Tag: Sustainable development - tralac trade law centre

Achieving the SDGs – where does Africa’s youth fit in?

19 Dec 19 Publications

The outcome document of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) recognises young people as a group left behind. The principle of leaving no one behind, a key principle of the SDGs...

Outcomes of COP25

19 Dec 19 Blog

The 25th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) was held in Madrid, Spain from 2nd to 13th December 2019. COP25 was intended to ...

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09 Dec 19 News

Key AfCFTA meetings begin on Monday in Accra, culminating in the African Trade Ministerial meeting this weekend (Ghana News Agency) Ghana, under the auspices of its Ministry of Tr...

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20 Nov 19 News

Diarise: Sustainable development, sustainable debt: finding the right balance (2 December, Dakar). The conference, convened by the Presidency of the Republic of Senegal and t...

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26 Sep 19 News

David Luke, Phil Rourke: Canada, Africa and the inclusive trade agenda (Canadian Foreign Policy Journal) Canada's inclusive trade agenda has been put forward as part of the ...

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23 Sep 19 News

Featured tweet, Yinka Adeyemi: Chiedu Osakwe, Nigeria's chief trade negotiator, who chaired the Africa process that yielded the AfCFTA in Rwanda is dead. Was a global authority on ...

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20 Sep 19 News

Keynote African trade policy discussions yesterday in Kampala: (i) African Union Sub-Committee of Directors General of Customs: The entry into force of the Agreement ...

39th SADC Summit: Towards Inclusive, Sustainable Industrial Development

06 Aug 19 News

Leaders from southern Africa are meeting for their annual summit next week to chart the development agenda of the region. Running under the theme “A Conducive Environment f...

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23 Jul 19 News

Diarise: The 7th Annual East Africa International Arbitration Conference 2019 takes place on 29-30 August in Nairobi Featured African trade policy tweets: @AfricaMediaHu...

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10 Jul 19 News

Underway, in New York: High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development Niamey Summit wrap, reactions Multi-video: Africa punches below its weight when it comes to inter...

Reflections on Climate Change – from COP24 to…

28 Jun 19 Publications

The 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (COP24) took place in Katowice, Poland from 2-14 December 2018. COP24, which marked the th...

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27 May 19 News

T20 communique for G20 Leaders: extracts from recommendations from Task Force 5 on Cooperation with Africa (pdf) Agree on a unified approach towards macroeconomic stability ...

West Africa’s ICE focuses on demographic dynamics for sustainable development in the region

13 May 19 News

The 22nd Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of senior officials and Experts (ICE) for West Africa concluded in Liberia on 10 May 2019. It was held under the theme, Dem...

Services key to revving up economic growth and development

03 May 19 News

The services sector accounts for more economic activity than any other and its contribution to gross domestic product, trade and employment is ticking up. Enhancing the services s...

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18 Apr 19 News

AfCFTA ratification update: Cameroon assures ECA that it will ratify Africa’s Free Trade Area Agreement “Cameroon will ratify the AfCFTA,” the country’s Prime Minister, Jo...

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09 Apr 19 News

Featured tweet, @EgyptAbaba: Few minutes ago, I officially deposited Egypt AfCFTA ratification instrument. Egypt is 18th depositor of the free trade area and four more to go to ent...

Tax reform, digitization key to financing Africa’s development – ECA report

23 Mar 19 News

A new report by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says it is urgent for African countries to broaden and deepen their tax and revenue collection bases while leveraging di...

There is a time for everything: the African Continental Free Trade Area

06 Mar 19 News

Remarks by Dr. Donald Kaberuka at the 23rd East Africa Law Society Annual Conference in Mombasa, Kenya, 30 November 2018 Thank you and Good Morning. It is a pleasure to be here.&...

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26 Feb 19 News

The new head of Afreximbank’s Southern Africa Regional Office: Humphrey Nwugo The AfDB has posted an EOI for a trade and regional integration expert to work on, inter alia, the ...

2019 Conference of Ministers: Fiscal policy, trade and the private sector in the digital era – a strategy for Africa

19 Feb 19 News

The 52nd session of the Economic Commission for Africa and the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development will be held in Marrakech, Mo...