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The selection: Friday, 16 October Today, at Africa Week 2015: UNGA debate on the Development of Africa and presentation of the reports of the Secretary-General on Progress in...

International Resource Panel (IRP) report finds trade shifting burden of environmental impacts to developing economies As countries become increasingly dependent on world trade, w...

Marking the International Day of Rural Women, the United Nations today affirmed the role of women as significant and crucial for the progress of rural households, local and nationa...

The 13th African Regional Meeting will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from Monday 30 November to Thursday 3 December 2015. The Meeting will bring together ILO’s tripartite co...

A sizeable number of households in Africa today have female heads. Based on the latest Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), 26% of all households Africa-wide are headed by women. ...

New Partnership for Africa’s Development: thirteenth consolidated progress report on implementation and international support The present report, submitted in response to Genera...

The selection: Thursday, 15 October Rwanda: Local traders want Northern Corridor summit to focus on cross-border barriers (New Times) The local business community wants the forth...

In the coming decades, global growth will depend on today’s young people. Combatting the persistent youth employment crisis requires a global effort and proactive action. One th...

As the global community commits to the new Sustainable Development Goals and gears up for a new international climate policy agreement, the UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport 2015...

International transport costs amounted to a country average of 9 per cent of the value of imports during the decade 2005-2014, according to the UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport ...

Kenya’s economic performance remains solid, with the growth rate expected to improve from 5.3% in 2014 to 5.4% in 2015, according to a new World Bank Group economic report releas...

The Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Africa Hub launched on Tuesday, October 13 in Abidjan its Annual Report for 2014-2015, which outlines the progress made to date in helping t...

The involvement of Kenyan banks in the SME segment has grown remarkably over the last few years and most banks intend to continue expanding their SME portfolio in the near future. ...

The Commission is proposing a new trade and investment strategy for the European Union, entitled ‘Trade for All: Towards a more responsible trade and investment policy’. The n...

The selection: Wednesday, 14 October Starting today, in Maputo: 2nd Nordic-Mozambican Conference on Inclusive Growth Now available: 'Shaping economic transformation in Tanzania'...

The new Sustainable Development Goals will only succeed if they can succeed in Africa. How can we make that happen? A new report from the Africa Progress Panel, Global Goals, Afric...

The theme of the Fifth Global Review of Aid for Trade, held from 30 June to 2 July 2015, was “Reducing Trade Costs for Inclusive, Sustainable Growth”. Discussions focused on t...

Following the successful launch of Africa Week 2015, Member States gathered in the afternoon to hear from African Regional Economic Communities about their efforts to silence the g...

Programmes proliferate but vast majority of rural poor remain uncovered by social protection Social protection is emerging as a critical tool in the drive to eradicate hunger, yet...

Fears that a slowing China will cause world trade to stagnate could be overstated, given European nations’ long-standing trade links with emerging markets (EMs) across Latin Amer...