The High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows meets in Lusaka
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Southern Africa
Report on the Economic and Social Condistions in Southern Africa 2012
With sluggish recovery and growth in industrial countries, coupled with fiscal challenges in Europe, the demand for primary commodities in the short to medium term is likely to slump. Capital and aid flows to Africa are also expected to fall. While the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has generally been resilient to external shocks, the unfolding events in Europe cast uncertainty over the subregion’s future economic outlook.
Report on Social and Economic Conditions in Southern Africa 2013
Southern Africa will have a projected market of over 290 million people by the end of 2013, of which an estimated 60 per cent will be between the ages of 15 and 24, representing a huge potential from a youthful growing labour force. Although GDP growth in SADC was moderate, it was well above the world average of 3.8 per cent in 2011. The subregion grew by 3.3 per cent in 2012 and was projected to grow by 2.4 per cent in 2013.
New Study Reveals Huge Impact of Hunger on Economy of Malawi
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New Study Reveals Huge Impact of Hunger on Economy of Malawi
Joint News Release
LILONGWE, 13 May 2015 – Malawi’s economy loses nearly MKW 150 billion (nearly US$ 600 million) annually due to the effects of child undernutrition. This is the alarming finding of a new study launched today in Lilongwe.
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Building Democratic Developmental States for Economic Transformation in Southern Africa
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Southern Africa Office in collaboration with the UNDP, South Africa, Southern Africa Trust and the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) are organising a regional conference on: Building Democratic Developmental States for Economic Transformation in Southern Africa from 20th - 23rd July 2015.
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21st Intergovernmental Committee of Experts Meeting
ECA Sub-region Office for Southern Africa will convene the 21st Session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) meeting on Accelerating Industrialization in Southern Africa through Beneficiation and Value Addition from 12-13 March 2015 in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
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Industrialization is a political project
ECA - Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe- 12 Mar 2015 - Industrialization is as much an economic as it is a political project and requires unorthodox thinking, difficult policy choices, innovation and creativity.
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Subsidize the agricultural sector, ECA
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 10 March 2015 (ECA) - Africa’s Agricultural transformation cannot take place without the State. Speaking during the official remarks of a two day expert group meeting on Agro-industry development for food and nutritional security in Southern Africa, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, ECA Southern Africa Regional Office Director, Said Adejumobi called for the active involvement of the state in the in the agri-industry “Agro-industrial development cannot take place without the state.
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Ad-hoc Expert Group Meeting
ECA Sub-regional Office for Southern Africa will convene an Ad Hoc Experts Group on Agro-industry development for food and nutritional security in Southern Africa to discuss and review the state of the agriculture sector in Southern Africa. The meeting with take place from 9th to 10th March 2015, in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
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