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Economic Commission for Africa
AFRICAN STAT YRBK 2021

African Statistical Yearbook 2021

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African statistical yearbook / Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique
13 Jan 2023
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 development of a common harmonized database. This Yearbook is meant to break with the practices of the pas...
ECONOMIC REPORT ON AFRICA 2021

Economic Report on Africa 2021

Addressing Poverty and Vulnerability in Africa During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Economic Report on Africa
14 May 2022
The report applies a poverty-vulnerability-resilience framework to examine the impact of COVID-19 on household well-being in Africa. The report emphasizes the dynamic nature of poverty since some of the poor are not poor all the time, though they are often vulnerable because of exposure to a mult...
ASSESS REG INTEG AFRICA #10

Assessing Regional Integration in Africa X

Africa’s Services Trade Liberalization and Integration Under the AfCFTA

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Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA)
18 Mar 2022
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 deepen understanding and appreciation of the critical role of services to trade, production and the ...
AFRICAN STAT YRBK 2020

African Statistical Yearbook 2020

Series:
African statistical yearbook / Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique
24 Jun 2021
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 exists among the three pan-African organizations in the field of statistics. This synergistic colla...
COVID-19 CRISIS IN NORTH AFRICA

COVID-19 Crisis in North Africa

The Impact and Mitigation Responses

27 Nov 2020
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, fueling a drop in North Africa exports. Spurred by the 50% drop in oil prices and the lockdown, A...
POLITICAL ECONOMY OF GREEN ECONOMY

Political Economy of a Green Economy: Transition in Africa

1 Nov 2020
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 countries recognized that the transition to a green economy could offer new opportunities to advance ...
COVID-19 IN AFRICA PROTECTING LIVE

COVID-19 in Africa

Protecting Lives and Economies

13 Oct 2020
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 percent of the urban population is concentrated in overcrowded and poorly serviced slum dwellings (e...
COVID-19 LOCKDOWN EXIT STRATEGIES

COVID-19: Lockdown Exit Strategies for Africa

14 Oct 2020
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 countries have imposed partial or full lockdowns on the movements and activities. Experience around the ...
ECONOMIC REPORT ON AFRICA 2020

Economic Report on Africa 2020

Innovative Finance for Private Sector Development in Africa

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Economic Report on Africa
20 Apr 2021
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 innovative sources of finance can be utilized to finance Africa’s business sector development, taki...
RAPPORT ECONOMIQ AFRIQUE 2020

Rapport économique sur l’Afrique 2020

Financements innovants pour le développement des entreprises en Afrique

Series:
Rapport économique sur l'Afrique
20 May 2021
Ce rapport examine le rôle des financements innovants pour le développement du secteur des entreprises comme moyen de financer et de réaliser le développement durable de l’Afrique et l’Agenda 2063. Il explique comment les sources de financement innovantes peuvent être utilisées pour financer le d...
AFRICAN STAT YRBK 2019

African Statistical Yearbook 2019

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African statistical yearbook / Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique
6 Mar 2020
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 development of a harmonized database. It seeks to promote wider use of country data, reduce costs...
ASSESS REG INTEG AFRICA #9

Assessing Regional Integration in Africa IX

Next Steps for the African Continental Free Trade Area

Series:
Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA)
11 Dec 2020
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 recognizes that it is not enough for the AfCFTA to be merely negotiated, concluded and ratified. I...
ECON RPT ON AFRICA 2019

Economic Report on Africa 2019

Fiscal Policy for Financing Sustainable Development in Africa

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Economic Report on Africa
10 May 2019
The 2019 edition of the Economic Report on Africa explores the intricate terrain of revenue collection on the continent and makes salient recommendations to help African countries attain the SDGs and the aspirations of Agenda 2063 by expanding their fiscal space and how. It identifies several qui...
AFRICA SUSTAINABLE DEV RPT 2018

Africa Sustainable Development Report 2018

Towards a Transformed and Resilient Continent

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Africa Sustainable Development Report
13 Mar 2019
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 performance and highlight lessons learned in the implementation of the two agendas. In line with the th...
AFRICAN GOVERNANCE RPT #5 2018

African Governance Report V - 2018

Natural Resource Governance and Domestic Revenue Mobilization for Structural Transformation

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African Governance Report
24 May 2019
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 their raw (non-valued added) form has led to disappointing results, reflected in unsustainable and n...
RAPPORT SUR GOUVERN AFRIQUE #5

Rapport sur la Gouvernance en Afrique V 2018

La gouvernance des ressources naturelles et la mobilisation des recettes publiques pour la transformation structurelle

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Rapport sur la gouvernance en Afrique
11 Jul 2019
L’Afrique est dotée d’une profusion de ressources naturelles diverses, comme des sols et de l’eau pour l’agriculture, des forêts pour la production de bois et de produits forestiers non ligneux, ainsi que des ressources minérales, du pétrole et du gaz. L’exploitation directe de ces ressources dom...
EOR 2016 SUPP18 ANNUAL RPT ECA

Economic Commission for Africa

Annual Report 2016

7 Jun 2018
This is the official report submitted to the Economic and Social Council by the Economic Commission for Africa covering the period from 31 March 2015 to 31 March 2016.
AFRICAN STAT YRBK 2018

African Statistical Yearbook 2018

Series:
African statistical yearbook / Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique
17 Dec 2018
The Yearbook series results from 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 development of a common harmonized database. It is meant to break with the practices of the past where each ...
AFRICA SUSTAIN DEV RPT 2017 (F)

Rapport sur le développement durable en Afrique 2017

Suivi des progrès accomplis dans la mise en oeuvre de l’Agenda 2063 et des objectifs de développement durable

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Rapport sur le développement durable en Afrique
8 Dec 2017
Les pays africains ont déjà entamé la tâche ardue de mise en oeuvre de l’Agenda 2063 et du Programme de développement durable à l’horizon 2030, adoptés respectivement en janvier et en septembre 2015. Les deux programmes sont complexes tant au regard du nombre d’objectifs, de cibles et d’indicateu...
AFRICA SUSTAINABLE DEV RPT 2017

Africa Sustainable Development Report 2017

Tracking Progress on Agenda 2063 and the Sustainable Development Goals

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Africa Sustainable Development Report
29 Dec 2017
African countries have already started the hard work of implementing Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which were adopted in January 2015 and September 2015 respectively. Both agendas are complex in terms of numbers of goals, targets and indicators as well as dimensions...
ETAT L’INTEG REG AFRIQUE #8

L'État de l’intégration régionale en Afrique VIII

Réaliser la Zone de libre-échange continentale

29 Dec 2017
La création d’une Zone de libre-échange continentale (ZLEC) en Afrique promet de stimuler fortement l’économie du continent et, en particulier, d’en soutenir l’industrialisation et la transformation structurelle. Dans ce contexte, le rapport traite des mesures indispensables à la mise en œuvre de...
ASSESS REG INTEG AFRICA #8

Assessing Regional Integration in Africa VIII

Bringing the Continental Free Trade Area About

Series:
Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA)
29 Dec 2017
The African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) promises to give a significant boost to the continent’s economy and, in particular, to support industrialization and structural transformation. In this context, the 8th edition of Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA VIII) looks at what wil...
AFRICAN STAT YRBK 2016

African Statistical Yearbook 2016

Series:
African statistical yearbook / Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique
20 Jun 2017
The African Statistical Yearbook 2016 is the eighth edition jointly produced by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union Commission (AUC), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). As with the previous seven editions, this 2016 edition presents a time series showi...
AFRICAN STAT YRBK 2017

African Statistical Yearbook 2017

Series:
African statistical yearbook / Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique
15 Aug 2017
The African Statistical Yearbook is a publication jointly produced by Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Union Commission (AUC), presenting time-series data over the latest nine years for which data are available, showing how African countrie...
RAPPORT ECONOMIQ AFRIQUE 2017

Rapport économique sur l'Afrique 2017

l'industrialisation et l'urbanisation au service de la transformation de l'Afrique

Series:
Rapport économique sur l'Afrique
28 Apr 2017
L’édition de 2017 du Rapport économique sur l’Afrique portera sur les liens entre l’industrialisation et l’urbanisation. L’urbanisation est une des grandes tendances qui influent profondément sur les dimensions sociales, économiques et environnementales de la croissance et de la transformation en...
ECONOMIC REPORT ON AFRICA 2017

Economic Report on Africa 2017

Urbanization and Industrialization for Africa’s Transformation

Series:
Economic Report on Africa
28 Apr 2017
The 2017 Economic Report on Africa focuses on the linkages between industrialization and urbanization. Urbanization is one of Africa mega trends with profound implications for the social, economic, environmental dimensions of growth and transformation. Theory and experience demonstrate that indus...
AFRICAN STAT YRBK 2015

African Statistical Yearbook 2015

Series:
African statistical yearbook / Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique
3 Jan 2017
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 development of a harmonized database. It seeks to promote wider use of country data, reduce costs...