North Africa

ECA launches first report on SDG implementation in Maghreb countries

Tunis, 2 November (ECA) – The ECA Office for North Africa launched on Friday 2 November in Tunis (Republic of Tunisia) the first Report on SDG implementation in Maghreb countries.

This report is being published three years after the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) which summarize global development ambitions, thus providing an opportunity to make an initial stock take of progress made by Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia.

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Statistics: North Africa agrees on need to join data revolution

Tunis, 31 October 2018 (ECA) – North African countries must take part in the data revolution and acquire the means to follow up and implement the Sustainable Development Objectives (SDGs) and Agenda 2063 on the legislative, technical, human resource and equipment level, said, Wednesday, participants in the Expert Group Meeting on “Data Revolution in North Africa: Using Data in Support of Structural Transformation; an event held by the ECA Office for North Africa on 30-31 October 2018, on the margins of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts of the ECA Office for North A

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Stakeholders highlight quality data as a priority for North Africa

Tunis, 27 October 2018 (ECA) – The ECA office for North Africa, in partnership with the Tunisian Ministry of Development, Investment and International Cooperation (MDICI) and the Tunisian Union of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA), launched on Tuesday in Tunis (Republic of Tunisia) the 33rd session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts under the theme : “Data Revolution in North Africa: Using Data in Support of Structural Transformation”.

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ECA and partners study strengthening of statistical systems for better development

Tunis, 22 October 2018 (ECA) – The ECA Office for North Africa will organize, in partnership with the Tunisian Ministry of Development, Investment and International Cooperation (MDICI) and the Tunisian Union of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA) the 33rd Session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) from 30 October to November 2nd, 2018 in Tunis (Tunisia).

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ECA calls for improved access to data for a deeper analysis of economic distortions

Rabat, 28 September 2018 (ECA) – At the conclusion of its expert group meeting on quality of institutions and structural transformation, the ECA Office for North Africa called on countries to facilitate researchers’ access to their microeconomic data for a better understanding of the causes of distortions and productivity losses within their economies.

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Quality of public policies plays a key role in structural transformation and job creation

Rabat, 26 September 2018 (ECA) – The ECA Office in North Africa initiated today in Rabat (Morocco) an expert group meeting under the theme: “Quality of institutions and structural transformation: distortions and resource allocation in North Africa”

In the next two days, governance and public policy experts, international organization representatives and officials from member countries (Algeria, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia) will examine the relationship between the quality of institutions and structural transformation.

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ECA studies impact of resource allocation on structural transformation

Rabat, 19 September (ECA) - The ECA Office for North Africa is holding, on 26-27 September in Rabat an expert group meeting on “Quality of institutions and structural transformation:distortions andresource allocation in North Africa”.

This event will provide north african and international academics and experts specialised in governance and public policy issues with an opportunity to better understand the impact of resource allocation mechanisms on strctural transformation and therefore countries’ equitable and sustainable development.

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