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IPCC AR6: Africa’s ability to adapt being pushed to its limit, creating urgency to reverse course
(2022-04)
The Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued the second part of its 6th Assessment Report, focusing on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. This timely report warns of multiple climate changeinduced ...
UN: “Great finance divide” amid COVID-19 poses major setback for sustainable development
(2022-04)
According to a new report launched by the United Nations, the crippling cost of debt financing for many developing
countries has hamstrung their recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, forced cutbacks in development spending, ...
Opinion: there are none so blind as those who will not see
(2022-04)
IFFs are transfers of capital from a country where reprehensible practices committed by an unscrupulous economic agent (individual or company) have occurred, to another country or financial institution. Illicit is broader ...
AfCFTA could be the Marshall Plan for the African Economic Recovery
(2022-04)
The East African economies, already struggling to recover from a Covid-19 induced downturn, face another crisis as they manage the effects from the Ukrainian crisis. ECA estimates that the COVID-19 pandemic led to the ...
High-quality statistics key to measure national development goals in Africa
(2022-05)
High-quality statistics key to measure national development goals in Africa. High-quality statistics, the report says are required for evidence-based decision-making, and for monitoring and evaluating progress made towards ...
Improving access to finance for SMEs in North Africa for A better post-COVID-19 recovery
(2022-04)
How did COVID-19 affect North African enterprises? Can countries harness SMEs for a faster economic recovery? How could they do so, and build on such results to reduce youth unemployment?This event will be an opportunity ...
The dual equation of economic diversification and structural transformation in Sao Tome and Principe
(2022-04)
A panel discussion on the structural transformation and economic diversification of Sao Tome and Principe: benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) and fiscal reforms will be organized in Yaoundé. ...
Launch of the 2022 ‘Africa’s urbanisation dynamics: the economic power of Africa’s Cities’ report
(2022-04)
The report provides a broad and current perspective on Africa’s urban economies. Based on data from more than four million individuals and firms in 2,600 cities across 34 countries, it presents compelling evidence that ...
Health reforms are key to economic recovery in Africa
(2022-05)
Amadou Hott, Senegalese Minister of Finance says Africa had to go through the COVID-19 crisis to realize the importance of investing in strong health systems and pharmaceutical companies that can produce medicines locally. ...
Cameroon elected bureau chair of the committee on economic governance
(2022-04)
The CEG will coordinate the work of ECA to ensure coherence and results in the support given to member States and other stakeholders in their effort to build and strengthen economic governance institutions and policies, ...