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GLOBAL ENVIRO OUTLK GEO 6 AFRICA

Global Environment Outlook 6 (GEO-6)

Regional Assessment for Africa

17 Feb 2017
The GEO 6 regional assessment recognizes Africa’s rich natural capital - the diversity of soil, geology, biodiversity, water,landscapes and habitats- which if wisely managed, hold the promise to lead the region to a future where ecosystem integrity,as well as human health and well-being are conti...
ASSESS REG INTEG AFRICA #6

Assessing Regional Integration in Africa VI

Harmonizing Policies to Transform the Trading Environment

Series:
Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA)
12 Mar 2014
This publication comes at a time of renewed enthusiasm for shortening the period of the vision of the Abuja Treaty. The publication's overall objective is to provide analytical research that defines frameworks for African governments, the African Union and the Regional Economic Communities, towar...
COMMOD AT A GLANCE - COTTON

Commodities at a Glance: Special Issue on Cotton in Africa

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Commodities at a Glance
21 Apr 2016
The series "Commodities at a Glance" aims to collect, present and disseminate accurate and relevant statistical information linked to international primary commodity markets in a clear, concise and reader-friendly format. Given the recent record rises in cotton prices and wider commodity price vo...
DEV ECON AFRIQUE RAPPORT 2016

Le Développement Economique en Afrique Rapport 2016

Dynamique de la dette et financement du développement en Afrique

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Développement économique en Afrique, Le
3 Oct 2016
L'Afrique a de grandes aspirations de développement dans le contexte plus large d'un agenda mondial et continental développement économique. Cela exige des ressources financières importantes à un moment où le paysage mondial de financement du développement est en train de changer, à partir d'un m...
ECON DEV IN AFRICA RPT 2016

Economic Development in Africa Report 2016

Debt Dynamics and Development Finance in Africa

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Economic Development in Africa Report
22 Jul 2016
Africa has major development aspirations in the broader context of a global and continental economic development agenda. This calls for substantial financial resources at a time when the global development finance landscape is changing, from a model centred on official development assistance and ...
HUMAN RIGHTS & TRADITIONAL(A)

Human Rights and Traditional Justice Systems in Africa (Arabic language)

18 Jan 2017
Human rights issues relating to traditional justice systems in Africa have rarely been addressed in detail. This publication defines the nature and characteristics of traditional justice systems, including issues related to jurisdiction, community involvement, composition, and a primary focus on ...
HUMAN RIGHTS & TRADITION JUSTI

Human Rights and Traditional Justice Systems in Africa

8 Sep 2016
Human rights issues relating to traditional justice systems in Africa have rarely been addressed in detail. This publication defines the nature and characteristics of traditional justice systems, including issues related to jurisdiction, community involvement, composition, and a primary focus on ...
RAPPORT ECONOMIQ AFRIQUE 2016

Rapport économique sur l'Afrique 2016

Vers une industrialisation verte en Afrique

Series:
Rapport économique sur l'Afrique
9 May 2016
L’édition 2016 du Rapport économique sur l’Afrique est centrée sur l’industrialisation verte. Elle met également en lumière l’industrialisation durable centrée sur la personne. Les mesures de réduction des risques posés au développement de l’Afrique revêtent un caractère crucial du fait des effet...
ECON RPT ON AFRICA 2016

Economic Report on Africa 2016

Greening Africa's Industrialization

Series:
Economic Report on Africa
9 May 2016
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, resource scarcities and environmental degradation, measures for de-risking Africa’s development ...
RAPPORT SUR GOUVERN AFRIQUE #4

Rapport sur la Gouvernance en Afrique IV

Mesurer la corruption en Afrique - prendre en compte la dimension internationale

Series:
Rapport sur la gouvernance en Afrique
9 May 2016
Cette quatrième édition du rapport analyse de manière critique les mesures de la corruption fondées sur la perception et offre une évaluation des autres mesures existantes, essentiellement composites, de la corruption. Elle souligne que les mesures purement fondées sur la perception sont très s...
AFRICAN GOVERNANCE RPT #4 2016

African Governance Report IV, 2016

Measuring Corruption in Africa - The International Dimension Matters

Series:
African Governance Report
9 May 2016
This 4th edition of the African Governance Report provides a critique of perception-based measurements of corruption as well as an assessment of existing alternative, mostly mixed, measures of corruption. It highlights that pure perception-based measurements are highly subjective and do not provi...
ÉTAT L’INTEG REG AFRIQUE #7

L'État de l’intégration régionale en Afrique VII

Innovation, compétitivité et intégration régionale

9 May 2016
La septième édition du rapport sur l’État de l’intégration régionale en Afrique (ARIA VII) examine la mesure dans laquelle les trois éléments que sont l’intégration régionale, l’innovation et la compétitivité sont liés. Le rapport passe en revue les voies et moyens pour l’Afrique de mettre ces li...
ASSESS REG INTEG AFRICA #7

Assessing Regional Integration in Africa VII

Innovation, Competitiveness and Regional Integration

Series:
Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA)
9 May 2016
This publication examines how the three elements of regional integration, innovation and competitiveness are interlinked. It explores the prospects for harnessing them within the framework of Africa’s normative regional integration development model oriented to foster structural change. Based on ...
ARAB INTEGRAT 21ST CENT DEV

Arab Integration

A 21st Century Development Imperative

18 Sep 2014
This report aims to revive the project of Arab integration conferring new dimensions to the concept of integration to include all aspects of the social structure or the elements of human civilization. It also calls for expanding economic integration beyond the narrow scope of trade liberalization...
ASSESS DEV RESULTS ETHIOPIA (2ND)

Assessment of Development Results - Ethiopia (Second Assessment)

Evaluation of UNDP Contribution

Series:
Assessment of Development Results
24 May 2016
The Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) conducted an Assessment of Development Results (ADR) in Ethiopia in 2015. This is the second assessment for Ethiopia which was conducted in 2015, covering the period from 2012 to 2015. The evaluation has tw...
ICTR SPECIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 2015

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Special Bibliography 2015

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International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Special Bibliography / Bibliographie spéciale sur le Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda (TPIR)
14 Jan 2016
This fourth bibliography is compiled by the library in order to facilitate researcher’s access to the increasing volume of published documents on the work of the tribunal. The product is the unique tool that assists people to know the areas which have been covered by the researchers. The bibliogr...
STATE OF AFRICAN CITIES 2014

The State of African Cities 2014

Re-Imagining Sustainable Urban Transitions

Series:
The State of African Cities
10 Sep 2015
Africa is in the midst of simultaneously unfolding and highly significant demographic, economic, technological, environmental, urban and socio-political transitions. Its economic performance is promising, with booming cities supporting growing middle classes and creating sizable consumer markets....
RAPPORT ECONOMIQ AFRIQUE 2015

Rapport économique sur l'Afrique 2015

l’industrialisation par le commerce

Series:
Rapport économique sur l'Afrique
27 Jun 2016
Le présent rapport examine et analyse les éléments essentiels permettant de favoriser efficacement l’industrialisation et, partant, la transformation structurelle, en se fondant sur un examen exhaustif de l’expérience des pays industrialisés et des tentatives d’industrialisation de l’Afrique aprè...
ETHIOPIA HUMAN DEV RPT 2014

National Human Development Report 2014 - Ethiopia

Accelerating Inclusive Growth for Sustainable Human Development in Ethiopia

29 Jul 2015
Over the 15 years since the country’s last National Human Development Report (NHDR) was published, Ethiopia has undergone significant economic and social changes and has recorded some of the highest growth rates in the world-over 10 per cent in some years. However, Ethiopia’s Human Development In...
EOR 2014 SUPP8 NARC DRUGS

Commission on Narcotic Drugs

Report of the Fifty-seventh session (13 December 2013 and 13-21 March 2014)

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Report of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
29 Jul 2015
This is the official record of the report of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on its fifty-seventh session for the period of 13 December 2013 and 13-21 March 2014.
ECON RPT ON AFRICA 2015

Economic Report on Africa 2015 - Industrializing Through Trade

Industrializing Through Trade

Series:
Economic Report on Africa
29 Jul 2015
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 industrialised countries and Africa’s post-independence attempt at industrialisation. Ten country case st...
DEV ECON AFRIQUE RAPPORT 2015

Le développement économique en Afrique rapport 2015

Libérer le potentiel du commerce des services en Afrique pour la croissance et le développement

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Développement économique en Afrique, Le
11 Sep 2015
Le développement économique en Afrique Rapport 2015 sous-titrée Libérer le potentiel du commerce de l'Afrique dans les services pour la croissance inclusive et du développement met en lumière les services de rôle catalytiques peuvent jouer en Afrique, et de l'importance de comprendre les effets s...
ECON DEV IN AFRICA RPT 2015

Economic Development in Africa Report 2015

Unlocking The Potential of Africa's Services Trade for Growth and Development

Series:
Economic Development in Africa Report
1 Oct 2015
The Economic Development in Africa Report 2015 subtitled Unlocking the Potential of Africa's Trade in Services for Inclusive Growth and Development highlights the catalytic role services can play in Africa, and the importance of understanding the static and dynamic effects the development of serv...
COMP INTRA AFRICA RELAT FORGN 2013

Compendium of Intra-African and Related Foreign Trade Statistics 2013

Series:
Compendium of Intra-African and Related Foreign Trade Statistics
3 Mar 2016
This publication is compiled to provide quality and timely statistical data for the monitoring, evaluation, analysis, research, and promotion of the intra-African trade. It is intended to serve the needs of researchers, policy makers, and the public who work on trade issues. It presents foreign t...
ASSESS DEV RESULTS ZIMBABWE

Assessment of Development Results - Zimbabwe

Evaluation of UNDP Contribution

Series:
Assessment of Development Results
14 Jan 2016
This is the first Assessment of Development Results (ADR) to be carried by the Independent Evaluation Office of UNDP for Zimbabwe. It was conducted in 2014 with a view to contributing to the enhancement of the ongoing country programme, consistent with the UN Development Assistance Framework for ...
ASSESS DEV RESULTS TANZANIA

Assessment of Development Results - Tanzania

Evaluation of UNDP Contribution

Series:
Assessment of Development Results
16 Sep 2015
The Assessment of Development Results (ADR) for Tanzania was conducted by the Independent Evaluation Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2014. The ADR for Tanzania examines the UNDP Tanzania country programme for the periods 2007-2010/2011 and 2011-2015/2016. In accordanc...
ASSESS DEV RESULTS ALGERIA

Assessment of Development Results: Algeria

Evaluation of UNDP Contribution

Series:
Assessment of Development Results
31 May 2015
The Independent Evaluation Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) conducted a country level evaluation, an Assessment of Development Results (ADR) in Algeria in 2014. Assessments of Development Results (ADRs) are independent evaluations of the contribution of UNDP to the develo...
AFRICAN STAT YRBK 2013

African Statistical Yearbook 2013

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African statistical yearbook / Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique
20 Jan 2015
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...
AFRICAN STAT YRBK 2014

African Statistical Yearbook 2014

Series:
African statistical yearbook / Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique
29 Jul 2015
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...
ELEPHANTS IN THE DUST AFRICAN

Elephants in the Dust

The African Elephant Crisis - A Rapid Response Assessment

10 Nov 2014
The African elephant, the largest remaining land mammal on the planet, is facing the greatest crisis in decades. Reports of mass elephant killings in the media vividly illustrate the situation across many African elephant range States. This Rapid Response Assessment provides an overview of the cu...