Publication list
A new narrative on urbanization towards Agenda 2063
Africa’s structural transformation is the overarching policy priority for the continent’s inclusive and sustainable development. As clearly expressed in the African Union’s Agenda 2063, there is now...
The present report entitled “Socioeconomic profile of West Africa in 2014 and prospects for 2015” is among the documents examined by the eighteen statutory meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee...
ECOWAS is the main regional economic community in West Africa wherein the continental integration process, as advocated by the African Union, should take shape. All fifteen (15) countries of the sub-...
This report is the first building block of a large initiative aiming to integrate the gender dimension into the West African fight for food security. The core of the project is the introduction of...
Achievements, Challenges and Lessons Learned
The present report examines the function of quality assurance at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in 2015, focusing on the results achieved, challenges encountered, lessons learned and future...
This Review report takes stock of progress made in Africa and concrete actions taken to implement sustainable development resolutions and outcomes of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment...
Dynamic Industrial Policy in Africa: Innovative Institutions, Effective Processes and Flexible Mechanisms
A Summary of the ECA Reform to Support Transformative Development in a Renascent Africa
In the fall of 2012, the ECA embarked on series of participatory reflections and consultations to consider the changing dynamics at both the global and regional level. This was the starting point for...
How communications and media relations will project and help bring about the “new” ECA
As one of the five United Nations Regional Commissions, ECA has, over the years of its existence, dedicated itself to implementing a wide range of activities in support of African development. It has...
Managing the Knowledge of a Knowledge Organization
Over the recent years, global socioeconomic and political dynamics have opened up historic and unprecedented opportunities for African nations. To achieve the promised breakthroughs in economic...
The recent refocusing exercise aimed, among other things, at making the Commission the “think tank” of reference on African development policy issues by building on the Commission’s comparative...
This Concept Note outlines a proposal for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) to produce Country Profiles (CPs), through coordination between ECA Subregional Offices (SROs),...
The present report reviews the progress made between April 2013 and March 2014 on implementing the work programme of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), with a focus on the results that have...
Social and Economic Impact of Child Undernutrition in Egypt, Ethiopia, Swaziland and Uganda
The Cost of Hunger in Africa (COHA) Study is a project led by the African Union Commission (AUC) and the New Partnership of Africa‟s Development (NEPAD) Planning and Coordinating Agency and supported...
Status and Enhancement Pathways
This report provides a sub-regional picture of energy access and security, reviews case studies from some selected member States to highlight lessons on energy access and security, looks at the...
The 17th meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of the Economic Commission for Africa Sub regional Office for West Africa (ECA/SRO-WA) was held on 3 and 4 March 2014 in...
Misperceptions in a Sea of Opportunities
The economic performance of Africa since the turn of the twenty-first century has been remarkable, even in the aftermath of the global financial and economic crisis. Growth has averaged 5 per cent...
Outlining Africa’s Position on the AGOA Review process - A White Paper | April 2014
Set to expire in September 2015, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is the central pillar of trade and economic relations between the United States and sub Saharan Africa. As a result,...
Analysis of the Common African Position on the post-2015 Development Agenda
Performance on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has varied by country and region; some regions are closer to meeting the targets, while others such as Africa are not as close. But Africa has...