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19582018ECA – 60 YEARSIN STEP WITHAFRICAN DEVELOPMENT
CONTENTS
0406081012PREFACEHOW ECACAME TO BEHOW ECAWORKSEXECUTIVESECRETARIESOF ECA IN THEFIRST 60 YEARSTIMELINE OFLANDMARKDECISIONS,REGIONALPOLICES ANDFRAMEWORKS1418606660 YEARSOF SSSTORIESPROGRAMMESUPPORTWAY FORWARD: REORIENTINGECA’S WORK PROGRAMME TORESPOND TO THE NEEDS OFA RESILIENT AND CHANGINGCONTINENT
PREFACE
Over the last six decades, there have been many developments on thecontinent and a shift from a doctrine of political liberation through oneof self-determination, to a pan African Economic Agenda uniting all thechildren of the African soil.ECA in these six decades has been at the front row seat in Africa’s developmentagenda: from the establishment of the Organization of African Unity to thecreation of the African Development Bank and today, the African Agency forDevelopment.ECA’s contribution to the development of long term planning processes atthe dawn of Africa’s independence; its resolute rejection of the structuraladjustments policies; its contribution to Africa’s harmonized trade andinfrastructure agenda; gender equality; statistical development; the climatedebate; and the science innovation and technology agenda has impactedAfricans from Cape Town to Cairo and Djibouti to Dakar.It is only through economic cooperation and coordination of effort that Africanstates can hope to maintain and strengthen their independence while ensuringthe rapid progress of their peoples. In order to achieve this common goal ofstrength through progress, it becomes necessary for us to abandon once and for allpetty differences and artificial barriers that tend to perpetuate a state of divisionand confusion between our countries.Emperor Haile Selassie (6th Session of the ECA, February 20, 1964)Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is theprotection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life.While poverty persists, there is no true freedom. The steps that are needed fromthe developed nations are clear: The first is ensuring trade justice.In our sixth decade we are called upon to accompany the continent on thejourney from the Millennium Development Goals crafted by one of our ownsons of the soil turned Secretary General of the United Nations and a globalstatesman, H.E Kofi Annan to the Sustainable Development Goals on leavingno one behind and the African Union Agenda 2063 on building the Africawe want!This book takes you through our privileged story made possible through theconfidence of our continental leaders, the hospitality of our host country, andthe trust of young men and women who have shaped our thinking, challengedour views and inspired us to continue walking with Africa towards an inclusivefree, integrated and just Africa.Nelson Mandela (London, 3 February 2005)Vera SongweExecutive SecretaryEconomic Commission for AfricaECA – 60 Years in Step with African Development 5
1 HOW ECACAME TO BESecretary-General Dag Hammarskjöldgreeting His Imperial Majesty, Emperor HaileSelassie I. At centre back is Mr. Mekki Abbas,Executive Secretary of ECA. 29 December1958 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
In efforts to support African Governments to raise their economic activityand improve the living standards of their citizens, the United NationsEconomic and Social Council (ECOSOC) established the EconomicCommission for Africa (ECA) under resolution 671A (XXV).Upon gaining independence, Ghana sponsored a draft resolution – which28 other countries supported – for the establishment of ECA and, after aprotracted campaign in the United Nations General Assembly backed byother African countries that had already gained independence Ethiopia,Ghana, Liberia, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia and Egypt, ECOSOC consideredtheir views to establish the Commission on 29 April 1958.FIRST SESSION OPENS: Emperor HaileSelassie delivering his speech to openthe first session of the United NationsEconomic Commission for Africa in theparliament building in Addis Ababa onDecember 29, 1958.The first session of the Commission was held in its new headquartersin Addis Ababa, from 29 December 1958 to 6 January 1959, and wasattended by the then Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. DagHammarskjöld.ECA was Africa’s first international, continent-wide organization. Forfive years from its establishment to the founding of the Organization ofAfrican Unity in 1963, it was one of the regional forums for waging criticalbattles for economic progress on the continent and against colonialism,racism and racial exploitation.Sixty years on, the Commission continues to promote economic andsocial development in Africa, with a focus on collecting up-to-date andoriginal regional statistics on various economic and social aspects to helpAfrican Governments base their policy research and advocacy on objectiveevidence.DEAL: The MOU agreement signedbetween the United Nations andEthiopia regarding establishment ofECA’s headquarters signed at AddisAbaba, on 18 June 1958.ECA – 60 Years in Step with African Development 7
2 HOWECAWORKSCONVENING POWER: Eighth Joint Annual Meetings of theAfrican Union Specialized Technical Committee on Finance,Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration and theECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning andEconomic Development held between 25 March to 31 march2015. PHOTO: ECA
The Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development is thelegislative organ of the Commission mandated to review programme implementation andapprove the programme of work for the succeeding biennium, among other functions. Itcurrently holds its meetings on an annual basis and reports to the General Assembly throughECOSOC.ECA has five Subregional Offices, which are located in: Yaoundé, Cameroon (Central Africa);Kigali, Rwanda (East Africa); Rabat, Morocco (North Africa); Lusaka, Zambia (SouthernAfrica); and Niamey, Niger (West Africa), all of which assist in supporting the socioeconomictransformation of the member States.H.E. Alpha Konare, Koffi Annan, and Abdoulie Janneh sign‘Enhancing AU-UN Cooperation’ Declaration.While its basic mandate has not changed substantially over the years, the Commission hasundergone considerable changes in order to carry out its mandate as a regional commissionguided by and adapting to the changing development realities and requirements of itsmember States.ECA services to its clients are grouped within four knowledge-based areas, namely: (i) policyadvocacy and analysis, to promote sound policies and dissemination of best practices ineconomic and social development; (ii) convening power and consensus building to organizemajor high-level conferences and meetings, including the annual Conference of AfricanMinisters of Finance, Planning and Economic Development; (iii) enhancing the role of theUnited Nations in Africa to facilitate coordination and synergies among United Nationsprogrammes; and (iv) technical cooperation and capacity-building to provide on-demandregional advisory services to member States and their intergovernmental organizations,training workshops, seminars and fellowships, institution building and field projects.The fourth session of the General Assembly ofthe Forum for Former African Heads of Stateand Government,2 April 2016.ECA – 60 Years in Step with African Development 9
3 60 YEARS OF ECAEXECUTIVE SECRETARIESMR. ABBASMEKKISMR. ROBERT K.A.GARDINERPROF. ADEBAYOADEDEJIM. ISSA BEN YACINEDIALLOSudan, 1959 to 1961Ghana, 1961 to 1975Nigeria, 1975 to 1991Guinea, 1991-1992Mr. Mekki Abbas is from Sudan. He wasthe first Under- Secretary-General andExecutive Secretary of the United NationsEconomic Commission for Africa (ECA)from 1959 to 1961Mr. Robert Gardiner is a national ofGhana. He was the Under- SecretaryGeneral and Executive Secretary of theUnited Nations Economic Commission forAfrica (ECA) from 1961 to 1975.Professor Adebayo Adedeji is fromNigeria. He was the Under- SecretaryGeneral and Executive Secretary of theUnited Nations Economic Commission forAfrica (ECA) from 1975 to 1991Mr. Issa Ben Yacine Diallo is a nationalof Guinea. He was the Under- SecretaryGeneral and Executive Secretary of theUnited Nations Economic Commission forAfrica (ECA) from 1991 to 1992.10 ECA – 60 Years in Step with African Development
MR. LAYASHIYAKERMR. KINGSLEYY. AMOAKOMR. ABDOULIEJANNEHMR. CARLOSLOPESAlgeria, 1992-1995Ghana, 1995 to 2005The Gambia, 2005 to 2012Guinea-Bissau, 2012 to 2016Mr. Layashi Yaker is from Algeria. Hewas the Under- Secretary-General andExecutive Secretary of the United NationsEconomic Commission for Africa (ECA)fromMr. Kingsley Y. Amoako is a national ofGhana. He was the Under- SecretaryGeneral and Executive Secretary of theUnited Nations Economic Commission forAfrica (ECA) from 1995 to 2005Mr. Abdoulie Janneh is from the Gambia.He was the Under- Secretary-General andExecutive Secretary of the United NationsEconomic Commission for Africa (ECA)from 2005 to 2012.Mr. Carlos Lopes is from Guinea-Bissau.He was the Under- Secretary-General andExecutive Secretary of the United NationsEconomic Commission for Africa (ECA)from 2012 to 2016ECA – 60 Years in Step with African Development 11
4 TIMELINE OF LANDMARK DECISIONS,REGIONAL POLICES AND FRAMEWORKS197719611957Second Committeeof the GeneralAssembly byresolution 155(XII) requests theEconomic SocialCouncil (ECOSOC)to establishan economiccommission forAfrica.The Africa Hall buildingwas formally opened anddonated by His ImperialMajesty on behalf of thepeople of Ethiopia toECA as its headquarters.It would become thevenue for the signingof the Charter of theOrganization of AfricanUnity by the Heads ofAfrican States in 1963,when the Organization wasinaugurated.1969Conference of Ministers was1964African Development Bank (AfDB) wasestablished.ECA Subregional Office for East Africa andSouthern African was established in Lusakaat the first Conference of African Planners,which was convened in late 1964.established by resolution 188 (IX)as the highest legislative organ ofthe Commission and comprisedthe Ministers of Governments ofthe member States responsiblefor economic and socialdevelopment planning.The GeneralAssemblyproclaimed inresolution 32/160on the Transport andCommunicationsDecade in Africa,calling upon theinternationalcommunity toprovide technicaland financialassistance to Africafor implementingthe Decadeprogramme.1981Pan-African Documentation and Information Systemfor social and economic development was launchedfollowing recommendations from a feasibility studyprepared by a joint mission composed of ECA,Organization of African Unity and InternationalDevelopment Research Centre in collaborationwith UNESCO, the United Nations Department ofInternational Economic and Social Affairs (now theDepartment of Economic and Social Affairs), andUNDP.Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and SouthernAfrican Countries was established.United Nations Programme of Action for AfricanEconomic Recovery and Development 1986-1990was adopted.1958196319651972197819861989ECOSOC through resolution671A (XXV) of 29 April 1958establishes the EconomicCommission for Africa and laysdown its terms of reference.ECA SubregionalOffice for West Africawas established inNiamey and ECASubregional Officefor North Africawas established inTangier, Morocco.ECA SubregionalOffice for CentralAfrica wasestablished inKinshasa.Regional demographic training institutes set up in Accra,Ghana – the Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS),and in Yaoundé – the Institut de formation et de recherchesdémographiques (IFORD).Multi-NationalProgramming andOperational Centreswere establishedin Niamey, Lusaka,Gisenyi (Rwanda),Tangier andYaoundé.Africa’s PriorityProgrammefor EconomicRecovery(APPER) wasprepared jointlyby ECA and theOrganization ofAfrican Unityand adopted byAfrican Headsof State andGovernment.African Charter for Social Actionwas adopted by African Ministersof Social Affairs.ECA is formerly inauguratedon 29 December 1958 in AddisAbaba. His Imperial MajestyHaile Selassie I, Emperor ofEthiopia, the Secretary-Generalof the United Nations, Mr. DagHammarskjöld and the firstExecutive Secretary of ECA, Mr.Mekki Abbas address the firstsession of the Commission,which was attended by fullmembers.African Institutefor EconomicDevelopment (IDEP)was established.1968Association ofAfrican CentralBanks (AACB) wascreated to promotemonetary andfinancial integrationin Africa. All AfricanCentral Banks belongto AACB.1975African Training and ResearchCentre for Women establishedunder Conference ofMinisters resolution 269 (XII).1980Lagos Plan of Actionfor the EconomicDevelopment ofAfrica, 1980-2000was adopted bythe African Headsof State andGovernment.1990African Charter for PopularParticipation in Development andTransformation was adopted.
1991Second IndustrialDevelopment Decadefor Africa (IDDA II):1991 - 2000 wasinstituted.Second Transportand CommunicationsDecade in Africa(UNTACDA II): 1991 –2000 was instituted.20061996Serving Africa better:strategic directionsfor the EconomicCommission for Africa(strategic frameworkdocument outliningECA’s reform and renewalprocess) was endorsedby the thirty-first sessionof the Commission.2001NEPAD is formally adopted asan integrated socioeconomicdevelopment framework forAfrica by the 37th OrdinarySession of the Assembly ofthe then Organization ofAfrican Unity held in Lusaka,in July 2001.ECA starts a process, throughthe then Food Security andSustainable DevelopmentDivision, to establish theAfrican Climate PolicyCentre (ACPC) with a view tointegrating climate changeinto policies affectingclimate sensitive sectors, andfocusing on food security.2009The Africa MiningVision (AMV) wasendorsed to offer aunique, pan-Africanpathway to finallyreverse the oldparadigm regarding themanagement of Africa’smineral wealth.2015The African Centre ofMeteorological Applicationfor Development (ACMAD)was designated to hostthe World MeteorologicalOrganization RegionalClimate Centre (RCC) toserve the Africa region.2018Establishment of theagreement on the AfricanContinental Free TradeArea (AfCFTA) – a majormilestone in the longmarch towards Africaneconomic integration.199419972004200820122016Fifth African Regional Conference on Women (preparatoryConference to the Fourth World Conference on Women. Beijing)was held in Dakar, Senegal. The African Platform for Action: Africancommon position for the advancement of women was adopted.Africa RegionalCoordinating Committeefor the Integration ofWomen in Development,eighteenth meeting washeld in Addis Ababa.ECA memberStates endorse theAfrican GenderDevelopmentIndex (AGDI),during the BeijingPlus Ten Reviewin Addis Ababa inOctober 2004.Conference of Ministersendorses the creation ofthe Climate Informationfor Development in Africa(ClimDev-Africa) initiative.Decision and Declaration toestablish a Continental FreeTrade Area made, duringthe 18th Ordinary Sessionof the Assembly of Heads ofState and Government of theAfrican Union, held in AddisAbaba in January 2012.Conference ofMinisters requesteda tool to facilitate theintegration of the 2030Agenda and Agenda2063 in nationaldevelopment plans andsimultaneously trackperformance on thetwo agendas leadingto the development ofthe Integrated Planningand Reporting Toolkit.By its resolution 791(XXIX) theConference of Ministers changedthe name of the African Trainingand Research Centre for Women(ATRCW) to African Centre forWomen (ACW).Treaty Establishing the AfricanEconomic Community (commonlyknown as the Abuja Treaty)entered into force.Resolution 826(XXXII)on reform of theintergovernmentalmachinery of the ECAwas adopted.Resolution 827(XXXII)on rationalization andharmonization of ECAsponsored institutionswas adopted.2013The African MineralsDevelopment Centre (AMDC)was set up to implement theVision and its Action Plan,in response to the needfor a central and strategicorganization.
5 60 YEARS OF ECAPROGRAMMATICORIENTATION
Sixth Session of the Commission,Africa Hall, ECA.
INDEPENDENCE: Students of Somalia’s Islamic cultural center hold aparade at Mogadishu football stadium on 1 July 1960. PHOTO: UNSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: The Economic commission for Africa’sstanding committee on social welfare and communitydevelopment opened a six-day session on 4 February 1963,Leopoldville (Kinshasa), Congo. PHOTO: ECACOLLECTIVE RESPONSE: Opening Ceremony of the combinedmeeting of the Trans-African Highway authorities on 6 October1986. From (R-L): Mr. Yusuf Ahmed, Minister of Transportand Communication for Ethiopia; ECA Executive SecretaryAdebayo Adedeji ; Bongoy Mpekesa, chief of ECA’s Transport,Communication and Tourism Division PHOTO: ECA1958-1968INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT1968-1978REGIONAL ECONOMICCOOPERATION ANDINTEGRATION1978-1988ARTICULATING ANDADVOCATING A COLLECTIVERESPONSE TO AFRICA’SCRISESThe first decade coincided with the independence of the majorityof countries in Africa and during its first decade, ECA placedspecial emphasis on laying the foundations for institutionaland human resource development in Africa and focused itsinitial programme on development issues of the time: buildingcapacities through training in development planning, agriculture,industrial development, transport and natural resourcesmanagement, underpinned by the development of statisticsfor social and economic research and development planning.Furthermore, ECA promoted the creation of numerous regionaland subregional institutions, such as the African DevelopmentBank and established its own subregional offices for West Africain Niamey in 1963, North Africa in Tangiers, Morocco in 1963,East and Southern Africa in Lusaka in 1964, and Central Africa inKinshasa in 1965.During the second decade, ECA focused on promotingcontinued human resource development, economiccooperation and integration, industrialization, naturalresources development, population, social development(almost exclusively in relation to problems affectingwomen in development), international trade, finance,agriculture, transport and communications.Owing to a marked deterioration in the socioeconomicconditions of Africa and a need for a unique Africanresponse and solution to the situation, the third decadefocused on conceptualizing key economic and socialstrategies and programmes, which made up the policyframework for Africa’s socioeconomic development. Theseincluded the Lagos Plan of Action, the United NationsTransport and Communications Decade in Africa and theIndustrial Development Decade for Africa.
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT: H.E AmbassadorOusman Nafie of Sudan and the ECA ExecutiveSecretary Adebayo Adedeji after signing an agreementfor the 3rd conference of African ministers be held inKhartoum. PHOTO: ECAENHANCED PARTNERSHIPS: AU Symposium A pre-ADF event to examine the currentstatus of the transition from OAU to AU (left to right: Salim Ahmed Salim, SecretaryGeneral, OAU and ECA Executive Secretary K.Y. Amoako. PHOTO: ECAINTEGRATING AFRICA: Moussa Faki Mahamat, the Chairpersonof the African Union Commission celebrates the signing ofAfCFTA on March 21, 2018 where 43 countries also signed theKigali declaration while 27 countries signed the protocol of thefree movement of people.1988-1998PROMOTINGGOVERNANCE ANDHUMAN AND SOCIALDIMENSIONS OFDEVELOPMENT1998-2008ADAPTING TO THE EVOLVINGINSTITUTIONAL LANDSCAPE ANDBUILDING ENHANCED PARTNERSHIPS2008ONWARDS: INTEGRATINGAFRICA INTO THE GLOBALECONOMYDuring its fifth decade, ECA adjusted and reoriented its strategic directionsin response to the changed institutional landscape in Africa following thecoming into force of the Abuja Treaty establishing the African EconomicCommunity (AEC). Among the key decisions was the significant rationalizationof its programme orientation and governance structure in keeping with UnitedNations reforms, the establishment of the Millennium Development Goalsand in enhanced partnership with the African Union New Partnership forAfrica’s Development (NEPAD) programmes and structures. The programmeof work of ECA focused on the following themes: economic and social policy;food security and sustainable development; development management;information for development; regional integration; and gender issues.Following the adoption of NEPAD as the framework forsocial and economic development for achieving theMillennium Development Goals, in the sixth decade,ECA restructured its programme in support of theAfrican Union vision, which focused on promotingregional integration and meeting Africa’s special needsand emerging global challenges. It designed 10 subprogrammes around the theme of finance and economicpolicy; food security and sustainable development;governance and public administration; information andscience and technology for development; economiccooperation and regional integration; gender andwomen in development among others.The fourth decade saw attempts to arrive ata more holistic approach to developmentpolicy formulation and implementation on thecontinent, emphazing institutional and peoplecentered initiatives to catalyse change. ECA ledin this effort, focusing on the importance ofhuman and social objectives, promoting genderissues, good governance and the “capable State”.
6 ECA’S PROGRAMMATICSUCCESS STORIES
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6.1 TRADE, FINANCE AND ECONOMIC POLICYOpening up Africa for business without borders: ECA’s contribution towards realization of the AfricanContinental Free Trade AreaThe establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in 2018 is amajor milestone in the long march to enhancing regional and continental economicintegration, to expanding trade, and to promoting structural transformation and overallsocioeconomic development in Africa. The Abuja Treaty envisioning the establishmentof the African Economic Community to enhance regional and continental economicintegration and to expand trade, made more concrete the objectives of the Lagos Planof Action and the Final Act of Lagos, which in 1980 reaffirmed national and collectiveself-reliance, including the creation of an African Common Market as a prelude to theAfrican Economic Community.ECA has been supporting Africa’s economic integration efforts by providing intellectualgroundwork with research and reports to assess regional integration. The report series,Assessing Regional Integration for Africa (ARIA), covers topical issues at the heart ofAfrican regional integration in alternating years. Specifically, ARIA V focused on theexpected benefits of AfCFTA leading to the landmark Decision and Declaration toestablish a Continental Free Trade Area reached during the African Union’s 18th OrdinarySession of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government in January 2012. ARIA VIIIhas become a critical report to guide the negotiations for trade in goods under phase I.The ARIA series will continue to support the process of regional integration in Africa withrobust analytical work.Negotiations to establish AfCFTA began in June 2015 at the 25th African Union Headsof State and Government Summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa. Today, 49 Africancountries have signed the Agreement establishing AfCFTA, 12 countries have so farratified it with 10 more expected to ratify it for the agreement to come into force. ECAhas intensified its work to ensure that the potential of AfCFTA is fulfilled by providingadvocacy and technical assistance for more African countries to sign the agreement,ratify and implement it.Rwanda’s President PaulKagame addresses theaudience at the AfCFTABusiness Forum, Kigali,20 March 2018Mark Eddo, Moderator ofthe meeting; ExecutiveSecretary of ECA, VeraSongwe; PresidentMahamadou Issoufouof Niger and Rwanda’sPresident Paul Kagameat African ContinentalFree Trade Area BusinessForum, Kigali, 20 March2018ECA – 60 Years in Step with African Development 21
High level Panel on Illicit financial flows. Shownfrom (R-L) Abdalla Hamdok, Former DeputyExecutive Secretary of ECA, Thabo Mbeki formersouth Africa’s President and other delegates
Curtailing illicit financial flows from Africa: KeepingAfrica’s wealth withinA High-Level Panel to curb illegal financial flows from Africa was established in March during the 2010joint annual meetings of the African Union Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and theECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development in Lilongwe,Malawi. The Former President of South Africa, Mr. Thabo Mbeki, was handed the task of leading the waron illicit financial flows from the region. ECA served as the panel’s secretariat, providing analytical andtechnical support. The African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government adopted the panel’srecommendations in full after its report in 2015.Following this, a consortium bringing together international and regional organizations and civilsociety organizations working on illicit financial flows from Africa was formed, to coordinate efforts,pursue partnerships and joint resource mobilization as well as regional and global advocacy.ECA’s groundbreaking research work on illicit financial flows methodology on trade mis-invoicinginspired similar estimates by the other regional commissions of the United Nations, in particularECLAC, ESCAP and ESCWA. ECA also produced reports on illicit financial flows in the extractive sector,the global governance architecture for combating illicit financial flows and base erosion and profitshifting in Africa, while the African Mineral Development Centre at ECA offered training to nationalofficials on transfer pricing in the extractive sector.ECA – 60 Years in Step with African Development 23
Integrated Planning and Reporting Toolkit:Implementing and reporting on the 2030Agenda and Agenda 2063 in tandemECA gives innovation the place it deserves towards supporting Africa’s inclusivegrowth and sustainable development in Africa, which is anchored on two Agendas:the global 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Agenda 2063 of theAfrican Union. Following the adoption of the two mutually inclusive developmentframeworks, African countries requested support to have the goals, targets andindicators of both Agendas in sync and incorporated into their national developmentplans for effective and concurrent implementation.To simplify the alignment between the two Agendas, ECA has supported the designof an innovative solution - the Integrated Planning and Reporting Toolkit which alignsthe two Agendas for harmonized implementation and reporting. The Toolkit whichwas designed at the request of the Conference of Ministers in 2016. It facilitatesintegration of both agendas in national development plans and simultaneously trackperformance on the two Agendas thus enhancing efficiency and reducing transactioncosts of reporting.High level ministerial dialogue on the theme ofthe conference (COM 2016),4 April 2016Executive Secretary of ECA, Carlos Lopez andMinister of state for Budget and nationalplanning of Nigeria, H.E Zaineb Shasuna-Ahmedat High level ministerial dialogue on the theme ofthe conference (COM 2016),4 April 201624 ECA – 60 Years in Step with African Development
AfricaSustainableDevelopmentTracking Progress on Agenda 2063 andthe Sustainable Development Goals
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Putting back Africa’s industrialization andstructural transformation in the developmentpolicy discourseOver the last 10 years, industrialization has gained traction in Africa. ECA’s advocacy hasbeen the bedrock on which major infrastructure developments across the continent areanchored. The negotiations to establish agreements on AfCFTA, for example, underpin avibrant new trade agenda. Various policy options are presented in the Economic Reporton Africa (ERA) series jointly published by the African Union Commission and ECA, from2013 to 2017.ERA 2013 presented its findings on how Africa could industrialize further, based on theavailability of its abundant natural resources, which underpin its transformation andadvocated for the adoption of coherent industrial policy to promote value addition toAfrica’s primary commodities as an engine of growth for Africa. ERA 2014 focused on howto advance Africa’s transformation agenda through industrialization, calling on Africancountries to adopt dynamic industrial policies with flexible processes and mechanisms totransform their economies and bring about inclusive and sustainable economic and socialdevelopment, while ERA 2015 delved more deeply into the role of trade in supportingAfrica’s industrialization, both at the regional and at the global level and providing a solidfoundation for AfCFTA. ERA 2016 complemented the earlier reports by focusing both onthe quality of industrialization and on the opportunities for upgrading throughout thevalue chain. Reconnecting urban and industrial development in Africa through deliberatepolicies and strategies was at the heart of ERA 2017.ERA 2017 launched in Dakar; calls on Africa to take advantage of rapid urbanizationThe Economic Report on Africa (ERA2017) which examines
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