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At the 13th session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD XIII), which took place in Doha, Qatar, in April 2012, member States requested UNCTAD to devel...

According to a new analysis from the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative at the University of Oxford, 30 of 35 sub-Saharan African countries analysed for changes to p...

The Africa Infrastructure Development Index (AIDI) is produced by the African Development Bank and serves a number of key objectives, principally: (i) to monitor and evaluate the s...

WTO members undertook at the Agriculture Committee meeting on 7 and 8 June their first review of agricultural export policies since the Nairobi ministerial decision to scrap farm e...

Source Africa, now running for its fourth consecutive year, is currently underway at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The opening seminar, ‘AGOA – The African Ad...

UNCTAD has launched its annual review of investor-State arbitrations. The IIA Issues Note reviews developments in treaty-based investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) in...

Who are the rule-takers and rule-makers in the African BIT universe? Using computational measures of textual similarity this paper provides a nuanced empirical answer to this quest...

The selection: Thursday, 9 June 2016 Zambia: Harnessing the potential for trade and sustainable growth (UNCTAD) This paper sets out Zambia’s existing trade policy framework and...

Outcome statement Meeting of the Ministers responsible for Beira and North South Corridors The meeting of SADC Ministers responsible for Infrastructure met to launch the SADC-PID...

Extracts from the statement delivered to the National Assembly on 8 June, 2016 by Mr. Henry K. Rotich, Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury, Republic of Kenya, when highligh...

Extracts from the speech by the Minister for Finance and Planning, Hon. Dr. Philip I. Mpango, introducing to the National Assembly, the Estimates of Government Revenue and Expendit...

Extracts from the Budget Speech for Financial Year 2016/2017 delivered at the Meeting of The Third Session of the 10th Parliament on 8 June 2016 by Honourable Matia Kasaija, M...

Since its independence in 1964, Zambia has been overly dependent on the production and export of copper and, initially, a few agricultural exports such as tobacco, maize and timber...

The selection: Wednesday, 8 June 2016 A reminder that today is Budget Day in East Africa: selected trade and integration highlights will feature in tomorrow’s selection. Today ...

Kenya and Tanzania have long competed to have the most important port in East Africa and their rivalry is about to become more intense as they compete for the region’s business. ...

The world is about to undergo a “transition to a new order” in global trade with the Asian and African regions accruing increasing power while Europe declines, a joint-report b...

The European Parliament today called on the Commission and member states like the UK to stop funding the ‘New Alliance’ plan to force export-oriented agribusiness onto Africa. ...

The third Trade Policy Review of Malawi was held on 27 and 29 April 2016, providing a good opportunity for Members to discuss in greater detail issues of interest to them and ...

Markedly different prospects for commodity exporters and importers, mounting downside risks The World Bank is downgrading its 2016 global growth forecast to 2.4% from the 2.9% pac...

When the winds of change blow, a Chinese proverb says, some people build walls and others build windmills. Given the tremendous environmental challenges the world faces, it’s not...