Reflections on COP24
11 Dec 18 BlogThe 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (COP24) is currently taking place in Katowice, Poland from 2-14 December 2018. COP24 is hosted ...
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07 Dec 18 News2018 African Economic Conference: outcomes
Economic integration is seen as a game-changer for achieving inclusive sustainable development. Read more in the Overview of Conference ...
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At closing of the 2018 African Economic Conference, economic integration is seen as a game-changer for achieving inclusive sustainable development
07 Dec 18 NewsEconomic integration is a game-changing reality and African countries must fully embrace it to achieve sustainable and inclusive development that reduce poverty and inequality in a...
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05 Dec 18 Newstralac in the news at AEC2018: ”We have learned a lot of lessons,” Trudi Hartzenberg, Executive Director of the Trade Law Centre, said. “We have a window to build capaci...
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AGR-V launched in Kigali; emphasises need to improve governance of Africa’s abundant natural resources
05 Dec 18 NewsThe fifth edition of the African Governance Report (AGR-V) was launched and discussed by delegates attending the 2018 African Economic Conference in Kigali, Rwanda, on Tuesday.
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2018 African SDG report calls for critical investments in urbanization
05 Dec 18 NewsThe 2018 Africa Sustainable Development Report calls on African governments to prioritize investments in water, sanitation and urbanization in order to leverage the health outcomes...
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04 Dec 18 NewsSome keynote, Q1 2019, African trade policy discussions to diarise:
Trade Policy Review for the East African Community (20, 22 March 2019, Geneva). This will be the only Afric...
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Success and challenges in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Middle Income Countries
04 Dec 18 NewsHigh level meeting on middle income countries
Remarks delivered by Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the UNDP Bureau for Policy and P...
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COP24: Paris Agreement takes center stage as climate negotiations open in Poland
04 Dec 18 NewsThe core business of the 24th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) opened on Monday, 3 December 2018 i...
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03 Dec 18 NewsAfrican trade events to diarise: African Ministers of Trade meeting (12-13 December, Cairo); 1st SADCSTAN workshop to adopt Harmonised Transport Standards (10-14 December, South Af...
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G20 Leaders’ Declaration: Building consensus for fair and sustainable development
03 Dec 18 NewsThe G20 Leaders’ Summit concluded on 1 December 2018 in Buenos Aires with a press conference given by Argentine President Mauricio Macri. After two days of wo...
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PIDA Week 2018 ends with calls on Africa to accelerate implementation of game-changing infrastructure projects
29 Nov 18 NewsAddressing Africa’s infrastructure gap remains an imperative that African governments should continue to take seriously if the continent is to realise the aspirations its people ...
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The landscape for institutional investing in 2018: Perspectives of institutional investors
28 Nov 18 NewsThe 2018 Argentina G20 Presidency requested the World Bank to organize a high-level G20 Investor Forum focused on institutional investors (pension funds, insurance companies, sover...
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27 Nov 18 NewsDiarise: Role of capital markets in mobilizing domestic resources in Africa – a capacity building workshop (5-7 December, Gaborone). Download the concept note (pdf)
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ECA chief pledges continued support for Africa’s blue economy
27 Nov 18 NewsIn her remarks during the Leaders’ Commitment Segment of the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference on 26 November in Nairobi, Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commi...
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The 2018 Global Food Security Index: What does the picture look like?
18 Nov 18 BlogFood security is the state in which all people at all times have physical and economic access to adequate, safe and nutritious food that meet their dietary needs and food preferenc...
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Africa can learn from EU: President Ramaphosa
14 Nov 18 NewsAfrica can draw lessons from the European Union’s path to integration, economic and political union, and achieving social progress, President Ramaphosa has said.
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Africa-Europe Partnership: A vision beyond migration
08 Nov 18 NewsSpeech by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini during the S&D 2018 Africa Week
This is the third important meeting that the [S&D – Socialists & Demo...
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Debt sustainability in developing countries is deteriorating fast
08 Nov 18 NewsUrgent talks on a looming global debt crisis take place in Geneva at the second session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Financing for Development on 7-9 November 2018....
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The Economic Partnership Agreements and EU-Africa trade relations: Joint statement from EU and African trade unions
02 Nov 18 NewsJoint ITUC-Africa/ETUC/ITUC Statement on the EU Economic Partnership Agreements with Central Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa, the East African Community, the Southern African D...
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