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For four days, government, business and organizational representatives are gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss how to fund the future for "people and the planet".

Universities across Africa must link up their agricultural research and teaching programmes to help modernise farming on the continent, a conference heard.

Des experts qui participaient à la Troisième Conférence sur le Financement du Développement dans la capitale Ethiopienne ont plaidé l’instauration de taxe pour améliorer les besoins de financements de pays en développement. Parmi eux, le secrétaire exécutif de la CEA Carlos Lopes.

A l’occasion d’une table ronde sur les perspectives régionales de mise en œuvre du Programme de développement durable et de transformation ambitieux, les participants pour l’essentiel des économistes ont convenu de la nécessité pour tous de revoir les moyens d'accès au financement, les problèmes de créances et des risques financiers sont gérés à l'échelle mondiale.

Une simple augmentation de 0,44 % par an dans la collecte des taxes dans les Etats africains peut mobiliser environ 22 milliards de Dollars par an et qui peuvent être utilisés pour financer des projets de développement » a indiqué Carlos Lopes, Secrétaire Exécutif de la CEA.

Le secrétaire exécutif de la Commission économique des Nations unies pour l’Afrique (UN Economic Commission for Africa, UNECA), Carlos Lopes, a déclaré mercredi que l’absence d’industrialisation menace la croissance à long terme de l’Afrique.

The FFD3 conference has come to an end. Trade Unions believe the Addis Ababa Action Agenda lacks ambition and commitment, making business worse than usual, showing a deficit in terms of social dialogue and with many open questions about its follow-up.

The Economic Commission for Africa is celebrating a deal struck on funding the poverty battle in the developing world at the end of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Thursday.

On 15 July 2015, at a summit of world government representatives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Third International Conference on Financing for Development final outcome text was concluded. A key proposal was rejected to set up an inclusive United Nations intergovernmental global tax body, where every country would have a seat at the table and equal say in reforming global tax policies.

As the world grapples to find the cash to end poverty and battle climate change, a proposal to set up an inclusive United Nations intergovernmental global tax body that could reform tax policies has been rejected.

« Une simple augmentation de 0,44 % par an dans la collecte des taxes dans les Etats africains peut mobiliser environ 22 milliards par an et peut être utilisé pour financer des projets de développement,» a indiqué Mr. Carlos Lopes, le Secrétaire Exécutif de la CEA pour les participants à un événement parallèle qui se déroule en marge à la Troisième Conférence sur le Financement du Développement...

For four days, government, business and organizational representatives are gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss how to fund the future for "people and the planet".

For four days, government, business and organizational representatives are gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss how to fund the future for “people and the planet”.

As Africa hosts the 3rd Financing for Development meeting in Addis Ababa, Mr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the United Nations of Economic Commission for Africa is confident that Africa’s agenda is now influencing how the continent negotiates its deals.

As a deal was struck on funding the poverty battle at the development finance summit in Addis Ababa, the UN hailed a historic moment while others branded the outcome tragic. We look at what was agreed.Some campaigners gravely warned the talks were about…

For four days, government, business and organizational representatives are gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss how to fund the future for "people and the planet".

For four days, government, business and organizational representatives are gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss how to fund the future for "people and the planet".

The Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD) continued in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tuesday with world leaders discussing how to pay for the elimination of global poverty and hunger.

For four days, government, business and organizational representatives are gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss how to fund the future for "people and the planet".

For four days, government, business and organizational representatives are gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss how to fund the future for "people and the planet".