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18 Jun 2020Mainstreaming gender in key e-commerce policy areas: possible lessons for AfCFTA (CUTS)
In particular, the study aims to: (i) outline key policy areas for the promotion of e-comme...
read moreChina loses landmark WTO dispute against the European Union
18 Jun 2020Topic NewsTrade law and regulationChina spent four years fighting for market-economy status, a designation that would give it stronger footing with commercial partners while also curtailing their ability to retalia...
read moreReviving FDI flows is crucial to economic recovery in developing economies
18 Jun 2020Rebuilding Investor Confidence in Times of Uncertainty
The damage has been done: COVID-19 has dealt the global economy its most severe blow since the Second World War, c...
read moreAfrica launches medical supplies platform to fight COVID-19
18 Jun 2020As Africa braces itself for the peak in COVID-19 cases, the continent is launching the Africa Medical Supplies Platform, an innovative marketplace to enable all African governments...
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17 Jun 2020Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity against COVID-19: selected highlights
Joint Statement: extract
We fully recognize the positive role of China-Africa investmen...
read moreJoint Statement of the Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity Against COVID-19
17 Jun 2020The COVID-19 pandemic is a major challenge to humankind, and is the most serious global public health emergency since the end of World War II.
To defeat COVID-19 through greater s...
read moreCommunique of the video-teleconference meeting of the Bureau of the Assembly of the AU Heads of State and Government with Chairpersons of the AU RECs
17 Jun 2020His Excellency, President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa of the Republic of South Africa, and Chairperson of the African Union (AU) convened a video-teleconference Meeting of the Bureau ...
read moreDigitalizing sub-Saharan Africa: Hopes and hurdles
17 Jun 2020Across sub-Saharan Africa, digital technologies are driving change – from kids learning to code outside Niger’s capital, to drones delivering medicines to remote communities in...
read moreInvestment flows in Africa set to drop 25% to 40% in 2020 – UNCTAD
17 Jun 2020All industries on the continent are reeling from the double blow of the coronavirus pandemic and low commodity prices, UNCTAD’s new report says.
The trend of declining foreign d...
read moreNew report, COVID-19 in African Cities: Impacts, Responses and Policies, launched by ECA & partners
17 Jun 2020Topic NewsTrade law and regulationWith the ongoing coronavirus pandemic crippling economies the world over and set to trigger into motion Africa’s first recession in 25 years, the Economic Commission for Africa a...
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12 Jun 2020An East African Budget Day special feature from tralac. The joint budget theme for the 2020/21 budgets: Stimulating the economy to safeguard livelihoods, jobs, businesses and indus...
read moreTackling COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa
12 Jun 2020The pandemic-induced crisis will have severe impacts on household incomes and industries in the region and requires swift policy actions.
The COVID-19 infection rates i...
read moreUN seeks to build transport and trade resilience in wake of COVID-19
12 Jun 2020Topic NewsServicesUNCTAD and the five UN regional commissions join forces to help developing countries tackle trade and transport challenges from the coronavirus pandemic.
A new joint UN project is...
read moreThe impact of COVID-19 on East African Economies
12 Jun 2020Summary of government intervention measures and Deloitte insights
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is currently causing significant adverse impact on the global economy with go...
read moreGlobal trade continues nosedive, UNCTAD forecasts 20% drop in 2020
12 Jun 2020Topic NewsTrade data analysis and visualisationNew data shows a worrying deterioration of trade for developing countries and a continued struggle for the automotive and energy sectors, while office equipment rebounds.
Internat...
read moreCOMESA: Regional states show remarkable resilience to Covid-19, defying earlier predictions
12 Jun 2020At the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, it was predicted that most of the health systems in Africa and the COMESA region would be overwhelmed by the unprecedented spread of the viru...
read moreEAC implements its COVID-19 response plan and reinforces border officers and communities in the fight against cross border transmission
12 Jun 2020Topic NewsServicesThe EAC Secretariat in partnership with the African Union Border Programme is reinforcing the border officers and communities to reduce the risks for cross border transmission of t...
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11 Jun 2020President Cyril Ramaphosa, as the AU Chairperson, convened a virtual meeting of the African Union Bureau and RECS today to discuss, inter alia, the Africa COVID-19 pandemic strateg...
read morePrivate sector leaders commit to mobilizing resources to build back better from COVID-19
11 Jun 2020In a meeting convened by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on 10 June, leaders of prominent financial institutions and businesses pledged to scale-up sustainable i...
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10 Jun 2020Today is World Anti-Counterfeiting Day:
selected updates
Kenya’s National Baseline Survey Report: Kenya loses over Ksh 100B in revenue to illicit trade (KBC)
Kenya’s Ant...
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