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Growth in the volume of world trade is expected to remain sluggish in 2016 at 2.8%, unchanged from the 2.8% increase registered in 2015. Imports of developed countries should moder...

Remarks by Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma at the Closing Session of the Joint AU-UNECA Ministerial Meetings on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration ...

To carry out their various missions (collecting revenue, facilitating trade, and ensuring security), many customs administrations have established a risk management unit. In develo...

The selection: Wednesday, 6 April 2016 Featured tweet, infographic, ‏@AdanMohamedCS: Kenya is leading the continent in regional integration thanks to trade and immigration refor...

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim said on 5 April 2016 that the world’s powers need to pay far greater attention to boosting developing economies and creating jobs in the m...

One of the objectives of Sustainable Development Goals is to have sustainable cities that provide opportunities for all, including access to basic services, energy, housing and tra...

The 26th African Union Summit of Heads of State and Government was held from 21 to 31 January 2016 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the theme “African Year of Human Rights, w...

The international community’s adoption of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda has positioned the food and agriculture sector as a catalyst for achieving inclusive global grow...

2016 cereal deficit about 53 percent higher than in 2015; food prices soaring as markets collapse Civil strife and unfavourable rains have further reduced crop production in South...

The Kazimingi area of Jinja, once designated as Uganda’s industrial hub, is today a shell of rusty disused oil mills and crumbling buildings – testimony to a bygone era, when...

Seven guiding principles to help countries increase financial inclusion were set out in a report released on 5 April 2016 by the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (C...

Tax evasion by multinational companies, drug trafficking, smuggling, bribery and embezzlement are the main conduits On matters pertaining to Africa’s socioeconomic and political...

A new regional cargo clearance system, presently being piloted at the Mombasa port, has raised hope in the fight against undervaluing of goods and illegal imports. A shippers’...

African Union Ministers of Finance, Planning, Economic Development and Integration concluded their 9th annual meeting on 5th April 2016 with a strong call for the domestication of ...

The selection: Tuesday, 5 April 2016 Profiled trade and development policy conference alerts: 5-8 April, Kampala: COMESA Business Council training workshop 'Local Sourcing for Pa...

“Our future rests in our hands,” declared Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Mr. Haile Mariam Desalegn on Monday in his keynote speech at the opening of the Conference of the African...

FAO regional conference for Africa lends impetus to implementation of Malabo Roadmap, Sustainable Development Goals “Transforming African Agri-food systems for inclusive growth ...

Changes in emerging market asset prices explain over a third of the rise and fall in global equity prices and exchange rates, according to new research from the International Monet...

Tax revenues in African countries are rising as a proportion of national incomes, according to the inaugural edition of Revenue Statistics in Africa. The report, containing i...

UNCTAD has been assisting Botswana to formulate a national trade policy framework, in order to make full use of the transformative power of trade for development. The document was ...