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The selection: Wednesday, 7 December 2016 From the 11th African Economic Conference: access the 47 papers, presentations on the theme ‘Towards agro-allied industrialization for ...

Delivered by His Excellency Lt. Gen. Dr. Seretse Khama Ian Khama, President of the Republic of Botswana, to the Third Session of the Eleventh Parliament, 5 December 2016 I come be...

Zambia needs higher domestic revenue collection if the current levels of government expenditure are to be maintained in a sustainable manner, says a new World Bank Economic Brief r...

The ongoing migration of people to Europe is evidence that African countries have failed to implement policies that could yield benefits to their citizens. The East African Commun...

An exacting endeavour of the Central African Economic Community (ECCAS) member states – supported by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the International Telecommunicat...

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has unveiled the latest edition of ICC G20 Business Scorecard rating G20 responsiveness to key business policy priorities for growing th...

The selection: Tuesday, 6 December 2016 Profiled trade and development conferences now underway: In Addis Ababa, the Fourth Africa-Korea Forum. The Forum will review the impleme...

Developing countries can protect millions of fisheries-related jobs by negotiating an end to fishing subsidies at a top-level World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting scheduled for D...

Over the past decade, Ethiopia has been one of the fastest growing economies in the world with growth averaging 10.9%. Despite recently facing the worst drought in fifty years, Eth...

The 11th African Economic Conference (AEC) kicked off in Abuja, Nigeria, on Monday with a consensus on the need to scale up the continent’s agricultural transforma...

New Bilateral and Multilateral Aid Reviews set out a vision for global development that will tackle the challenges of the 21st century. The UK will champion an open, modern and in...

The two decades following the Cold War were celebrated and decried as the era of globalization. Cross-border movement of capital, goods, and people expanded inexorably. Between th...

The world has grown more violent over the last decade, interrupting a long-term trend of increasing peace and disproportionately impacting civilians. This is despite rising financi...

The implementation of Great Lakes Trade Facilitation Project (GLTFP) has begun with earnest with the launching of recruitment for Trade Information Officers to be based at selected...

The selection: Monday, 5 December 2016 Starting today, in Abuja: the African Economic Conference 2016 on the theme ‘Ending hunger and enabling food security in Africa’. Twitte...

Researchers, policy-makers and development partners converge in Abuja, Nigeria, for the 11th African Economic Conference (AEC) from December 5-7, 2016, to share idea...

Delegates at the three-day African Business and Investments Forum held over the weekend in the Algerian capital, Algiers, have once again urged business and political leaders in Af...

Ministers from around the world committed to working together to save biodiversity and take urgent action to achieve the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, and backed this with a host of ...

President Edgar Lungu is this week expected in South Africa for a three-day State visit at the invitation of his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma. The two heads of State will ...

This edition of the Madagascar Economic Update is part of a series of short economic updates produced by the World Bank on a biannual basis. The first part of this brief ...