In a bilateral meeting held today on the margins of the 51 Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, the Economic Commission for Africa and the Republic of Sudan agreed to strengthen ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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. High-quality statistics, the report says are required for evidence-based decision-making, and for monitoring and evaluating progress made towards ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

Following the historic signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) in Kigali, Rwanda in March this year, the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) is calling on African nations to bolster their ...