Publication list
Emerging perspectives from Africa on the post-2015 development agenda
This year’s report has been written against the backdrop of continued rapid economic growth in Africa, uprisings and transitions in North Africa, the festering sovereign debt crisis in the eurozone,...
Unleashing Africa’s Potential as a Pole of Global Growth
Although Africa’s growth has, since independence, been driven mainly by primary production and export, its growth resurgence since 2000 has benefited from improvements in macroeconomic management,...
Regional Anti-Corruption Programme for Africa 2011-2016
This Regional Anti-Corruption Programme for Africa is an initiative of the UNECA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, being undertaken in collaboration with the African Union Advisory Board on Corruption aimed at...
At the end of World War II, all but three African nations (Ethiopia, Liberia and South Africa) were ruled by some European State. Then the independence movement began: first in North Africa with...
In the 21st Century, there is growing interest more than ever before in issues related to democracy and good governance around the world. This is a reflection of the increasing acceptance of the fact...
The Yearbook series is a result of collaborative efforts by major African regional organizations to set up a joint data collection mechanism of socioeconomic data on African countries, as well as the...
Towards an African Continental Free Trade Area
Interregional coordination is growing. COMESA, EAC and SADC held their first Tripartite Summit in October 2008, where the Heads of State and Government of the three RECs agreed to establish a Free...
Fast-tracking Progress on the Millennium Development Goals in Africa
With three years remaining until the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) target deadline, African countries must ensure that policies sustain and fast-track gains made thus far, especially for...
Report on a Survey of AGOA’s Past, Present and Future Prospects: The Experiences and Expectations of Sub-Saharan Africa
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is a preferential arrangement governing over U.S.-African trade and investment relations since the year 2000. The legislation provides for preferential...
Assessment of Gender Impacts of SADC Trade Protocal in Selected Countries
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) introduced its trade protocol in the year 2000 to promote intra regional trade in goods and services among its member states (MS) as well as finance...
Information and communication technology (ICT) and its applications offer many opportunities for economic and human development. Within the framework of the World Summit on the Information Society (...
Les défis énergétiques en Afrique centrale
La croissance de la CEEAC en 2010 et 2011 s’est établie à 4,4 % et 4,5 % respectivement, confirmant la reprise au niveau sous-régional après le ralentissement de 2009. Malgré cette reprise, force est...
Status and prospects for economic diversification in Southern Africa
This year’s Economic Report on Southern Africa builds on the recommendations of the 16th session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) held in March 2010 in Lilongwe, Malawi, which...
This report presents the output of an analytical study of Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and key issues and challenges of regional infrastructure development in the Southern African subregion. The...
Report of the AEGM
This is the report of the Ad hoc Expert Group Meeting (AEGM) on “Climate change and the rural economy in Southern Africa”, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 22-24 August 2012.The main objective...
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Global warming is already affecting Africa and other regions and is expected to worsen in coming decades. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) subregion is among the most affected...
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Southern Africa Office (ECA-SA) has a mandate to strengthen regional integration in the Southern Africa subregion. In this regard, it is committed to...
he present report on the Economic and Social Conditions in West Africa for 2011 is a regular document presented to provide: (i) member States with an overview of the economic and social conditions in...
Implementation of work programme and technical assistance to ECOWAS and member States
This elect ronic brief highlights major act ivit ies of the Economic Commission for Af rica, Sub-Regional Off ice for West Af rica (ECA/SRO-WA) for the period between January and June 2012, as part...
A Decade of the Implementation of MDGs: Achievements and Shortfalls
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) economies remain vulnerable and the sustainability of relatively strong growth rates is uncertain given the intensifying fiscal woes in the United States of America, Europe...