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Economic Development

This beat covers micro and macro-economic issues, including policies, infrastructure, urbanization, FDI, the role of private sector, regional integration, debt, and recovery.

Harare, Zimbabwe
Economic Development

Harare strengthens economic resilience with bankable urban projects

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Regional Experts convened in Kampala for a Validation Workshop on Inland Waterway Transport Policy Harmonization, aimed at unlocking the potential of Eastern Africa’s vast network of lakes and rivers to support sustainable trade and regional integration.
Economic Development

Eastern Africa moves to harmonize inland waterway transport policies for seamless multimodal trade

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The Maison des Esclave or Slave House is now a museum and UNESCO heritage site.
Economic Development

Reparations for Africans Must Transform the Systems that Still Limit Africa’s Future

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The Reppie waste-to-energy plant is a waste-to-energy plant in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which treats waste from the city.
Economic Development

Unlocking municipal finance for sustainable urban services and SDG success in Africa

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Nairobi City.
Economic Development

Financial, fiscal, and budgetary planning crucial for African cities

Inside a factory.
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New UN report: Africa's economy to improve in 2025 despite global stagnation

Fresh source.
Economic Development

Streamlining Egypt’s food value chain through technology

Epsy Barr - Chair, Forum on People of African Descent.
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We must confront the legacy of slavery, tackle systemic racism

Above, people carry drinking water in Bangladesh

ADDIS: UN conference opens with call for 'reboot' of development finance

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. UN Photo/Amanda Voisard (file)

UN chief condemns deadly suicide bombing in Chad

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Amadou Sy, Director of the Africa Growth Institute at the Brookings Institution

Africa has a “window of opportunity” to avoid a new debt trap

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UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi. Photo: UNCTAD

New UN report finds drop in global foreign direct investment in 2014

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Factory workers package products at Decorplast, a manufacturer and regional exporter of injectionmoulded plastic goods in Ghana. Panos/ Nyani Quarmyne

Using trade to boost Africa’s industrialization

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Deliberate trade policies could lead to growth

A view of streets and high rise apartment buildings in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Panos/Sven Torfinn

The changing face of Ethiopia

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An assertive nation flexes its economic muscle

Haddis Tadesse, middle, with Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tedros Adhanom, left, and Bill Gates.

Ethiopia’s development is mostly people-driven

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Workers take measurements while laying the tarmac on a new road being built near Arusha, Tanzania. Africa needs funds for such development projects. Panos/Frederic Courbet

Funding the planet’s future

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Will the billions required for the SDGs be sustainable?

A partial view of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam under construction.   Reuters/T. Negeri

Can Africa fund its own growth?

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Mobilizing domestic resources is a key source of finance

Cables and wires in storage at Reroy Cables. The Ghanaian company augmented its capital with a bank loan secured with the help of the International Finance Corporation, an affiliate of the World Bank. Panos/Nyani Quarmyne

Borrowing responsibly: Africa’s debt challenge

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Countries may be borrowing too much and too fast

Health workers clean hospital scrubs and protective gear at the Island Clinic for Ebola treatment centre in Monrovia, Liberia, during the 2014 Ebola outbreak.   USAID/Morgana Wingard

Billions now required to save depleted healthcare systems

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Ebola’s most affected countries lobby for funding for hospital infrastructure

Solar panels being cleaned at the Ain Beni Mathar Integrated Combined Cycle Thermo-Solar Power Plant in Morocco.  World Bank/Dana Smillie

New bond issue set to help Africa go ‘green’

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A way of bankrolling a clean energy revolution

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