The Subregional Office for Central Africa (SRO-CA) main objective is to contribute to achieving economic diversification and structural transformation for inclusive and sustainable development in an ...

The chapter reviews recent social development trends in Africa by addressing three questions.

The Subregional Office for Eastern Africa (SRO-EA) core objective is to contribute to achieving structural transformation for inclusive and sustainable development in the subregion, with a focus on ...

Prior to his appointment as Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the ECA, Mr. Gatete was the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Rwanda to the United Nations in ...

Africa regional review of thirty years of implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA) ...

The Statistical Commission for Africa is the regional equivalent of the Statistical Commission of the Economic and Social Council, which is the highest body in the global statistical system. The ...

Focuses on improving the production, dissemination, and use of high-quality and comparable data and statistics in Africa to support evidence-based policymaking, planning, implementation, monitoring ...

In 2025, the world will observe the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the adoption of the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA). This milestone will ...

African cities and localities are playing a growing role in the region’s progress towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and Agenda 2063 of the AU. Sub-national governments are undertaking ...

The private sector is the engine of economic growth and sustainable development in Africa. But most African private businesses are small, and the sector has few firms in the medium and large ...

A robust and vibrant private sector is vital for inclusive and sustained economic growth. Indeed, the private sector is the engine of economic growth. In Africa, the private sector has an immense ...

Addis Ababa, 30 October 2024 (ECA) – Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Temesgen Tiruneh has challenged African policy makers to build robust data and statistical systems that support development.