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30 September 2020
www.developmentdiaries.com
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has urged governments in Africa to maintain trade flows as much as possible as countries battle to curb the spread of Covid-19.
30 September 2020
www.marketscreener.com
In their quest to help strengthen Africa's weak land governance and insecure land rights issues which remain major development challenges for the continent, technical experts met in a virtual meeting to discuss these concerns and plan ahead on what is needed to achieve the African Union's agenda on land.
30 September 2020
www.financialafrik.com
La Banque africaine d’Import-Export (Afreximbank) a annoncé un financement de 100 millions de dollars américains pour permettre à ses États membres de s’approvisionner, par le biais de la Plateforme africaine de fournitures médicales (AMSP), en matériel et consommables médicaux destinés à lutter contre la pandémie de COVID-19.
30 September 2020
french.china.org.cn
La Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (ZLECAf) a besoin d'urgence de se montrer inclusive pour réaliser son potentiel d'avantages dans les secteurs de la production et l'augmentation des échanges, a déclaré mardi un haut responsable de la Commission économique des Nations unies pour l'Afrique (UN-CEA).
30 September 2020
chimpreports.com
Africa needs at least $100 billion to immediately resource a health and social safety net response, and another $100 billion for economic stimulus, including a debt standstill, the financing of a special purpose vehicle for commercial debt obligations, and provision of extra liquidity for the private sector, according to the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
30 September 2020
french.xinhuanet.com
La Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (ZLECAf) a besoin d'urgence de se montrer inclusive pour réaliser son potentiel d'avantages dans les secteurs de la production et l'augmentation des échanges, a déclaré mardi un haut responsable de la Commission économique des Nations unies pour l'Afrique (UN-CEA).
30 September 2020
www.xinhuanet.com
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) strongly necessitates inclusiveness to fulfill its potential benefits from the production and trade expansion sectors, a senior United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) official said on Tuesday.
29 September 2020
nation.africa
The world must collaborate on key innovation projects if the Covid-19 pandemic is to be tamed on a global scale, a new report recommends.
29 September 2020
www.blueprint.ng
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the pan-African multilateral EXIM bank, announces $100 million financing to enable its member states to procure Covid-19 related medical resources through the Africa Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP).
29 September 2020
https://guardian.ng
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), has called on governments in Africa to adopt and harmonise policies that would help the continent strike an appropriate balance between curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and facilitating emergency and essential trade.
28 September 2020
fr.allafrica.com
Dans un effort visant à améliorer les connaissances des décideurs politiques et d'autres parties prenantes clés sur les mesures à prendre pour faire avancer les résultats tenant compte du genre dans la Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (ZLECA), le Centre africain pour la politique commerciale (ATPC ), de la Commission économique pour l'Afrique (CEA) et l'Institut...
28 September 2020
www.jeuneafrique.com
Dans une tribune adressée à Jeune Afrique, Abdoulaye Daouda Diallo, ministre des Finances du président sénégalais Macky Sall, répond aux arguments des opposants, dont son homologue béninois, à la demande d’annulation des créances institutionnelles des pays africains dans le contexte de la pandémie du Covid-19.
28 September 2020
https://www.orfonline.org
The COVID-19 outbreak poses immense challenges to Africa’s resilience. The pandemic’s economic fallout, caused by disruptions in global and regional value chains and a slump in commodity prices, can derail the progress which the continent has recorded in recent years. Despite the bleak forecasts, however, African countries have managed to mount a concerted response to the pandemic. This paper...
28 September 2020
https://www.marketscreener.com
In an effort to enhance the knowledge of policy makers and other key stakeholders on how to advance gender-equal outcomes in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) today kicked off a four-week online course entitled: 'A Guide to Gender...
28 September 2020
https://www.indepthnews.net/
The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action signed in 1995 committed the world to end discrimination, promoting women’s rights and advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment.
28 September 2020
https://allafrica.com/
The Economic Commission for Africa's African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) is proud and delighted to have contributed to the milestone championing climate literacy around the globe celebrated one week ago by the One UN Climate Change Learning Partnership (UN CC:Learn) at UNITAR.
28 September 2020
https://www.brookings.edu
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, such was the scale of the economic disruption caused by lockdown measures that there was much talk of the collapse of global trade. In the midst of the lockdowns, in April, the World Trade Organization estimated that the decline would amount from anywhere between 13 and 32 percent. In a similar vein, UNCTAD was forecasting a 20 percent decline in global...
28 September 2020
https://www.capitalethiopia.com
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) participated in the Annual Ministerial Meeting of Foreign Ministers of Landlocked Developing Countries and highlighted the need for sustained and consistent support to LLDCs on the African continent.
28 September 2020
thebftonline.com
It is a known fact that global governance was well structured, administered and controlled by institutions created without Africa’s inclusion at a time when they were under colonial bondage (Uhomoibhi, 2019).
27 September 2020
www.press.et
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa has participated in the annual ministerial meeting of foreign ministers of landlocked developing countries and highlighted the need for sustained and consistent support to land locked developing countries on the African continent, according to United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.
26 September 2020
afrimag.net
En marge de la 75ème session des Nations-Unies, la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) s’est penchée, le mercredi 23 septembre, sur la situation du développement des pays africains de l’hinterland sous le magistère de sa Secrétaire exécutive, Vera Songwe qui a appelé à des actions devant relever les défis particuliers concernant lesdits pays.
25 September 2020
https://magazinedelafrique.com
À son tour, le Togo a modifié les normes de calcul de son PIB. L’opération, qui permet d’inclure des activités informelles, n’est pas neutre : elle conforte un peu plus le respect des règles de convergence en Afrique de l’Ouest.
25 September 2020
french.peopledaily.com.cn
Vera Songwe, la Secrétaire exécutive de la Commission économique pour l'Afrique (CEA) des Nations Unies, a souligné jeudi la nécessité de maintenir une solide plateforme multilatérale, en mettant notamment l'accent sur l'atténuation de l'impact de la pandémie de COVID-19 sur les pays africains les moins développés.
25 September 2020
www.politicalanalysis.co.za
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe has highlighted the need for sustained and consistent support to Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) on the African continent.