Tag: Development finance
African Development Bank Group unveils $10 billion Response Facility to curb COVID-19
08 Apr 20 NewsThe African Development Bank Group on Wednesday announced the creation of the COVID-19 Response Facility to assist regional member countries in fighting the pandemic.
The Facility...
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07 Apr 20 NewsDiarise:
International Organisation of Employers digital conference, tomorrow, on the impact of COVID-19 on global trade, supply chains and employment
The IMF will releas...
Recovery from the Economic Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa: What Role for Trade?
07 Apr 20 BlogThe economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on African countries will be known only after the situation is brought under control. There will be immediate shocks to livelihoods, a...
UN calls for $2.5 trillion coronavirus crisis package for developing countries
31 Mar 20 NewsThe consequences of a combined health pandemic and a global recession will be catastrophic for many developing countries and halt their progress towards the Sustainable Development...
Three things the G20 must do to support Africa in COVID-19 Pandemic
26 Mar 20 NewsThis is a global crisis affecting the whole world. Africa, however, will be hit harder with a heavy and durable economic toll, which will threaten progress and prospects, widen ine...
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25 Mar 20 NewsTomorrow: G20 leaders will convene by video conference to discuss coronavirus
Leaders from the Group of 20 major economies will convene a video conference on Thursday to discuss t...
World Bank Group increases COVID-19 response to $14 billion to help sustain economies, protect jobs
24 Mar 20 NewsFocus on private sector and workers spearheaded by IFC to mitigate financial and economic impact of crisis
The World Bank and IFC’s Boards of Directors on 17 March 2020 approved...
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22 Jan 20 NewsUnderway in Addis Ababa: The 33rd AU Summit kicks off with the 39th Session of the Permanent Representatives Committee
For two days, the 39th Session of the PRC will consider the ...
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03 Dec 19 NewsStarting tomorrow, in Pretoria: 15th Replenishment of the African Development Fund
Representatives of donor governments will meet from 4-5 December in Centurion to conclude the 15...
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05 Nov 19 NewsDiarise:
(i) Africa’s money for African development: A future beyond aid (7 November, Accra). The event is part of series of high-level meetings to be held by...
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25 Oct 19 NewsEXIM 2019 Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee convenes interagency meeting to advance President Trump’s Prosper Africa Initiative (Exim Bank, US)
The 2019 Sub-Saharan Africa A...
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23 Oct 19 NewsOECD’s 2019 Global Forum on Competition (5-6 December, Paris):
The profiled paper: Competition policy within the context of free trade agreements (pdf). This paper reports the ...
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26 Aug 19 NewsVictor Harison, Mario Pezzini: Firms must drive Africa’s transformation (Project Syndicate)
But if the AfCFTA is to fulfill its promise, African firms will need to prepare for a...
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16 Jul 19 NewsKenya: Ruto, Raila jointly launch national export strategy (The Standard)
Deputy President William Ruto and Opposition chief Raila Odinga yesterday launched a national export stra...
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05 Jul 19 NewsToday’s featured commentary, David Pilling (Financial Times Africa Editor): Are tech companies Africa’s new colonialists?
Ghana appears to have won the bid to host the AfCFTA ...
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14 Jun 19 NewsTanzania’s President Magufuli will assume the chairmanship of SADC in mid-August. Important dates to note: Fourth SADC Industrialization Week (22-26 July, Dar es Salaam); SADC Co...
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07 May 19 NewsNew commentaries on the AfCFTA:
tralac’s Gerhard Erasmus: The institutional design of the AfCFTA. Why do international trade arrangements have their own institutions? What ...
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18 Apr 19 NewsAfCFTA ratification update: Cameroon assures ECA that it will ratify Africa’s Free Trade Area Agreement
“Cameroon will ratify the AfCFTA,” the country’s Prime Minister, Jo...
Multilateralism: the only safe route for development finance
17 Apr 19 NewsLebanese ambassador who presides over UNCTAD's governing body defends multilateralism during UN development financing forum.
As leaders shun the rules-based international order, t...
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16 Apr 19 NewsAfCFTA update: The Gambia, today, deposited its instruments of ratification for the AfCFTA with the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, becoming the 20th country to do so....