Tag: Investment policy
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10 Jul 18 NewsCOMESA Summit update: The 38th Inter-governmental Committee began on Monday in Lusaka. The committee will review reports on the implementation of regional integration programmes an...
Addressing the foreign direct investment paradox in Africa
10 Jul 18 NewsAfrica’s experience on inward foreign direct investment (FDI) presents a paradox.
Conventionally, capital is expected to flow from countries with low to high returns. During 200...
China and Africa: Whither the Belt and Road?
05 Jul 18 NewsWhile economic ties between China and African countries have vastly expanded over the past decades, falling commodity prices and rising debt levels risk reversing this process. Can...
Australia’s trade and investment relationships with the countries of Africa: Inquiry report
29 Jun 18 NewsOn 13 June 2016, the Senate referred the following matter to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee for inquiry and report by 14 February 2018: Australi...
IMF Executive Board 2018 Article IV Consultation with Côte d’Ivoire
26 Jun 18 NewsOn June 18, 2018, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation and completed the third reviews under the Extended Credit ...
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15 Jun 18 NewsAfCFTA Ratification Barometer: Number 4 - Niger; Number 5 - Mali; Number 6 - Swaziland
AfCFTA agreement too narrow and hasty: Yao Graham (Graphic)
The co-ordinator of the Third W...
African countries urged to support and grow local investors and entrepreneurs
14 Jun 18 NewsAfrican countries have been challenged to support and grow local investors and entrepreneurs to counter the fickleness of international investment flows.
The Economic Commission f...
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13 Jun 18 NewsThe second African Transformation Forum takes place next week in Accra. Access the conference agenda here.
UNCTAD convenes an expert meeting on statistical methodologies for measu...
Private Equity Africa Investor Summit: New paradigm investing
13 Jun 18 NewsKeynote address by Harriett Baldwin, Minister of State for Africa, UK Government
Thank you so much for that very kind introduction and for giving me this platform to speak to...
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07 Jun 18 NewsUNCTAD: World Investment Report 2018
Developed economies saw the biggest drop in FDI flows in 2017 – at 37%, to $712bn – but this was to some extent expected, after a spike in...
Foreign direct investment to Africa fell by 21% in 2017, says United Nations report
07 Jun 18 NewsForeign direct investment (FDI) flows to Africa slumped to $42 billion in 2017, a 21% decline from 2016, according to UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2018. Weak oil...
UN deputy launches powerful tool for least developed countries
07 Jun 18 NewsAmina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, launched a unique policy compendium in Geneva on 6 June 2018 that aims to assist governments of the world’s mos...
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28 May 18 NewsNigeria and the AfCFTA: National stakeholders’ sensitization and consultations, conducted by the NOTN, continue this week. Today’s consultation will be held in Calabar (South-S...
Annual Development Effectiveness Review 2018: “Made in Africa” – Industrialising the Continent
24 May 18 NewsThe African Development Bank is delivering on its goals and making good progress towards achieving its development and operational targets according to the 2018 Annual Develop...
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23 May 18 NewsFeatured AfDB policy document: Industrialize Africa – strategies, policies, institutions & financing
Extract from the introductory remarks, by Joe Stiglitz:
In the developi...
Kenyan, Chinese enterprises pledge stronger cooperation to boost growth
23 May 18 NewsChinese enterprises on Tuesday pledged to cooperate with their Kenyan counterparts to stimulate economic growth and social renewal in line with the Belt and Road Initiative.
The n...
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21 May 18 NewsAustralia’s trade and investment relationships with Africa: update, submissions. The reporting date for the Senate inquiry has been extended to 21 June 2018. Download the submiss...
China mission to attract investors to Special Economic Zones
21 May 18 NewsThe Department of Trade and Industry will this month embark on an investment roadshow to Shanghai, China, aimed at wooing investors to the South African Special Economic Zones (SEZ...
New strategic directions of the ECA: Putting ideas into action for an empowered and transformed Africa
11 May 18 NewsThe year 2018 marks the sixtieth anniversary of the establishment of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The occasion presents an opportunity to reflect on the contribution o...
IMF sets out policy steps to reduce vulnerabilities and raise sub-Saharan Africa’s medium-term growth
08 May 18 NewsGrowth in sub-Saharan Africa is projected to pick up modestly from 2⅔ percent in 2017 to 3½ percent in 2018, the IMF said in its latest Regional Economic Outlook for sub-Saharan...