United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Private Sector Development and Finance. 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 ...
Africa demands urgent and ambitious climate action at COP29
17 hours ago · Baku, 14 November 2024 (ECA) - As world leaders gathered at COP29, amid a flurry of ambitious pledges and somber warnings, one message stood out in a moment that captured the urgency felt by many: “The cost of inaction is far greater than the investment required to build a resilient and prosperous future for Africa.”
Africa Demands Urgent and Ambitious Climate Action at COP29
3 hours ago · Baku, 14 November 2024 (ECA) - As world leaders gathered at COP29, amid a flurry of ambitious pledges and somber warnings, one powerful message stood out in a moment that captured the urgency felt by many: “The cost of inaction is far greater than the investment required to build a resilient and prosperous future for Africa.”This call to …
Economic Report on Africa 2021 - United Nations Economic …
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, …
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 …
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 …
African countries to dominate the world’s top 10 growing …
Addis Ababa, 28 March 2024 (ECA) - African countries are predicted to dominate the world’s top 10 highest growing economies in 2024, according to a report on Recent Economic and Social Developments in Africa by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).The most notable growth drivers in Africa in 2024 will be Niger, Senegal, Ivory …
Towards Africa's prosperity | United Nations Economic …
Sep 18, 2024 · Chapter 1 describes Africa’s economic and social conditions in 2022. Chapter 2 offers a comprehensive definition of the economic, political and social dimensions of a prosperity in which everyone on the continent can realize their full potential in an environment of peace and security. The 2030 deadline is seven years away.
ECA Support to African Group of Climate Change Negotiators …
2 days ago · Baku Azerbaijan, 11 November 2024 (ECA) - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is once again, accompanying the African Group of Negotiators at the 29th Conference of the Parties on Climate Change - COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November 2024. "Finance will be the focus of COP29. Developing countries urgently need support to accelerate the