48 hours left before the kick off of the 52nd Session of the ECA

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The Economic Commission for Africa and the Ministry of economy and finance of Morocco held a joint press briefing on the conference on 18 March at the Ministry's headquarters, two days before the start of the 52 Session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (COM2019). Running from March 20-26 in Marrakech, this ministerial conference of continental scope this year will have for theme, "Fiscal policy, trade and private sector in the digital era: a strategy for Africa". "The purpose of this meeting is to explore how to use new technologies efficiently, to put in place more effective and less costly fiscal and tax policies that will enable Member States to mobilize more resources and ensure transparency in their relations with citizens, "said Lilia Hachem Naas, Director of ECA's Sub regional Office for North Africa.