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Ghana hosts discussions on 2013 economic report on Africa, supports its recommendations
(2013-06)
A meeting organized by the National Development Planning Commission (NPDC) and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) took place in Accra on June 4, this year, as part of a series of ongoing dissemination events on the ...
Africa must boost commodity based industrialization to grow economy and poverty says economic report on Africa 2013
(2013-03)
The Sixth Joint Annual Meetings of ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance opened here with a call for a paradigm shift for ...
Africa should listen and operationalise the economic report on Africa
(2013-05)
Experts attending the Kigali launch of the Economic Report on Africa (ERA) urged African countries to put into operation, individually and collectively, policy recommendations of the 2013 edition of the report. The report, ...
Industrialization, a prerequisite to achieve economic transformation in North Africa
(2014-02)
The CIE is the deliberative organ of ECA Office for North Africa and includes representatives of seven countries: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia . It holds its statutory meeting every year ...
Commodity based industrialization is a must for Cameroon and other African countries economic report on Africa 2013
(2013-06)
This year’s Economic Report on Africa identifies inclusive growth and job creation as major challenges for the continent due to its perennial dependence on
the exportation of raw materials. Focusing on the theme “Making ...
Finance minister Okonjo-Iweala to launch Africa economic report
(2013-07)
“The report is based on nine studies of African countries, which have helped to generate evidence-based policy recommendations. The policy framework offered underscores, inter alia , the importance of designing and ...
Industrialisation can sustain Africa's recent economic growth experts
(2013-03)
A meeting of technical experts kicked off this week, calling for accelerated industrialization, as "one of the surest ways of ensuring the sustainability of the continent’s recent economic growth." The three-day technical ...
New economic report urges Africa to build credible institutions to boost industriliazation
(2014-03)
An examination of Africa’s failure at industrialization had ignored the policy processes and institutions governing industrial policy in Africa or the impact of their inherent weaknesses on industrialization. “Indeed, weak ...
e-learning course on economic report on Africa 2017: urbanization and industrialization for Africa's transformation commences on Monday 23rd October 2017
(2017-10)
This e-Learning course, based on the Economic report on Africa 2017 titled “Urbanization and Industrialization for Africa’s Transformation” is finally here and starts on Monday 23rd October, to run for five weeks until the ...
African Finance and Economic Planning Ministers' Annual Conference holds in Abuja from March 25
(2014-03)
The Seventh Joint AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development will be held on 25-30 March 2014 in Abuja, the Nigerian capital. ...