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COMESA: 96% of all the reported Non-Tariff Barriers resolved
07 Dec 2015About 95.9% of all the reported Non-Tariff Barriers to regional trade in COMESA have been resolved since the introduction of the online system of reporting, monitoring and eliminat...
read moreUNEP releases full version of Emissions Gap Report
07 Dec 2015The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has released the full version of the 2015 Emissions Gap Report, which found that the world was around halfway toward the emissions c...
read moretralac’s Daily News selection: 4 December 2015
04 Dec 2015The selection: Friday, 4 December
Selected updates from the FOCAC 2015 summit:
China announces $60 bn for African development plan (BRICS Post)
Raw materials: Africa pushing to ...
read moreAfrican countries pledge to integrate decent work in their development strategies
04 Dec 2015The 13th African Regional Meeting, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 30 November to 3 December 2015, brought together ILO’s tripartite constituents – governments, em...
read moreFOCAC starts today in South Africa
04 Dec 2015Ties between China and Africa are expected to strengthen as the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC) summit commences today, 4 December 2015.
The historic event, the first t...
read moreAfDB to support electricity access for all by 2030 with African Renewable Energy Initiative
04 Dec 2015
Africa has launched an ambitious African Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) as the continent’s a major contribution to Conference of Parties (COP21) taking place in Paris, Fran...
read moreAfrican Union warms up for CFTA negotiations
04 Dec 2015As we approach the start of negotiations for the establishment of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA), the African Union (AU) held a series of three meetings on enhancing i...
read moreCrunch time in Geneva as trade negotiators prepare for WTO Ministerial
04 Dec 2015Less than two weeks remain before trade ministers begin their biennial conference in Nairobi, Kenya, with WTO members still deeply divided on specific deliverables and how to addre...
read moreTechnology can deliver inclusive and sustainable industrial development: Industrial Development Report 2016
04 Dec 2015The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) launched its flagship publication, the Industrial Development Report (IDR) 2016, during the Organization’s General ...
read moreNew COMESA Industrialization policy in focus as Intergovernmental Committee meetings begin
04 Dec 2015The 35th meeting of the COMESA Intergovernmental Committee opened in Lusaka on 3 December 2015 with a call on Member States to address bottlenecks that are hindering intra-regional...
read moreAn African Master Plan: The solution to Africa’s transport challenges
04 Dec 2015
The African Development Bank Transport Forum (ATF) 2015 ended on November 27, 2015, with the AfDB reiterating its support for transport development to ensure economic growth on t...
read moreMonetary policy in developing countries: The way forward
04 Dec 2015Many low- and lower-middle income countries are seeking to implement modern monetary policy frameworks that better anchor inflation and promote macroeconomic stability and growth, ...
read moreFood prices fall in November amid robust global inventories
04 Dec 2015Food security worsening in areas suffering from civil conflict and adverse weather conditions
Major food commodity prices fell in November, reversing about half their rise in the ...
read moretralac’s Daily News selection: 3 December 2015
03 Dec 2015The selection: Thursday, 3 December
Selected African trade and development conference alerts:
In Addis, in January 2016: 'Citizens’ Continental Conference', to be held on the ...
read moreAchieving Zero Hunger: The critical role of investments in social protection and agriculture
03 Dec 2015The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have prepared ...
read morePwC says Kenya firms pay less tax than their African peers
03 Dec 2015Kenya is emerging as a tax-friendlier destination with businesses paying nearly 10 percentage points less tax than the continental average and spending less time filing returns tha...
read moreMultilateral Development Banks join forces to support climate friendly transport in developing countries
03 Dec 2015Lagos, Nigeria, is the sixth largest city in the world. It is also the fastest growing and one of the most congested in the world. Commuting for Lagosians can be a serious challeng...
read moretralac’s Daily News selection: 2 December 2015
02 Dec 2015The selection: Wednesday, 2 December
COMESA’s Policy Organs meetings begin
The 35th COMESA Policy organs meetings have begun in Lusaka and will run until 8 December 2015. The C...
read moreWhat has climate to fear from trade?
02 Dec 2015Climate is, in economic terms, an externality. The pursuit of conventional economic growth, particularly through production and energy processes, can cause incremental changes to t...
read moreBan tells African leaders they have ‘enormous stake’ in success of climate conference
02 Dec 2015At a gathering of African leaders at the United Nations climate change conference (COP21), UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed that their continent has an enormous ...
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