From the Millennium Development Goals to the Post-2015 Development Agenda: New Challenges

At the regional level, an African Common Position on Climate Change that was presented at the Joint Conference of Ministers of Economy, Planning and Finance in Abidjan in March

Maxwell Mkwezalamba, African Union Commissioner for Economic Affairs, reporting back from a panel discussion held on the MDGs, said that while MDGs would not be attained by

Addis Ababa, 14 November 2012 (ECA) – The 13th session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism kicked off today in Addis Ababa with a strong call to clearly identify Africa’s

Organized under the theme: Accelerating Industrialization for Africa within the post-2015 development agenda, the meeting aims to provide a more growth focused approach and

This unfavourable turn in the external economic environment poses a risk not only to sustained economic growth in developing countries, but more generally to attainment of the

But the ongoing negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda, with the sustainable development goals (SDGs) at its core, suggest that the world should transform its

In this context, the adoption of financial inclusion policies by decision makers, together with an enabling mix of macroeconomic, trade, industrial and other policies, needs

This year’s report has been written against the backdrop of continued rapid economic growth in Africa, uprisings and transitions in North Africa, the festering sovereign debt