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Rwanda’s economic managers face the daunting task of crafting new measures to bridge the ballooning trade deficit. The country continues to import more goods and services, eating...

El Niño has important effects on the world’s economies – and not all of them are bad The current El Niño (Spanish for “The Boy”) – a band of above-average ocean surfac...

Briefing Member States on 4 April 2016 on preparations for the upcoming World Humanitarian Summit, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Heads ...

The selection: Monday, 4 April 2016 Starting today, in Addis: the ministerial segment of #CoM2016 Extracts from Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma’s opening statement: The Bahir Dar Mi...

The Economic Commission for Africa on Sunday launched its flagship Economic Report on Africa 2016 with the ECA’s Deputy Executive Secretary, Mr. Abdalla Hamdok, saying as a latec...

Most African countries agree that regional integration is a goal which they should all aspire to, in order to foster inclusive and sustainable economic growth and development. The...

“Countries can decide their development path. Countries become good at things because they want to excel at making those particular things,” renowned Development Economist Mr H...

African leaders should not allow their respective economies to be continual victims of circum­stances. They should take charge of their destinies to alle­viate suffering an...

Since the 1990s, perception-based measures have been influential in determining levels of corruption on the continent. The fourth Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) African Gover...

Numbers matter: ECA country profiles will assist member states to take more control of their own developmental narratives As challenging as it is for many countries to produce rel...

On March 21, 2016, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the annual Discussion on Common Policies of Member Countries of the West African Economic ...

The Seventeenth Session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM) for Africa kicked off on 2nd April 2016 at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Conference...

Thirty-eight of Africa’s 54 states are at the coast and two-thirds of Africa’s equivalent land mass lies in its maritime zones under the sea. More than 90% of the continent’s...

Integration Matters Regional integration is a development priority for Africa. All Africans, not just policy makers and decision makers, have a role to play in making integration ...

The selection: Friday, 1 April 2016 The 2016 Conference of Ministers conference: a guide to selected report launches taking place this weekend On Saturday, 2nd April: Measuring ...

The inaugural African Development Week opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Thursday March 31, with various speakers urging participants to engage in constructive debates that will pro...

Government and civil society officials have agreed to organise regular platforms where the Ministry of East African Community Affairs and civil society groups can meet to enhance a...

The Security Council on 31 March 2016 expressed regret over the limited progress in implementing national and regional commitments under the peace, security and cooperation framewo...

Africa’s economy has seen modest growth in the wake of falling commodity prices, slowing revenues and volatile currencies. The moderation in growth impacts a range of industries ...

Every other month the news seems to flash images of extreme weather – disastrous heat waves, floods of biblical proportions, and epic storms. On the rise as a result of a changin...