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The Economic Report on Africa (ERA) reviews the performance of the region's economy during the past year and considers the prospects for the short and medium term. With a special focus on poverty...

Africa was the only developing region to accelerate its growth in a turbulent year that saw the synchronized slowdown of all major economies and heightened uncertainty about prospects for the world’s...

This Report examines and provides analysis on the critical elements of effectively fostering industrialisation and hence structural transformation based on extensive review of experience with...

Official Records of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development: Report on the Seventeenth Session

Official Records of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development: Report on the Thirteenth Session (17-21 May 2010).

Official Records of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development: Report on the Fourteenth Session (23-27 May 2011).

Official Records of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development: Report on the Fifteenth Session (21-25 May 2012).

Official Records of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development: Report on the Sixteenth Session (3-7 June 2013)

Many African economies are still characterized by a heavy reliance on the primary sector, high vulnerability to external shocks, jobless growth and slow progress towards social development. It is...

This is the official report of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development on its eighteenth session during the period of 4-8 May 2015.

The 2016 edition of the Economic Report on Africa (ERA 2016) focuses on greening industrialization and highlights sustainable and people-centred industrialization. Given the impacts of climate change...