakech will host a number of African leaders as part of the UN’s African Development Forum. The Forum takes place every two years and is organized by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Africa’s most important policy think tank. Africa’s infrastructure requirements alone are estimated at some $90 billion per year. The costs of safeguarding Africa’s natural resources, which continue to underpin most growth in the continent, are also increasing. The good news is the potential for Africa to raise substantially more domestic financial resources and to finance its development from these resources is huge. Concrete results are within reach, even within a short time frame, if the appropriate innovations and support are put in place. The Forum is convened in collaboration with the African Union Commission, the African Development Bank and other key partners with a view to establishing an African driven development agenda that reflects consensus and leads to specific programmes for implementation.
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa (2014-10). High level delegations expected in Marrakech for African development forum. Addis Ababa:. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/34648”Serial Title
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