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North African solutions to the food crisis in Africa: the role of fertilizers and supportive policies
No full textThis policy brief addresses the ongoing food crisis in Africa, emphasizing the critical role of fertilizers and supportive policies in enhancing agricultural productivity. The document highlights the challenges posed by elevated and volatile fertilizer prices, which exacerbate food insecurity across the continent. It underscores the importance of accessible and affordable fertilizers to boost agricultural output, reduce dependency on food imports, and improve food security. The brief explores North Africa’s potential to contribute to the solution through increased production and efficient use of phosphatic fertilizers. It also discusses various regional and national initiatives aimed at promoting fertilizer use, such as subsidy schemes and the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism. The policy recommendations focus on sustainable soil management, integrated strategies, and the mobilization of resources to ensure effective implementation. By addressing these issues, the brief aims to foster resilience and long-term food security in Africa
AfCFTA implementation strategies: synthesis report
No full textThis report has analyzed and highlighted out comes of the adopted AfCFTA implementation strategies, including strategic pathways and priority actions identified by countries. Throughout the synthesis, the objective has been to illustrate how the actions and strategic objectives identified by State Parties, along with their implications, can foster a favourable ecosystem for maximizing the bene fits of the continental agreement
Document de travail sur le sous-thème: Éliminer la pauvreté
No full textLe présent rapport donne un aperçu des progrès réalisés au regard de certains indicateurs, à partir des dernières informations disponibles. Des succès et des difficultés ont été enregistrés, et une attention particulière doit être accordée de toute urgence à bon nombre de domaines si l’on veut pouvoir accélérer les progrès dans les années qui nous séparent de l’échéance de 2030. Éliminer la pauvreté sous toutes ses formes et partout dans le monde comprend sept cibles et 14 indicateurs. À moins de sept ans de l’échéance fixée pour la mise en œuvre du Programme de développement durable à l’horizon 2030, l’Afrique est encore bien loin de parvenir à réaliser une grande partie des cibles de l’objectif 1 d’ici 2030
Annual report November 2022–October 2023
No full textThe annual report of the Subregional Office for West Africa of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) includes highlights of the main achievements of the Subregional Office since the twenty-fifth session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts for West Africa. The Subregional Office implemented its programme of work against a difficult backdrop, marked by multiple challenges, including the socioeconomic repercussions of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the climate crisis. The crises are undermining the efforts of States to respond to the need to accelerate harnessing the demographic dividend and represent a threat to the realization, by means of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, of inclusive and transformational development that takes climate change into consideration against that backdrop of multidimensional crises, but also of opportunities, the Subregional Office implemented its programme of work, in accordance with its mandate, and achieved several positive results for its members. The results are highlighted in the present activity report, along with the challenges that were encountered, and the steps taken to respond to them, along with the outlook for the future
Report on United Nations system support for the African Union and its New Partnership for Africa’s Development programme
No full textReport on United Nations system support for the African Union and its New Partnership for Africa’s Development programme is provided of the support given by entities of the United Nations system working in Africa to the African Union and the African Union Development Agency during the period April 2023–March 2024. It covers support for the implementation of priorities at the regional and subregional levels, including those set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want, of the African Union
Guide for the formulation of national population policies geared towards harnessing the demographic dividend
No full textThis methodological guide has been developed as part of the mandate of the Subregional Office for West Africa of the Economic Commission for Africa, aimed at promoting inclusive development by enhancing countries' capacity to incorporate demographic dynamics into their policies and planning. It is designed to assist African nations in formulating a new generation of national population policies that facilitate the realization of the demographic dividend, in line with the recommendations of the African Union Road Map on Harnessing the Demographic Dividend through Investments in Youth, adopted in 2017. The guide offers a comprehensive gap analysis of existing national population policies, explains its purpose and relevance, and highlights key insights from guiding frameworks and principles. Based on this foundation, it outlines a step-by-step methodological approach to integrating demographic dividend-related considerations into national policies, ensuring they create the necessary conditions for leveraging demographic advantages effectively
Medium-Term Business Plan 2024–2026
No full textThe present document focuses on the medium-term business plan for 2024-2026 which describes our strategic orientation and explains how we plan to respond to this call over the next three years. The work aims to support the emergence of Africa as a global solutions powerhouse for energy transitions, climate action and investment for sustainable development and shared prosperity for all. ECA will deliver strategic policy options and initiatives to promote Africa’s transformation and rescue the SDGs by creating a school of thought and practice around four strategic focus areas: macroeconomic and social policy and development financing for sustainable transitions; sustainable industrialization and economic diversification through regional integration; infrastructure with a particular focus on technology, connectivity and energy; and climate resilience, green transition and food security
Exchange rate devaluations and external debt management in Africa
No full textThe use of exchange rate devaluation has recently re-emerged as a stabilization tool to correct macroeconomic imbalances in developing countries, as was the case under the structural adjustment programmes during the debt crisis of the 1980s. There has been increased use of active exchange rate policies to enhance economic activity and safeguard lives and livelihoods from the consequences of recent economic crises. At the same time, public debt has also re-emerged as one of the issues at the centre of economic and political debate in Africa, as governments have resumed debt accumulation to invest in infrastructure and social spending as part of efforts to recover from the effects of recent economic shocks. Despite the current prominence of
debt management and exchange rate depreciation issues, there have been very few recent empirical studies looking at the relationship between these economic fundamentals. The main objective of the present paper is therefore to examine the extent to which exchange rate depreciation affects external debt in Africa, in both the short and the long run, taking into consideration countries’ exchange rate regimes and natural resource intensity. The study applies the panel cointegration method by estimating the autoregressive distributed lag model to allow for the assessment of both the short- and long-term effects of exchange rate developments on external debt. The results indicate that in countries with relatively fixed exchange rate regimes, devaluation
is more likely to result in a reduction of the external debt burden, while in countries with flexible exchange rate regimes, devaluation is more likely to enhance the impact of exports on external debt reduction. To some extent, the results suggest that flexible exchange rates may not be operating at their optimal levels to ensure a significant negative impact of exchange rate devaluation on external debt
Proposition de plan-programme pour 2025 au titre du sous-programme 4, Données et statistiques
No full textDonnées et statistiques consiste à renforcer la production, la diffusion et l’utilisation de données, de statistiques et d’informations géospatiales crédibles aux niveaux national, régional et mondial, aux fins de l’élaboration de politiques et de la prise de décisions fondées sur des données d'observation
Stratégie et feuille de route pour aider les pays à moderniser leurs systèmes de données administratives à des fins statistiques
No full textLa présente stratégie a été élaborée pour aider les pays d’Afrique en partant du principe qu’aucun système statistique national ne doit être laissé pour compte. La modernisation des données administratives est un processus qui évoluera au fil du temps et, par conséquent. La feuille de route pour l’amélioration de l’utilisation des données administratives dans les processus statistiques est un outil destiné à orienter les travaux des systèmes statistiques sur les statistiques provenant de sources administratives et de registres statistiques. La Commission africaine de statistique est invitée la présente stratégie et feuille de route pour aider les pays à moderniser leurs systèmes de données administratives à des fins statistiques et à appeler les membres de la CEA à utiliser la stratégie et feuille de route qui sont des éléments importants pour encadrer la modernisation des données administratives à des fins statistiques