Tag: Sustainable development
Upsurge in India-Africa ties a ‘win-win’ situation: Ansari
21 Feb 17 NewsAfrica’s complementary strengths to become a major contributor to India’s energy and food security requirements make the resource-rich continent a “natural economic partner...
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20 Feb 17 NewsDiarise: launch of the Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in Africa 2016 (23 February, Freetown)
ECA statutory documents, prepared for the Conference of Ministers 20...
Conference of Ministers 2017: Growth, inequality and unemployment
20 Feb 17 NewsIntroduction
The Tenth Joint Annual Meetings of the African Union Specialized Technical Committee on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration and the...
UN calls for commitments to safeguard the world’s oceans ahead of first major conference
20 Feb 17 NewsCalling for concrete actions to protect the oceans, the United Nations on 15 January 2017 launched an online register to collect voluntary commitments made by UN Member States, bus...
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15 Feb 17 NewsPresident Alpha Condé: Powering Africa’s Future (Project Syndicate)
Having spent the last year coordinating energy policy within the African Union, I have sensed a growing mood...
The role of development banks in promoting growth and sustainable development in the South
15 Feb 17 NewsIn an era of excess global liquidity and savings on the one hand, and an acute shortage of financing for development on the other, this report argues that development banks at all ...
Giving oceans a break could generate US$83 billion in additional benefits for fisheries
15 Feb 17 NewsBillions of dollars are lost at sea but different paths to fisheries reform show promising results
Fishing less, and better, could generate an additional $83 billion each year for...
Use technology to improve lives – Bawumia urges African leaders
14 Feb 17 NewsVice President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, has challenged African leaders to take advantage advancements in technology to better the lives of their citizens.
According to Dr Bawumi...
FAO Director-General urges more support to help small farmers adapt to a changing climate
14 Feb 17 NewsFailure to act now will compromise future food production, sabotage 2030 development agenda
Failure to act now to make our food systems more resilient to climate change will “se...
Making renewable energy more accessible in sub-Saharan Africa
14 Feb 17 NewsIn Africa today, more than 500 million people live without electricity. In fact, fewer than one in five Africans was connected to the power grid in 2012, and despite a modest...
A discussion on the Trade and Environmental Review and fisheries data for Africa
08 Feb 17 PublicationsThe United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has recently released a Trade and Environmental Review (TER). The review presents a broad overview of three contempo...
Transforming agriculture through the establishment of regional value chains in Africa
08 Feb 17 DiscussionTaku Fundira, tralac Associate, discusses how regional agricultural value chains can help drive economic transformation in Africa
Agriculture currently offers the greatest potenti...
Trade has been a global force for less poverty and higher incomes
03 Feb 17 NewsIn the ongoing debate about the benefits of trade, we must not lose sight of a vital fact. Trade and global integration have raised incomes across the world, while dramatically cut...
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01 Feb 17 NewsStarting today, in Mauritius: ‘Cross-border banking and regulatory reforms: implications for Africa from international experience’
Call for papers: ‘Public economics for dev...
Financial institutions worth $6.6 trillion set standards for financing sustainable development
01 Feb 17 NewsNearly 20 leading global banks and investors, totaling $6.6 trillion in assets, launched the Principles for Positive Impact Finance on 30 January 2017 – a first of its kind set o...
Africa to speak in one voice on key issues to boost women’s economic empowerment at CSW61
31 Jan 17 NewsThe Africa Ministerial Pre-Consultative Meeting convened in Addis Ababa to prepare for the upcoming 61st session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61) concluded succe...
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30 Jan 17 NewsA Daily Nation primer for today’s AU Heads of State Summit: The schedule and what to expect in Addis Ababa
Assembly of Heads of State: remarks by Chairperson of the African Unio...
Becoming the champion: Uganda’s development challenge
30 Jan 17 News
IMF Chief Christine Lagarde, in a public lecture on 27 January 2017 in Kampala, said that Uganda needs more infrastructure investment. “Under-developed infrastructure is ...
Sustained growth in international tourism despite challenges
30 Jan 17 News
Demand for international tourism remained robust in 2016 despite challenges. International tourist arrivals grew by 3.9% to reach a total of 1,235 million, according to the l...
Billions needed to eradicate poverty and hunger – IFAD conference looks for new ways of financing
27 Jan 17 NewsThe world needs to take urgent action to mobilise the estimated US$265 billion a year needed to achieve the first two Sustainable Development Goals to end poverty and hunger by 203...