Notre principale préoccupation dans cette étude est d’analyser l’impact des reformes financières mises en œuvre dans la zone CEMAC depuis la fin des années 80 sur la rentabilité du système bancaire des pays de cette sous - région. À travers le modèle Structure Comportement Performance (SCP)...

Ethiopia is one of the least developed countries. The per capita income of the country, though it showed improvement in recent years, is only USD 180 as at end of 2005/061 . Most of the poor, which mainly argued to be constrained by absences of credit access, participant in some kind of informal...

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the United Nations Development Programme wish to extend their welcome to all participants to the forthcoming Sixth African Economic Conference, scheduled to take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 25-28...

The theme of this Conference, “The Green Economy and Structural Transformation”, comes at an opportune moment. The forthcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa, and United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) have already generated heated discussion...

Growth in industrialized countries, particularly the euro zone, recorded a further slowdown over the summer, as reflected by Economic Commission’s economic sentiment indicator (ESI). This index, which measures confidence in manufacturing, services, construction, retail, and households, witnessed a...

This Research Summary 2010 presents a summary of the Department’s activities during the year under review, and highlights key findings from ongoing studies and priority areas of research for the following year. The purpose of the Research Summary is to provide an avenue for clients, within and...

The African Union Summit of Heads of State at Sharm El Sheikh in 2008 agreed on several key conclusions: • the importance of making the case for investing in water infrastructure by demonstrating its benefits to national economies; • the urgency of preparing national plans for the development...

This report summarises key messages of the articles and keynote addresses discussed at the 2010 African Economic Conference in Tunis, Tunisia, under the theme: “Setting the Agenda for Africa’s Economic Recovery and Long-term Growth”. The report was drafted by the lead rapporteur, Professor Sylvain...