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The focus of this issue of the Economic Governance Report (EGR II) is on tax expenditures, where governments provide allowances to potential taxpayers that reduce the effective tax base and actual tax...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement entered into force in 2019, and its implementation commenced in 2021. A major milestone in the continent’s regional integration, it aims to...

This report reviews Africa’s performance on five goals of the 2030 Agenda, taking into account their correspondence with Agenda 2063. It uses the latest data from international sources to track...

This annual publication, jointly produced by the African Development Bank, the African Union Commission, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, is a result of the collaboration that...

The tenth edition of the report on Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA X) is on the theme: “Africa’s services trade liberalization and integration under the AfCFTA”. The report seeks to...

This publication examines the role of innovative finance for business sector development as a pathway to financing and achieving Africa’s sustainable development and Agenda 2063. It articulates how...

Signed by 52 African countries, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is, by the number of participating countries, the largest trade agreement since the formation of the WTO. This report...

This premier Economic Governance Report (EGR I) assesses the institutional architecture pledged by African governments for blocking illicit financial flows (IFFs) and recommends initiatives to...

Exploitation of natural resources has dominated economic activity in Africa but the benefits have accrued only to a privileged few. The continent’s most common strategy of exporting commodities in...

The Yearbook series is a result of joint efforts by major African regional organizations to set up a joint data collection mechanism of socioeconomic data on African countries as well as the...

In the current context of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, policymakers are confronted with decisions that may prove to be among the most difficult of their careers. In Africa, at least 42...

Between 300,000 and 3.3 million African people could die as a direct result of COVID-19 (coronavirus), depending on measures taken to stop the spread. Africa is particularly susceptible because 56...

The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), while above all a public health crisis, has presented the African continent with unprecedented economic challenges. In order to contain cross-border transmission...

The present study contains a review and analysis of the drivers for boosting intra-African investment towards Africa’s transformation and reconciles both the regional and continental perspectives. The...

The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) identified the green economy as one of several approaches to sustainable development. In their common position to Rio+20, African...

North African economies are hardly hit by COVID-19 (coronavirus), induced by the lockdown measures which had negative impact on the supply and demand sides, and the drastic reduction of world demand...

The Yearbook series is a result of collaborative efforts by major African regional organizations to set up a joint data collection mechanism of socioeconomic data on African countries, as well as the...