Tag: Economic Development

The Twenty-Seventh Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) in Kigali, Rwanda, ended on an extremely high note. It was hailed by many, including the Chairperson o...

The East African Community (EAC) needs a strong and uniform regulatory framework that promote financial inclusion to ensure sustainable growth in the region, experts say. Prof Lem...

East African Community states need to develop rural infrastructure (especially electricity and ICT) to enhance mobile phone penetration and facilitate its use. The call was made b...

New Brookings report highlights advances in financial and digital inclusion Utilizing quality, affordable formal financial services effectively enables individuals to save for the...

Developing countries such as Kenya, Bangladesh and Jordan are leading the world on green finance, which is essential to meet the world's sustainable development aspirations, accord...

This paper examines the possible implications for the financial systems of low-income African economies and in particular Tanzania of their stated aspiration to achieve middle-inco...

Broad consensus on framework to assess structural improvements, but differences remain between US and China The world’s top economic policymakers have agreed upon a set of indic...

African Governments should add new revenue sources to finance their development, such as remittances and public-private partnerships, and clamp down on illicit financial flows, an ...

Global GDP growth rate was 3.1% in 2015 and – before the Brexit shock – was forecast at 3.4% in 2016 and 3.6% in 2017. This is being driven by a weak and uneven ...

Financial services in Côte d’Ivoire: Banks set aside in favour of mobile money  Côte d’Ivoire has been enjoying an economic upturn since the return of political stabili...

Mozambique, reeling from a sovereign debt crisis, sees 2016 economic growth slowing to 4.5 percent from initial forecasts of 7 percent and needs to bring in austerity measures in a...

Trade, industry, finance and investment ministers from the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) have started a series of regional development peer review meetings which wil...

Zambia is facing tough conditions for growth. Despite the current slowdown, investment in mineral and non-mineral sectors in the country remains attractive. This is according to th...

Giant leaps in financial inclusion driven by private sector innovation and supportive regulation have made Kenya a case study in financial sector development. A new book brings tog...

Global growth data show that East Africa had the sharpest fall in economic performance in 2015, a year when low commodity prices, subdued trade and instability in financial markets...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has come under intense financial distress that is threatening to bring some of its statutory functions and projects to a halt...

Members of the Partnership on Illicit Finance (PIF) met alongside the African Development Bank at the Bank’s Annual Meetings in Lusaka, Zambia, to publish national acti...

Ashly Hope, tralac Research Advisor, comments on the potential impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement for developing country economies, in particular regarding fina...

This document details the scope and the main elements of the Country Partnership Framework (CPF) with the Republic of Botswana for FY16-20. The previous Country Partnership Strate...

Finance leaders from the Group of Seven industrial nations failed to find ways to take coordinated action to revitalize the global economy as they wrapped up a two-day meeting in S...