United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Supports member States in their endeavor to achieve accelerated job creation, sustained economic growth and prosperity through leveraging the role and resources of the private sector, promoting innovative financing solutions and creating the environment in which private sector investments for agribusiness, energy, infrastructure, and other sectors can become viable.
Overview - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
From ideas to actions for a better Africa. Who we are: Established by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations (UN) in 1958 as one of the UN's five regional commissions, ECA's mandate is to promote the economic and social development of its member States, foster intra-regional integration, and promote …
Towards Africa's prosperity | United Nations Economic …
2024年9月18日 · The 2030 deadline is seven years away. What does Africa need to do to achieve the goals of Agenda 2030 and Agenda 2063 in light of the severe socioeconomic setbacks from the COVID-19 pandemic? What are the critical “game changers” that can enable this transformative change? Africa needs a much more ambitious …
ECA and partners celebrate the second World Sustainable …
4 天之前 · Addis Ababa, 26 November 2023 (ECA) - To mark the 2 nd World Sustainable Transport Day, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in collaboration with member States, the European Union, the World Bank Group, Transport Corridor Authorities and other partners, held an event on sustainable transport in Africa.. The event, organised as part of the 8 th PIDA Week, focused on current ...
Economic Report on Africa 2024
2024年4月24日 · Amid the fragmented and conflict-prone world, Africa faces many economic, social, and environmental challenges. They are unprecedented in scale, complexity, and interconnectedness, and they impede Africa’s attaining the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union’s Agenda 2063. These global challenges render business-as-usual strategies unsustainable.
ECA and AUDA-NEPAD Sign MoU to Promote Africa’s Development
2 天之前 · Addis Ababa, 28 November 2024 (ECA) - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Development Agency—New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate joint cooperation and collaboration in African development.Mr.
Africa should leverage on transformative financing and regional ...
2 天之前 · Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 26 November 2024 (ECA) – The 2024 Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Week opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with a clarion call for key players to leverage transformative financing and regional integration for sustainable development of the infrastructure sector.Participants agreed that greater economic activity, enhanced efficiency
Poverty, Inequality and Social Policy | United Nations Economic ...
2021年9月7日 · OverviewPoverty and inequality remain persistent global challenges. While the global poverty rates have halved since 2020, one in ten people still live on less than USD $1.90 a day – the internationally agreed extreme poverty line. Despite significant progress, Africa is particularly affected by this problem, with 40 per cent of …
Economic Report on Africa 2021 - United Nations Economic …
2022年5月12日 · Addressing poverty and vulnerability in Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic” is the theme of the 2021 Economic Report on Africa. The report provides a perspective of the causes and consequences of increased poverty due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as from other shocks such as an oil price collapse, within a vulnerability–poverty–resilience framework, providing national
Media Centre - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
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