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African Ministers of Finance and Economic Development commit to placing Agriculture at the core of growth policies
(2010-03)
In the framework of the General Assembly Resolution 57/7, which recommends that NEPAD be the framework within which UN agencies support Africa’s development, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa ...
Third edition of the African Economic Outlook focuses on aid and Public Resource Mobilisation
(2010-07)
The African Economic Outlook has become a widely acclaimed annual report on African economies. AEO is the only recurrent report on Africa that provides country-by-country analysis of recent political, economic and social ...
UNECA and Microsoft join forces to support economic growth and opportunity in Africa
(2010-01)
Through the public-private partnership, UNECA and Microsoft will employ their respective expertise in a number of areas including: access to software and technical support; local software development; capacity building in ...
ECA to train experts on how to achieve macroeconomic policy convergence in East and North Africa
(2010-09)
Experts from various ministries of finance and planning; Central Banks, and regional economic communities (RECs) in North and East Africa will participate in a four-day workshop on how to enhance the capacity of African ...
African Ministers of Finance and Economic Development commit to placing Agriculture at the core of growth policies
(2010-03)
African Ministers of Finance, Economic Planning and Development have resolved to give pride of place to the high potential of the agricultural sector to create jobs, by granting subsidies to small scale farmers through the ...
Central Africa urged to improve its macroeconomic convergence
(2015-05)
Central African countries have been once again admonished to increase their efforts at achieving the kind of regional integration that will foster sustainable growth in all the economies of the sub-region, especially in ...
Macroeconomic framework for structural transformation of African economies
(2015-03)
Growth and development focused macroeconomic frameworks play a critical role in creating a conducive environment for a country’s transformation. In addition to short term macroeconomic stabilization, effective macroeconomic ...
Launch of the economic report on Africa in Abidjan
(2014-10)
Launch of the Economic Report on Africa in Abidjan. The Report that is co-published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) incorporates several country case studies ...
ECA trains economists in Rwanda on economic modelling
(2017-08)
Whenever negotiating complex economic agreements with uncertain outcomes, you need your own set of numbers, otherwise you may be in a weak position!” Andrew Mold, the acting Director of the Sub-regional Office for Eastern ...
Focus on human capital and improve science and technology, regional integration report advises
(2016-07)
Regional integration has been placed at the center of Africa’s aspirations for inclusive and sustainable economic growth and development. A new report titled ‘Assessing Regional Integration in Africa VII: Innovation, ...