Publication list
The economic partnership agreements between the European Union and the five African regional blocs have been under negotiation since 2000. While framed as development-friendly asymmetric agreements...
In July 2017, the African Trade Policy Centre of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the...
Macroeconomic convergence is one of the key instruments for successful regional integrating as well as economic growth. It plays an important role in providing efficiency, promoting public...
The African Continental Free Trade Area is one of the flagship projects of the First Ten Year Implementation Plan under the African Union Agenda 2063 – The Africa We Want. The objective of the...
Distortions and Resource Allocation in North Africa
Understanding why North African economies are not growing as dynamically as they possibly could to generate enough jobs is a key interrogation.The present report argues that growth processes may be...
The moderately positive economic performance since 2000 has provided opportunities for improvements in health outcomes. Africa recorded average real annual GDP growth of 5–6 per cent between 2000 and...
The floriculture sector is booming in Ethiopia making the country the second largest exporter in Africa and the fifth largest supplier of flowers to the global market. The sector has turned in to...
Accelerating Opportunities for Investment and Growth
The fundamental role of a robust and vibrant private sector for effective and sustained growth is incontestable. A growing private sector is a major source of wealth, dynamism, competitiveness...
Institutional arrangements for implementing the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063Desing
Translating both the global and regional development frameworks adopted by member States in 2015 into concrete outputs and outcomes will require strong institutional capacities for...
STATUS AND EMERGING IMPACT OF OPEN DATA IN AFRICA
The Africa Data Revolution Report 2018 delves into the recent evolution and current state of open data – with an emphasis on Open Government Data – in the African data communities. It...
Over the last two decades, young people in Africa have experienced some increase in school enrolment and decreased gender gap in education. However, the disproportionately high levels of youth...
African Gender and Development Index Regional Synthesis Report III, 2018
The present report presents the status of gender equality in the 15 African countries that were part of Phase 3 and Phase 4 of AGDI, highlighting the disparities between men and women in the...
This capacity needs assessment of the African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD) was conducted under the framework partnership of the African Ministerial Conference on...
Climate variability and associated droughts and floods are major causes of poverty and resource depletion in Africa. They are serious threat to economic growth, and their impact is particularly...
The objectives of this assessment are: (i) To review and consolidate the variousassessments performed at ICPAC; (ii) identify ICPAC’s key products, services and the needs of their key users; prepare...
In the light of the enormous challenges climate variability and climate change pose to societies, there is an urgent need to enable African countries to provide the best possible climate services in...
This is a proposed template for a National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) Strategic Plan which serves as the required standard to preparing Strategic Plans in accordance with the...
This document is the Integrated Strategic Planning Guide prepared by Baastel for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and is meant to provide a step by step approach to conduct strategic...
Strategic planning is an organizational management activity that is used to set priorities, focus energy and resources, strengthen operations, ensurethat employees and other stakeholders are working...