Publication list
The year 2016 will usher in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals, a new development agenda anchored by the three dimensions of sustainable...
The financial services sector has often been seen as playing a crucial role in funding development. Historical experience and academic literature, however, are far from clear on how growth in...
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) model has been developed to assist countries in implementing a sustainable development plan. It is characterized by a long run neoclassical...
Following the adoption of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Industrialization Strategy in 2015, Southern African countries have come to recognize that micro, small...
The present study focuses on the development and conclusion of negotiations for the Tripartite Free Trade Area, which brings together the member states of the Common Market for ...
Heavy reliance on primary commodities has rendered many of the economies of Southern Africa vulnerable to fluctuations in international markets as shown by the case of the region’s...
Oceans and seas cover 72 per cent of the surface of planet Earth and are home to 95 per cent of the Earth’s living organisms. The world’s oceans are essential to life on the planet,...
Technical Study
The Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area entered into force on 30 May 2019. The operational phase of the Agreement was launched on 7 July 2019 and tariff dismantlement...
Over recent years, the issue of trade facilitation has emerged as an important element of multilateral, regional, and bilateral trade debates. The growing importance of this issue has...
Of all the regions of the world, Africa has the greatest number of least developed countries (LDCs). The Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011–2020 is therefore of...
Temperatures in Africa have been rising in recent decades at a rate comparable to that of most other continents and thus somewhat faster than global mean surface temperature, which incorporates a...
This policy brief analyses the problems facing Africa related to ‘base erosion and profit shifting’ by multinational corporations.2 It builds on the Report of the High Level Panel on...
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its sub-regional office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA) and the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), together with International Economics...
Africa’s growth and development are presently anchored on two mutually inclusive programmes namely, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Agenda 2063. The...
Notwithstanding the extensive work done on structural transformation, empirically identifying the key economic forces that shape structural transformation remains an open question...
Economists generally emphasize the need for structural transformation − usually manifested in expansion of manufacturing production and exports and their increased sophistication, as...
A Primer on The Premier Economic Governance Report
Africa is losing significant resources through illicit financial flows (IFFs), conservatively estimated by the 2015 report of the High-Level Panel on IFFs from Africa at $50 billion a year. The $50...
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant contraction in economic activity in Africa. In fact, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has projected that gross domestic product (GDP) growth...
ECA POLICY BRIEF
Inadequate skills development and low productivity are hobbling the competitive edge and economic diversification potential of Central African countries. However, if they draw inspiration from the...
Financing a Sustainable Recovery for The Future of All
The economic damage to developing economies triggered by COVID-19 can be transformed: from a threat to global growth, into an accelerator of global prosperity. Rapid financial support, developed and...