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Launch of Industrial Policy Action Plan 2015/16 – 2017/18
08 May 2015Media statement by Minister of Trade and Industry Dr Rob Davies at launch of the Industrial Policy Action Plan 2015/16 – 2017/18 at the Industrial Development Corporation Auditor...
read moreConcert among SADC ruling parties may speed up regional integration
08 May 2015The Vice-president of MPLA, Roberto de Almeida, admitted on Wednesday in Luanda that the Parliamentary Groups of the Forum on the ruling parties in SADC countries, whose institutio...
read moreHow mobile money is saving Africa $2bn annually
08 May 2015Mobile phones have proven to be potential game-changers in boosting access to financial products and services to people in Africa. This is particularly true for...
read moreFragile states need new form of development aid, OECD report says
08 May 2015Nearly 1.5 billion people live in countries riddled with conflict, fragility and violence, and which have also shown the least progress on achieving development goals, according to...
read moreInvesting to change lives: IFC and AfDB seek to boost private sector in Africa
08 May 2015Enhancing partnerships with a view to boosting private sector as the driving force for sustainable and inclusive growth in Africa is one of the main priorities for the African Deve...
read moreImplementation of NDP a top priority
08 May 2015Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Minister in the Presidency, Jeff Radebe, says coordinating, monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the National Development Plan (NDP) ...
read moreTanzania Mainland Poverty Assessment: A new picture of growth for Tanzania emerges
07 May 2015In Mainland Tanzania, poverty has declined by approximately one percentage point each year between 2007 and 2012, according to a new World Bank report released today.
Based on the...
read moreManaging the transition from the Millennium Development Goals to the sustainable development goals
07 May 2015Remarks by Mr. Joakim Reiter, Deputy Secretary-General, UNCTAD at the Ministerial Roundtable on Managing the transition from the Millennium Development Goals to the sustainabl...
read moreLDCs prompt WTO discussions on rules of origin
07 May 2015The Least developed countries (LDC) group at the WTO presented on 30 April a paper aimed at stimulating a discussion among WTO members with regard to the implementation of the Bali...
read moreControlling Africa’s natural resources needs knowledge and good governance
07 May 2015“Growth derived from natural resources has not delivered goods in terms of addressing poverty because is it linked to exploitation,” said Mr. Abdalla Hamdok, the Deputy Executi...
read moreHow much finance is too much: Stability, growth and emerging markets
06 May 2015The world still lives in the shadow of the global financial crisis that began in the United States in 2008. The U.S. experience shone a spotlight on the dangers of financial system...
read moreAzevêdo launches 10th WTO Ministerial Conference logo
06 May 2015Director-General Roberto Azevêdo at a General Council meeting on 5 May launched the logo for the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference, noting that the logo was being launched simultane...
read moreCentral Corridor trade barriers to crumble under political will weight
06 May 2015If you live and shop in Rwanda, six out of every ten imported products that you buy from malls are likely to have arrived in Kigali through the Central Corridor, a trade passage li...
read moreUS beats Africa to third spot on list of Kenya import source
06 May 2015Kenya has for the first time bought more goods from the United States in one year than it did from the whole of Africa, underlining growing commercial ties that are expected to dee...
read moreStrengthened cooperation between United Nations, regional organizations vital to international peace, security, speakers stress at General Assembly debate
06 May 2015In a rapidly changing world, bolstered cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations was needed to respond effectively to emerging threats to in...
read moreCoordinating mining conservation efforts in Liberia
05 May 2015Liberia emerged from 14 years of civil war in 2003 as one of the poorest countries in the world with unemployment estimated to be 86 percent. Although the country has made pro...
read moreAfrican Union Ministers of Trade Meeting (AMOT), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
05 May 2015Dedicated Session of Experts and Senior Officials followed by Ministers of Trade, 08-15 May 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Introduction
Following the recommendation of the 9th ...
read moreRising Productivity of Capital: The Untold Story of Africa’s Recent Growth
05 May 2015UNCTAD’s latest policy brief identifies the rising productivity of capital in Africa as an important characteristic of recent growth and offers policy recommendations on how to s...
read moreAfDB backs Botswana’s economic transformation, approves 2015-2019 Country Strategy Paper
05 May 2015Executive Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) have endorsed the Bank’s Botswana Country Strategy Paper (CSP) 2015-2019; which provides a framework for the Bank...
read moreSpotlight on cross-border trade with Swaziland
05 May 2015Illicit trafficking in smuggled goods like medicines and tobacco continued to plague cross-border trade between South Africa and Swaziland, Thomas Moyane, Commissioner of the South...
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