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The World Bank’s Chief Economist on 22 June 2015 announced the launch of a new Commission on Global Poverty to report on the best ways to measure and monitor poverty ar...

Finance is a key ingredient of modern economies, but too much finance may hamper economic growth and worsen income inequality, according to new research from the OECD. The OECD’...

It is a great pleasure to join the President of Madagascar, H.E. Hery Rajaonarimampianina, in welcoming you to the 2015 UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa Cluster Meeting. I thank th...

Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) says the twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEUs) for its principal port has grown by 8.9% a year.  TEUs are used to measure a ship’s cargo carryin...

The selection: Monday, 22 June African Economic Conference 2015: concept note and call for papers (AfDB) The African Economic Conference 2015 will take place in Kinshasa, De...

The new double tax treaty between South Africa and Mauritius is set to come into force in January next year, following a controversial renegotiation to give better protection to th...

The government is forging ahead with plans for a border management agency to handle all aspects of border control, from security to customs and plant and animal inspection – but ...

To lift the poor from poverty, create jobs, not loans, critics say In 2005 the United Nations declared the year the International Year of Microcredit. At a time when the clamour f...

Lecture on “The New Global Development Agenda and Malawi” by Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator, 18 June 2015 I thank the Speaker of the Malawi National Assembly, Hon. Richard Ms...

Multilateral Development Banks provided US $28 billion in climate finance in 2014 The world’s six large multilateral development banks (MDBs) delivered over US $28 billion in ...

There is cause for celebration following the meeting in Cairo of 26 African heads of state representing the countries that make up the three major trading blocs on the continent ...

The selection: Friday, 19 June 25th Assembly of the African Union: summary of outcomes (AU) A declaration on self-reliance was adopted. It approves the First Ten-Year Implementat...

“This is a momentous opportunity that the Africa region must seize to pave the way for its meaningful participation in the global institutional architecture for sustainable devel...

The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) has committed to growing the diversity and volume of  the country’s exports by ensuring that all the stakeholders play their a...

Heads of State and Government of the 54 member states of the African Union (AU) met in Johannesburg, South Africa from the 14th to 15th June. The Assembly meeting was the last in t...

“The involvement of the private sector must be through participation in analysis and decision making as well as in overseeing the implementation of trade facilitation measures....

Essay Competition on the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area and the African Union Continental Free Trade Area The Saana Institute is launching its first ever Essay Competi...

The selection: Thursday, 18 June DG Azevêdo tells members it is “decision time” on the Doha work programme (WTO) “Taking an overview of all of these consultations it ...

Trade finance in support of Africa’s development “We need to ensure that Africa is not left out of mainstream trade markets because of a lack of trade finance.” – Don...

The Paris deal on Poultry: Implications for South Africa’s access to the US under AGOA Statement by Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies, in the National Assembly, 17 June ...