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2nd Namibia tourism satellite account capacity building workshop a success
No full textThe second five-day training workshop kicked-off on Monday 15 May 2023 at “The Barn” in Windhoek to strengthen the capacity of key officials to develop the country’s National Tourism Satellite Account (TSA), given its significance for the development of Namibia's tourism sector
Digital trade regulatory integration: country profile the Mozambique
No full textThis country profile is based on observations from two datasets developed from the DTRI initiative. The first includes information on restrictions to digital services trade from 2014 to 2021 and is modelled after the Digital STRI. The second covers measures related to digital trade integration, beginning with the effective date of each measure and reflects the latest available information. The legal and regulatory measures researched are categorized into policy areas in both digital services trade restrictions and digital trade integration, and the results are presented in the corresponding. section of the profile. Where policy areas overlap, the profile presents results only once, to the extent possible
Technical report : promoting inclusive and effective tax cooperation at the United Nations
No full textThe present report builds on the invaluable input contained in the final report of the High-level
Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa, published in 2015. That report set out key findings and
recommendations that reflected the urgent need for Africa to shape the international tax agenda so that
it would promote the interests of African countries. In the report, the High-level Panel recognized the
historical dynamics of colonial dominance that had hindered equitable cooperation and called for a
paradigm shift towards a globally inclusive and intergovernmental process at the United Nations. The
present report draws on the expertise and contributions of esteemed African institutions, including the
African Union Commission, ECA African Tax Administration Forum, and Tax Justice Network Africa,
and on reports issued by the Forum on Economic and Fiscal Policy, the High-level Panel on
International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity for Achieving the 2030 Agenda, the
United Nations Tax Committee and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD)
Remarks by Mr. Antonio Pedro at the Forty Third ordinary summit of the heads of state and Government of SADC
No full textThis speech delivered by Antonio Pedro Acting Executive Secretary United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Luanda, Republic of Angola on the Human and Financial Capital: The Key Drivers for Sustainable Industrialization in the SADC Region
Digital trade regulatory integration Country profile: Democratic Republic of the Congo
No full textThis country profile is based on observations from two datasets developed from the DTRI initiative. The first includes information on restrictions to digital services trade from 2014 to 2021 and is modelled after the Digital STRI. The second covers measures related to digital trade integration, beginning with the effective date of each measure, and reflects the latest available information. The legal and regulatory measures researched are categorized into policy areas in both digital services trade restrictions and digital trade integration, and the results are presented in the corresponding section of the profile. Where policy areas overlap, the profile presents results only once, to the extent possible
UN Secretary-general’s special envoy for road safety visits West Africa to accelerate implementation of new mobility policies
No full textThe Special Envoy Jean Todt will visit Senegal (May 3-6) and Côte d'Ivoire (May 7-8) to meet with ministers as well as representatives of the private sector, public sector, and NGOs to advocate for the effective implementation of the Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030, which aims to halve the number of victims on the road by 2030. Sub-Saharan Africa is the region most affected by road crashes, with a fatality rate of 27/100,000 inhabitants, three times higher than the European average of 9/100,000. The world average is 18/100,000
Addressing the trade facilitation challenge in the context of the AfCFTA: views from West Africa
No full textThe year 2020 saw an unraveling of Geo-political alliances and global economic governance in general. Global supply chains and transportation networks suffered major disruptions, mainly because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine crisis, which started with Russia’s invasion in February 2022. Over the past decade of engaging in advocacy and public-private partnership on regional trade in West Africa, the private sector-led trade advocacy group Border-less Alliance has come to understand and appreciate the difficulty of enforcing the free and fair implementation of regional regulations at the national level so that
they benefit all parties involved. And yet advocacy and dialogue remain the best tools to create trust and mobilize policymakers to take meaningful action to enable a friendlier business and trade environment in their countries. Barriers to trade and transport, both local and regional, must be eliminated. Trade and transport facilitation are top priorities for a flourishing economy, and cross-border trade can accelerate regional integration across West Africa
La Côte d’Ivoire valide son étude diagnostic et son plan d’action en matière de Partenariat Public-Privé pour le financement des infrastructures
No full textLe présent communiqué de presse s’agit de la Commission Economique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA), en partenariat avec le Bureau du Coordinateur Résident du Système des Nations Unies en Côte d’Ivoire et le Comité national de pilotage des partenariats public prives (PPP) de Cote d’ivoire, qui a organisé, ce jour à Abidjan, un atelier de validation de l’étude diagnostic de la Côte d’Ivoire sur les PPP en matière d’infrastructures à Abidjan, le 6 mars 2023
Achieving the Vienna, Doha Programme of Action through structural transformation in Africa
No full textPractical and innovative ways to accelerate inclusive economic transformation in Africa took center stage in a session to review progress and set a new agenda in the implementation of the Doha and Vienna programme of action in Africa at the expert’s segment of the 55th Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning & Economic Development
Mauritius’ researchers and policy makers undergo training on ECA’s forecasting and policy simulation tool
No full textThe Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in collaboration with Maurice Strategies, convened a training workshop in Port Louis from 11 – 14 July for researchers and policy makers in Mauritius on the use of a macroeconomic modelling tool designed by ECA to support member states in forecasting and policy simulation. Maurice Strategies a newly established think tank for the Government of Mauritius operationalized under the country’s Economic Development Board (EDB) aims to be the leading source of data-driven evidence based socio-economic reports and insights to shape the country’s policies for inclusive and sustainable economic development. Its key thematic areas include economics and modelling, digital and green transitions, public policy, labor and employment and sectoral development