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The selection: Friday, 3 July Today, in Addis: The future of disaster risk reduction and resilience in Africa (Common Africa Platform) Next week in Addis: The impact of illi...

Over the past several years, an increasingly strong voice has risen in China calling for the reform of its foreign aid policies and systems. In response to this voice, the Ministry...

An approach focusing on inclusive politics, effective governance, and fiscal health seems to offer a viable route to overcome fragility in sub-Saharan Africa, an IMF staff rep...

WTO members must do more to bring down excessively high trade costs, and there are some “clear and immediate actions within reach” which can contribute to achieving this, Direc...

In 2002, the global community came together in Monterrey, Mexico, to address key financial issues affecting global development. The International Conference on Financing for Develo...

An Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting is being organized by the African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) and the Macroeconomic Policy Division (MPD) to review the Study on The Impa...

The Investing in Africa Forum: Partnering to Accelerate Investment, Industrializa-tion, and Results was held June 30-July 1, 2015, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, co-organized by the Gov...

The selection: Thursday, 2 July Featured tweet, @Francismangeni: Zambia, with a population of just 13 million, is projected to get $149 million in net benefits every year fro...

Strong crop yields, higher productivity and slower growth in global demand should contribute to a gradual decline in real prices for agricultural products over the coming decade, b...

Joint statement by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim on the launch of the World Bank Group and ILO Universal Social Protection Initiative, ...

There is still a lot of work to do, but a meaningful deal which supports growth and development is achievable, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo said on 1 July, looking ahead to th...

A new policy brief elaborates the objectives, guiding principles and organizational framework within the United Nations system of a sustainable development review process. UNCTAD ...

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, on behalf of all AGOA eligible countries, has commended President Barack Obama for his leadership and s...

Trudi Hartzenberg, Paul Kalenga: 'National policies and regional integration in the South African Development Community' (UNU-WIDER) This paper seeks to provide some insights...

The Heads of State and Government of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) met ...

Reducing trade costs through initiatives such as the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) will go a long way towards helping businesses and consumers in poorer countries reap...

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has released trade statistics for May 2015 that recorded a trade surplus of R4.99 billion. This figure includes trade data with Botswana, L...

The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank seems on track to begin full operations early next year. This week, 50 of the bank’s founding members signed the articles...

A new United Nations flagship report launched on 30 June 2015 finds that solutions to the challenges to people and planet must build on clear scientific findings in order to be sus...

A major obstacle to the integration of the social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable development was a “silo” mentality among stakeholders, especially among ...