United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Regional Integration and Trade. Focuses on the central role of achieving effective regional cooperation and economic integration among member States by supporting efforts to deepen regional markets, boost intra-African trade and global trade, accelerate industrialization and tackle the challenges of structural transformation. Read more.
Climate Change, Food Security and Natural Resource Division …
Climate Change, Food Security and Natural Resource Division (CFND) is divided into three main sections: Climate Change; Green Economy Innovations and Technology; and Natural Resource Management.The core functions of the Division are as follows:(a) Promote and undertake research to improve capacities of policymakers in analysing and …
Economic Report on Africa 2021 - United Nations Economic …
May 12, 2022 · 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
Africa Gender Index Analytical Report reveals progress, but gender ...
4 days ago · Addis Ababa, 6 November 2024 - Women in Africa are closer to reaching equality with men today than they were four years ago – but the continent is only halfway toward achieving gender parity.That’s according to the Africa Gender Index 2023 Analytical Report released by the African Development Bank Group and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on
African Climate Policy Centre | United Nations Economic …
The African Climate Policy Centre influences, strengthens and enables the transition to climate-resilient development in Africa through responsive policies, plans and programmes towards transformed economies, healthy ecosystems and human well-being. The Centre serves as a knowledge hub and policy facilitation arm for poverty reduction through mitigation and adaptation to
Economic Report on Africa 2024
24 April, 2024. Download Full Publication. 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.
Economic Report on Africa 2020 - United Nations Economic …
Dec 15, 2020 · The cost to achieve the SDGs by 2030 in Africa is estimated at about $1.3 trillion a year, according to the United Nations. It will increase dramatically due to population growth projected at 45 per cent over 2020–2030—a dynamic that could seriously undermine the efforts to end extreme poverty and inequality, tackle climate change and build resilient infrastructure in …
2023 Africa Sustainable Development Report
15 September, 2023. The year 2023 marks the midpoint for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and one decade since Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want, of the African Union, was launched. Although notable progress has been made on those two seminal frameworks, progress is being stalled during the current period of ...
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 …
Africa Gender Index Analytical Report reveals progress, but gender ...
5 days ago · Addis Ababa, 6 November 2024 - Women in Africa are closer to reaching equality with men today than they were four years ago – but the continent is only halfway toward achieving gender parity. That’s according to the Africa Gender Index 2023 Analytical Report released by the African Development Bank Group and the United Nations Economic Commission for …