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État de l'integration en Afrique ARIA IX
No full textLa neuvième édition du rapport État de l’intégration régionale en Afrique (ARIA IX) s’appuie sur des recherches approfondies et novatrices sur des sujets revêtant un intérêt considérable pour les décideurs, les négociateurs commerciaux, les partenaires et les acteurs du développement en Afrique. Pour la première fois dans la série ARIA, la Commission de l’Union africaine, la Commission économique pour l’Afrique et la Banque africaine de développement s’associent à la Conférence des Nations Unies sur le commerce et le développement pour préparer cette édition. Nous pensons que les recherches substantielles et exploitables sur les questions abordées dans le rapport peuvent faire progresser le développement de l’Afrique, tant dans le contexte de l’Agenda 2063 de l’Union africaine que dans celui des objectifs de développement durable des Nations Unies. Nous
recommandons le rapport, ainsi que ses conclusions, à ceux qui cherchent à soutenir l’Afrique dans son intégration régionale, sa transformation économique et son développement
The impact of the recent weather shocks on businesses (mainly SMEs) and macroeconomic and social stability in Sudan
No full textIn 2020, the government of Sudan was affected by the worst flooding in over three decades after months of rains across Central and Northeaster Africa. Since the start of the rainy season in July, large rainfall surpluses had been recorded throughout the Greater Horn of Africa. Heavy rains in the upstream catchments of the Blue Nile (Ethiopia) and the White Nile (South Sudan) resulted in a dramatic increase of Nile water levels. In total, the floods affected all 18 States in Sudan. This prompted government to seek out additional support from donors and development partners, including from UNECA, to devise effective plans and actions for both reconstruction and greener recovery. To respond to that demand, UNECA has coordinated an assessment of the effects of that flood on the businesses and macroeconomic and social effects, which produced an insight that informed the proposed recommendations to support development of national reconstruction and green recovery plans. The assessment specifically sets out to: support country-led assessments and initiate recovery planning processes through a coordinated inter-institutional approach; evaluate the impact of the floods on infrastructure and assets, service delivery, governance and social processes; assess needs to address underlying risks and vulnerabilities so as to reduce risk and build back better; estimate the damage and losses caused by the floods; identify recovery and reconstruction needs; guide development of a recovery strategy; and provide the basis for mobilizing resources for recovery and reconstruction through local, national and international sources
Digital Trade Regulatory Review for Asia-Pacific, Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean:ESCAP-ECA-ECLAC Initiative on Digital Trade Regulatory Analysis
No full textThe RDTII 2.0 index score gives a sense of the regulations facing digital trade businesses in an economy. The index scores indicate how significantly the regulatory environment adds to the cost of doing digital trade-related businesses. Regulatory interventions are not necessarily trade impediments. An example is that businesses may fully recognize the value and importance of regulations, such as privacy protection, to foster digital trust and use. However, a complex, ambiguous and heterogeneous regulatory environment can increase the costs of doing business and trade if the regulatory standards considerably differ across jurisdictions. The index, therefore, addresses such issues by considering the measures both related to the lack of important legal frameworks and to reduced flexibility of business and interoperability in digital economy through regulations. International treaties or model laws are used as benchmarks to assess regulatory interoperability. The report has five chapters. The first chapter summarizes the Regional Digital Trade Integration Index (RDTII) 2.0 framework of the United Nations Regional Commissions in Asia-Pacific, Africa, and LAC. The common approach in data collection and analysis allows for comparison of the results across the three regions. Chapters two, three, and four present key findings from RDTII 2.0 for the Asia-Pacific, African, and LAC regions, respectively. The final chapter draws on results obtained across the three regions to offer digital trade policy recommendations. Overall, enhancing regional integration through more digital trade between economies requires finding common ground on digital trade regulatory approaches as well as reducing policy ambiguity and restrictions that affect digital trade and investment
ECA calls for Africa's economic growth to be inclusive to reduce widespread poverty
No full textWhile the world was still fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine broke out in early 2022. The impact of the two shocks has been exacerbated by the higher frequency and intensity of natural disasters. The UN Economic Commission for Africa’s Deputy Executive Secretary and Chief Economist Hanan Morsy said that the three overlapping crises have pushed more
Africans into extreme poverty and resulted in increased inequalities and vulnerabilities on the continent
Vers un régime juridique global et cohérent pour le recouvrement des avoirs
No full textTout pays a besoin de finances pour réaliser le Programme de développement durable à l’horizon 2030. Cependant, en Afrique, les flux financiers illicites constituent un obstacle majeur au financement du développement. La justification du recouvrement des avoirs est que, depuis des siècles, les pays en développement, en particulier ceux d’Afrique, pâtissent gravement de la perte de ressources vitales du fait des sorties illicites de leurs avoirs, privant ainsi ces pays des ressources nécessaires au développement économique, à l’avènement du bien-être social et au maintien de la stabilité politique. L’accent mis sur la corruption mérite qu’on s’y attarde, mais il se traduit aussi par une pénurie d’analyses de l’ensemble du système des flux financiers illicites dans le contexte du recouvrement des avoirs. Cela est dû en partie au fait que, dans la plupart des instruments et initiatives mondiaux, on adopte une approche restrictive axée sur la corruption et les activités criminelles, alors que ces activités ne représentent qu’une petite partie des flux financiers illicites
Report of the Committee on Private Sector Development, Regional Integration, Trade, Infrastructure, Industry and Technology on its third session
No full textReport of the Committee on Private Sector Development, Regional Integration, Trade, Infrastructure, Industry and Technology on its third session focuses on the theme “Boosting regional integration, infrastructure, trade and technology towards prosperous and inclusive green industrialization in Africa”. The representative of the secretariat highlighted the role of energy and digital technologies in achieving prosperous and inclusive green industrialization in Africa
Experts call on African regulators to supervise the work of credit rating agencies
No full textThis press release explains Africa should develop regulatory mechanisms to supervise international credit rating agencies (CRAs) to avoid erroneous assessments that discourage investment on the continent, an expert’s report has recommended
Favoriser une capture rapide et une exploitation durable du dividen de démographique en Afrique del’Ouest
No full textLe présent communiqué de presse s’agit de la Commission Economique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA), qui à travers son Bureau Sous régional pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest, en collaboration avec le Consortium Régional pour la Recherche en Economique Générationnelle organise du 22 au 26 mai 2023 à Cotonou, un atelier régional sur la Budgétisation Sensible au Dividende Démographique à Cotonou (Bénin), 23 mai 2023
Kenya: infrastructure public-private partnerships diagnostic study report
No full textThis study examines the current situation for public private partnerships (PPPs) in Kenya and reports on PPP possibilities and prospects. Kenya, as well as Africa as a whole, has significant infrastructure requirement and funding gaps
Digital trade regulatory integration: country profile the Malawi
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. The country profile presents the key findings for Malawi