North Africa

Remittances in Financing Development in Africa: Lesson learnt from North Africa


The utilization of remittances inflows to enhance development in labor-exporting North African member states, confronts three major persistent challenges:  (i) the effectiveness of national strategies and policies to channel remittances to development, (ii) the relatively weak financial and institutional infrastructure supporting remittances, and (iii) the lack of sufficient data/information on workers’ remittances.

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Regional value chains for diversification and value addition in North Africa (2nd part)

The emergence of North African countries is going through a major transformation of their economy and raises the question of the process to guide these structural changes. While some economies in the North African sub-region are more diverse than others, the performance of most countries in the region remains generally too heavily dependent on commodity prices or weather conditions. North African economies are poorly diversified and are generally specialized in sectors or in some dynamic products with low added value.

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Regional Value Chains to Accelerate the Diversification and Sophistication of North African Economies

Rabat, 13 November 2014 (ECA) - The integration of developing countries in world trade happens increasingly through their participation in global value chains (GVCs). However access to GVCs involves many prerequisites, including logistics, institutional and legal environment, which require significant investment both in human and finance, and active public policies in this area.

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ECA lays out ClimDev’s case for turning Africa’s agriculture into an engine of development

Marakech, 09 October, 2014 (ECA) - A senior official of the Climate for Development (ClimDev) Africa Programme today drew the attention of climate scientists and policy makers to the immense prospects that the current African youth dividend and opportunities in SMART agriculture offer the Continent for turning its agriculture into a veritable engine of development.

Ms Fatima Denton, Coordinator of the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) and Director of Special Initiatives Division at ECA, was reflecting at the opening session of the Fourth Annual Conference on

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ECA boss stresses Africa’s unique needs to face climate change challenges

Marrakesh, 09 October, 2014 (ECA) - The Deputy Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Dr. Abdalla Hamdok has told participants at the Fourth annual Conference on Climate and Development in Africa (CCDA-IV) that Africa’s needs are unique and the continent faces exceptional climate challenges. He explained that Africa faces unique challenges of poor physical infrastructure, poor agricultural productivity and poor market access, as well as weak institutions and policies - factors which perpetuate circles of poverty and misery.

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High level delegations expected in Marrakech for African Development Forum

This year, the Forum is to focus on illicit financial flows, domestic resource mobilisation, new forms of partnerships and climate financing

Marrakech, 06 October 2014 (ECA) - Marrakech will host a number of African leaders as part of the UN’s African Development Forum. The Forum takes place every two years and is organised by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Africa’s most important policy think tank.

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ECA consultations on Agenda 2063 commence in Rabat

Rabat, 03 June 2013 (ECA) - Intense moments of thought and exchange took place last Wednesday in Rabat when the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) organized a dinner-debate that focused on: “Agenda 2063: What will North Africa look like in half a century?”. The event was held under the patronage of ECA’s Executive Secretary, Mr. Carlos Lopes. The get-together took place to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of ECA’s North Africa Regional Office.  

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