Publication list
Putting data at the service of structural transformation
The present report, “Data revolution in North Africa: putting data at the service of structural transformation”, reviews the current status of national statistical systems in the countries of North...
COVID-19 has turned the world upside down. Everything has been impacted. How we live and interact with each other, how we work and communicate, how we move around and travel. Every aspect of our...
The 2019 Africa Regional Integration Index (ARII) assesses the regional integration status and efforts of countries that are members of the eight regional economic communities recognised by the...
The Covid-19 crisis has exposed the deep and systemic deficiencies of the global economic regulatory system and associated national vulnerabilities at a time of great distress. Until this crisis...
The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and International Economics Consulting Ltd., jointly carried out the first comprehensive survey...
It is too early to know the full impact of COVID-19 on Africa. To date the experience has been varied. There are causes for concern, but also reasons for hope. Early estimates were pessimistic...
Informal cross border trade, by definition, requires traders to cross the border to sell their goods and services on the other side. Much of this trade takes place between border communities with...
Executive Summary This note argues that increasing the minimum paid-up capital of the Sudanese banks, enhancing the ability of the banking sector to attract remittances through the formal channels...
Containing the Damage of Economic Slowdowns and Downturns to Food Insecurity in Africa
After a long period of improvement, hunger in Africa - as measured by the prevalence of undernourishment - worsened in 2014-2018. This trend slowed in 2017-2018. Today 256 million Africans, or 20...
We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.” Albert Einstein
The World is currently in the throes of unprecedented health and economic crisis brought on by the global spread of the novel corona virus-induced COVID-19. COVID-19 has already infected millions of...
Using data from the United nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), this study has established that Eastern Africa, as one of the five UNECA African...
The “Training of Trainers” programme and a supporting online toolkit have been rolled out across Africa to raise awareness of the importance of climate information among key influential groups.The...
A new framework developed by the African Climate Policy Centre provides governments with a vital tool for calculating – and minimizing – the costs of climate disasters.If governments are to invest in...
COVID-19, a global pandemic declared by the World Health Organization (WHO), is crippling the global economy and upending people’s lives thereby threatening sustainable development across all its...
Policy Coherence, Best Practices and Future Prospective
Africa faces significant challenges in accessing high-quality pharmaceuticals, exacerbating a continued high burden of disease. The availability of essential drugs in the public sector across the...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the extent to which industrialization strategies and policies in Southern Africa, in particular the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)...
Structural transformation, employment, production and society
From an average of 1.6 per cent during the 1990s, the GDP growth rate rose to an average of 3.7 per cent between 2000 and 2014. This period has been marked by a significant catch-up in infrastructure...
On Jan. 30, 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.A Even before this declaration,...
For several weeks now, Africa has been fighting against an invisible enemy: COVID-19. Although the spread in the continent is much lower than in other parts of the world today, it is not less...
COVID-19 is taking its toll on Africa. This note discusses how policies on trade, manufacturing and intellectual property can speed up Africa’s response, focusing on enabling access to medical...