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Mobilising the revenues needed to further development and improve people’s lives will depend on broader tax bases, stronger tax institutions, and redoubled efforts to stem both c...

As Africa hosts the 3rd Financing for Development meeting in Addis Ababa, Mr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the United Nations of Economic Commission for Africa is confident...

The selection: Wednesday, 15 July From Twitter: Ambassador Mxolisi Nkosi @Malangenis The European Commission has lifted a ban on SA ostrich and meat products, imposed in 20...

A strong, diversified financial sector can help the government gradually transition from aid, finance its development and benefit a larger group of Rwandans, according to a new rep...

Multi-stakeholder partnerships for mobilizing financing for industrial infrastructure and industrial projects, ranging from small and medium-sized enterprises to international larg...

The third review of the trade policies and practices of Madagascar takes place on 14 and 16 July 2015. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by t...

Closing persistent gender gaps is vital to boosting sustainable growth and ending poverty by 2030, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim said Tuesday, calling for scaled-up effor...

Meeting on Tuesday with CEOs, heads of state and ministers at a forum on the sidelines of a global finance summit, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the corporate c...

Action Plan for Promoting Private Sector Contributions The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals need a step-change in investment Faced with common global economic, soc...

The selection: Tuesday, 14 July Making regional trade work for Africa: turning words into deeds (UNCTAD) In its latest Policy Brief, UNCTAD identifies some of the barriers t...

The third international conference on Financing for Development opened on 13 July 2015 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The opening plenary meeting was opened by the UN General Secretary,...

Speaking at the opening session of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa on Monday 13 July, WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo outlined ...

Sees near-term potential to raise additional $120 billion a year by 2020 Innovative financial mechanisms in four key areas have the potential to boost crucial investment in sustai...

In its latest Policy Brief, UNCTAD identifies some of the barriers to implementing regional trade agreements in Africa and proposes remedial actions that may be taken by national G...

Achieve the future sustainable development agenda and the goal of ending extreme poverty will require strong and creative partnerships to turn billions in official assistance into ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has begun implementing the COMESA Regional Transit Customs Bond Guarantee (RCTBG). This follows the signing of the Inter Surety Agreement by the Di...

Member states of the East African Community (EAC) appear to be racing against time to meet a self-prescribed deadline of December 2015 by which they pledged to have fully implement...

The selection: Monday, 13 July Featured tweet, @kaushikcbasu: Tax revenue (central govt) as % of GDP (approx) DR Congo 8.4 Bangladesh 8.7 Pakistan 10.1 India 10.8 Sweden 20.7...

The agendas of accelerating sustainable development and eradicating poverty and that of climate change are deeply intertwined. Growth strategies that fail to tackle poverty and/o...

Global leaders are poised to adopt a set of targets tackling the world’s biggest challenges. These targets include the ambitious goal of ending extreme poverty in a generation.&...