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A new Policy Brief examines how the UNCTAD concept of interdependence may be employed in the follow-up and monitoring process of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The 2...

The simplest way to think about international trade is the transfer of goods – cars, clothing, bananas. Countries that export more goods are generally better off, because they’...

The first ever dashboard on East African private equity deals has been released, another step forward in the quest for solid investment data on the African continent. Put together...

The selection: Tuesday, 29 March 2016 Starting today, in Addis: Expert group meeting on the revitalization of the African Peer Review Mechanism (AU) Today, in Nairobi: Uganda, Ke...

Kenya’s ambition of becoming a middle-income economy with per capita income of between $1,045 and $12,736 hangs in the balance as the government struggles to meet key growth ta...

The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a piece of US domestic legislation first passed by Congress and signed into law in May 2000, was a product of US efforts to reorient ...

Coal and gas-fired electricity generation last year drew less than half the record investment made in solar, wind and other renewables capacity – one of several important firsts ...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has released Financing Change: the AfDB and CIF for a Climate-Smart Africa, its 2015 Annual Report for its Climate Investment Funds (CIF) portfo...

WTO members raised the 500th specific trade concern at a meeting of the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade on 8-10 March 2016, marking a milestone in their discussions about ...

WTO members reviewed a number of trade measures concerning food safety and animal and plant health at a meeting of the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures on 16-...

UN Member States voice serious concerns at the Statistical Commission’s adoption of the global indicator framework for the Sustainable Development Goals While the “global indi...

The mid-1990s ushered in two decades of strong and sustained growth in sub-Saharan Africa. The growth takeoff has been attributed to a combination of factors, not least sound macro...

Earth’s fisheries are in bad shape – populations of some stocks, including tuna and mackerel, declined 74 percent between 1970 and 2010. A new study, however, offers a gli...

The United Nations has called for a stronger response by governments, aid organizations and the private sector to address the devastating impact the El Niño climate event is havin...

The present report provides a review of the progress made over the biennium 2014-2015 in implementing the work programme of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), with a focus o...

Report prepared for the Ninth Joint AUC-ECA Annual Meetings of the AU Conference of Ministers of the Economy and Finance and ECA Conference of African Ministers of Financ...

The selection: Thursday, 24 March 2016 Featured tweets: Dr Stergomena Tax (‏@DrTaxs): Southern Africa Region endorses Madam Pelonomi Venson-Moitou as the region's candidate for...

Existing work on China’s economic influence in Africa refers to Africa in broad terms, thereby generalizing the results to an extent that is unhelpful for policy-makers...

COMESA Monetary Institute (CMI) is conducting a series of training programmes to help member States manage volatility in prices of their financial markets assets. The focus group f...

IGAD's Conflict Early Waming and Response Mechanism (CEWARN) hosted a meeting of IGAD Member State officials of Trade, Customs and Security on Addressing the nexus between Informal...