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“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. Ha-Joon Chang told an audience on 3rd April at the second Annual Adebayo Adedeji Lecture during Africa Development Week, currently taking place at Economic Commission for Africa headquarters in Addis Ababa.

The 2016 Annual Adedeji Lecture was delivered by prominent economist, Ha-Joon Chang on Sunday at the UN Convention Centre in Addis Ababa during the African Development Week.

Industrialisation is a key imperative for African economies to develop, and they should look to protecting fledgling industries. This is the word from economist Ha-Joon Chang, delivering the Adebayo Adedeji lecture at African Development Week.

Dans son Manuel des politiques de l'économie bleue en Afrique qui a été lancé aujourd'hui, lors de la Semaine inaugurale du développement africain, la Commission économique pour l'Afrique (CEA) propose une feuille de route en vue d'exploiter les eaux africaines; cette exploitation marine propulsera la transformation structurelle du continent.

Continent should shift from popular perception indices, to also look at corruption in the private sector - and help develop plans to fight it

The AU and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will lead the development of a continent-wide, unified monitoring and evaluation reporting framework which includes a harmonised set of goals, indicators and targets.

The slump in commodity prices that has large negative impacts on African countries is caused by lower export revenues, fiscal imbalance, and current account deficit, according to UNECA.

Eleven million documents held by the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca passed to German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung, and then shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists reveal how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth.

“Countries can decide their development path. Countries become good at things because they want to excel at making those particular things,” Ha-Joon Chang, Development Economist told an audience on 3 April 2016 at the second Annual Adebayo Adedeji Lecture during Africa Development Week.

The 17th Session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa (RCM-Africa) kicked off in Addis Ababa, amidst calls for better coordination in the implementation of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the global Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030). The meeting is been held during the ongoing African Development Week.

More suggestions on possible solutions came from Mr. Carlos Lopes, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, who noted “African current growth has not generated sufficient jobs and has not been inclusive enough to significantly curb poverty. Fluctuations in price has made such growth vulnerable.”

The 17th Session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa (RCM-Africa) kicked off yesterday in Addis Ababa, amidst calls for better coordination in the implementation of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the global Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030).

The Deputy Minister for Finance Dr. Ashatu Kijaji has said that both development Agenda 2063 and Agenda 2030 can facilitate implementation of Africa’s aspirations for structural transformation insisting that the two must be implemented in a coherent and integrated fashion.

Despite squandered opportunities, and current challenges, the future of global economy may be Nigeria, going by predictions that it would fully actualise its enormous potentials.

Addis Ababa, 3 April 2016 (ECA) - In its Africa's Blue Economy Policy Handbook that was launched at the inaugural African Development week, the UN economic Commission for Africa (ECA) proposes a roadmap to harness African waters in order to propel the continent's structural transformation.

Despite squandered opportunities, and current challenges, the future of global economy may be Nigeria, going by predictions that it would fully actualise its enormous potentials.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 3 April 2016, -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The 17th Session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa (RCM-Africa) kicked off in Addis Ababa , amidst calls for better coordination in the implementation of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the global Sustainable Development (From Left to rightCommission for Africa (ECA), Executive Secretary – Carlos Lopes, second...

The RCM-Africa - a platform for the UN system to support the African Union and its member countries to implement global and continental development goals in Africa - will play a key role in making this a reality.

Sound economic policies geared at propelling African countries into industrialization coupled with properly trained young workforce could make the continent more prosperous lifting millions of Africans out of poverty.