Publication list
Faced with energy insecurity, dwindling natural resources and pollution challenges, African countries must put in place appropriate strategies for designing future development, using suitable...
The African Union (AU) views the agricultural sector as a critical component of its agenda for a structural transformation of Africa’s economies. In this regard, the African Union has demonstrated...
The main objective of the second triennial review is to assess the extent to which the outcome and recommendations of the first triennial review have helped meet the objectives of enhancing and...
Towards a transformational change for women and girls in Africa
Domesticating the Africa Mining Vision
The objectives of the CMV guidebook is to help member States domesticate the AMV at the country level through a multi-stakeholder consultative process with a view to formulating a shared vision on...
According to FAO, reducing gender inequalities regarding access to resources, services and employment could develop the agricultural production of these countries by 2.5 to 4 per cent, and globally...
This study falls within the framework of the initiative of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and aims to assess measures adopted by the...
Taking ICT to a Strategic Level
The Information and Communications Technology Section is responsible for managing the Commission’s ICT infrastructure and providing telecommunications and videoconferencing support to ECA and the...
In this era of globalization, regional integration appears inevitable in order to expand economic opportunities in Africa, since larger markets allow for better use of economies of scale. In addition...
Climate change is likely to intensify the current challenges of water scarcity and water competition within and between communities and nations, particularly in those countries linked by...
Lack of access to energy services is one of the main constraints to economic development in Africa. Only about 31% of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa has access to electricity, and only 14% has...
Bio-energy, which refers to all fuels derived from biomass, is the largest single source of renewable energy. The proportion of bio-energy in some developing countries exceeds 90% of their primary...
Africa has substantial reserves of fossil fuel resources. These include about 9.5% of the total global proven reserves of crude oil, 8% of natural gas reserves, and 4% of coal reserves. Much of the...
Climate financing is essential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in both developing and developed countries. It is an essential part of securing a low carbon development future that does not...
Climate change is expected to alter temperature, air movements and precipitation in various ways and to varying degrees across Africa, and this will have important consequences for human health....
New financial resources will be needed to ramp up the level of economic support expected over the next decade to cope with increasing economic damages from climate change. Since not all of the...
Making the Most of Africa’s Commodities: Industrializing for Growth, Jobs and Economic Transformation
African countries have a real opportunity to capitalize on their resource endowments and high international commodity prices, as well as on opportunities from changes in the global economy to promote...
Food security in Africa: Issues, challenges and lessons
As the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) target date of 2015 approaches, it is essential to take stock of Africa’s progress. This 2013 MDG report reveals a mixed pattern-successes and failures,...
Implications for Growth, Employment and Structural Transformation in Africa
What effect could trade with, and investment and aid from, the BRICS (Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa) have on growth, employment and structural transformation in Africa?...
Developing upstream linkages in industrial commodities in Africa
Building upstream linkages in industrial commodities presents a real opportunity for African countries to utilize primary commodity endowments for economic transformation. The impressive growth...