Tag: Sustainable development

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies says the Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) is critical to achieving Radical Economic Transformation. Minister Davies was speaki...

Africa has moved beyond theory and planning; the time for action has arrived. Africa’s first priority should be to embark on a path of sustained, sustainable and inclusive g...

Africa is full of brilliant, educated young people. Troublingly full. The number of working-age people in the continent is expected to grow to 450 million over the next couple of ...

Energy consumption in Africa is the lowest in the world, and per capita consumption has barely changed since 2000 shows a new Atlas released today by the UN Environment a...

The African Centre for Statistics at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has launched the Africa Data Revolution Report 2016, the first edition in a biennial se...

The President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has called for urgent action to end rural poverty in Africa at a conference on the future of the rural...

African trade policy processes starting today: alerts from @AUTradeIndustry The AU Trade and Industry 6th Strategic Stakeholders Retreat kicked off today at Premier Hotel in M...

Leaders of the top multilateral development banks (MDBs) have agreed to deepen their collaboration to encourage private sector investment in vital infrastructure needed to support ...

Underlining the importance of sustainable finance for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, senior United Nations officials on Tuesday called...

Urgency for new approach driven by global “convergence of aspirations” World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim on 11 April 2017 called for a fundamental rethinking of developm...

The Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) has embarked in a new series of consultations in preparation of the third review of the implementation of the commitments made to...

The eleventh National Development Plan (NDP 11) is the first medium term plan towards the implementation of the country’s second vision – Vision 2036. The Plan will run from 1s...

Support for industrialization in Africa received a boost last week with the launch of the Made in Africa Initiative (MIAI) Senior Advisory Board, an initiative that will create a s...

New global report on food crises offers benchmark for action needed to avoid catastrophe Despite international efforts to address food insecurity, around 108 million people living...

The Government of Côte d’Ivoire and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), in partnership with the African Development Bank Group and the World Bank, is holding the seco...

UN Member States have committed to ensure women’s full and equal participation and leadership in the economy, as well as women’s right to work and rights at work, as a vital st...

African experts converged in Dakar on Sunday to discuss industrialization and infrastructure development on the continent with many agreeing more still needs to be done to ensure A...

Starting today, in Stellenbosch: ICTSD workshop Leveraging services and digital potential for inclusive economic growth Concluding today, in Geneva: UNCTAD’s Oceans Forum on tra...

Smarter and more efficient use of the world’s natural resources today means the next generation will reap annual economic benefits of $2 trillion by 2050, while offsetting the co...

Millions of people are not benefiting from progress, with the gap set to widen unless deep-rooted development barriers, including discrimination and unequal political participation...