The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Hosts Expert Group Meeting to Review Progress on Boosting Intra-African Trade
Stories & Blogs ECAJun 19, 2024(Story )The meeting aims to evaluate and enhance the implementation of the Boosting Intra-African Trade (BIAT) Action Plan, ensuring that it aligns with the transformative goals of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Despite challenges, Southern Africa has improved financial inclusion with adoption of digital financial services
Stories & Blogs ECAJun 18, 2024(Story )Countries in Southern Africa performed well on their financial inclusion, between 2011 and 2021, thanks to their rapid adoption of digital financial services including mobile money. This is according to financial experts at a webinar on the African Financ
Money is Power: Leveraging Finance to Strengthen Women’s Financial Resilience in Africa
Stories & Blogs ECAApr 25, 2024(Story )Money makes the world go around, as they say. Conversely, the world stops if you do not have that resource.
Carbon tax on fossils fuels, marine and aviation transport could generate additional development financing for Africa
Stories & Blogs ECAApr 25, 2024(Story )A carbon taxation regime covering carbon tax on fossil fuel, maritime transport, and aviation could generate additional funds to support the Africa energy transition, says Claver Gatete, Executive Secretary of ECA
Timely reforms of the global financial institutions and architecture crucial for sustainable development and financing for development in Africa
Stories & Blogs ECAApr 25, 2024(Story )African ministers and senior officials are calling for timely reform of the global financial institutions and architecture for sustainable development and financing for development in Africa.
Strong calls for innovative financing and reform of the international financial system to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa
Stories & Blogs ECAApr 01, 2024(Story )urgent action is needed to increase capital flows into developing countries, particularly in Africa to make the SDGs stimulus a reality. Said Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General
African countries to dominate the world’s top 10 growing economies, ECA report.
Stories & Blogs ECAMar 28, 2024(Story )African countries are predicted to dominate the world’s top 10 highest growing economies in 2024, according to a report on Recent Economic and Social Developments in Africa.
ECA trains Mauritanian experts in collaboration with national tax authority
Stories & Blogs IMFOct 13, 2023(Story )The ECA Office for North Africa concluded in Nouakchott a capacity building workshop on double tax treaty models
La CNUCED définit des pistes pour réduire la dépendance à l'égard des produits de base en vue d'une croissance plus verte et plus inclusive
Stories & Blogs CNUCEDOct 09, 2023(Communiqué de presse )Les pays en développement tributaires des produits de base peuvent parvenir à une croissance économique durable et inclusive en diversifiant leurs structures économiques, en les rendant plus résistantes et mieux préparées à un avenir à faible émission de
La CNUCED Appelle à des Actions Globales Audacieuses pour Décarboner le Transport Maritime et Assurer une Transition Juste
Stories & Blogs CNUCEDSep 27, 2023(Communiqué de presse )L’Etude sur les transports maritimes 2023 appelle à agir au plus vite et collaborer à l'échelle du système pour décarboner le transport maritime dans un contexte d'augmentation des émissions de carbone et d'incertitude réglementaire.