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ECA Pubs at a Glance, February 2026 / Dernier numéro de 'ECA Pubs at a Glance de février 2026
ECA Library - LibAlert Issue 77 - February 2026 (Special Edition) ||Bibliothèque de la CEA - LibAlert Numéro 76 - février 2026 (édition spéciale)
Twelfth Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (28 April, 2026 30 April, 20260,  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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by the Commission in its role as the Premier Think tank in Africa. It represents the corporate memory, providing historical evidence of its actions and decisions, and providing seamless access to its rich variety of
research outputs.
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consult an extensive collection of information resources available, including published and unpublished materials such as flagship publications, journal articles, conference proceedings, technical reports, mission
reports, annual reports, working papers, speeches and other grey literature, relevant to the African continent.
Multimedia Repository
ECA Multimedia Repository offers a unique source of knowledge and information
resources captured in their original formats, providing historical evidence and insights into regional programmes, projects,
decisions, actions, and resolutions promoting socioeconomic development in Africa.
ASKIA
Access to Scientific and Socio-economic Information in Africa (ASKIA) is an online interactive knowledge portal, built on a federated search engine, providing access to scientific knowledge from Africa, on
Africa, to Africa and the World, based on the SDG Taxonomies.
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KNOWLEDGE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
Institutional Repository
Our Institutional Repository (IR) is a unique collection of digital contents, generated by the Commission in its role as the
Premier
Think tank in Africa. It represents the corporate memory, providing historical evidence of its actions and decisions, and providing seamless access to its rich variety of research outputs.
Library Catalogue (LIBCAT)
Exploit our library catalogue to search bibliographic references, identify and consult an extensive collection of information resources available, including published and unpublished materials such as flagship publications, journal articles, conference proceedings, technical reports, mission reports, annual reports, working papers, speeches and other grey literature, relevant to the African continent.
Multimedia Repository
ECA Multimedia Repository offers a unique source of knowledge and information resources captured in their original formats, providing historical evidence and insights into regional programmes, projects, decisions, actions, and resolutions promoting socioeconomic development in Africa.
ASKIA
Access to Scientific and Socio-economic Information in Africa (ASKIA) is an online interactive knowledge portal, built on a federated search engine, providing access to scientific knowledge from Africa, on Africa, to Africa and the World, based on the SDG Taxonomies.
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knowledge Repositories
knowledge Repositories
e 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
A plan of action for people, planet and prosperity in the African Region
Make The SDGs A Reality In Africa
Knowledge Hubs
Knowledge Hubs
Thematic Portals
Thematic Portals
Community of Practice
Community of Practice
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SDG Tools & Resources
SDG Tools & Resources
e 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
A plan of action for people, planet and prosperity in the African Region
From Ideas to Actions for a Prosperous Africa
ECA's mandate to promote the economic and social development of its member States and the achievement of the 2030 and 2063 development agendas in Africa is centred on the Commission’s three core functions, namely:
Convening Function, Think Tank Function, and Operational Function
Recent Publications
Assessing Regional Integration in Africa ARIA XI
Related SDG :
10
16
17
Date : Jul 12, 2025
Rethinking tax incentives in the mining sector in Africa
Related SDG :
Date : Jun 02, 2025
Economic Report on Africa 2025: Advancing the Implementation of the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area: Proposing Transformative Strategic Actions
Related SDG :
Date : Mar 14, 2025
Leveraging the African Continental Free Trade Area for the reduction of poverty and inequality in Southern Africa
Related SDG :
Date : Jan 01, 2025
Digital Economy Report 2024: Shaping an environmentally sustainable and inclusive digital future
Related SDG :
13
Date : Oct 04, 2024
Dec 29, 2022
Recent Issue
ECA Journal For African Transformation
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al of African Transformation is a bi-annual inter-disciplinary and peer-reviewed scholarly periodical published by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The Journal is committed to publishing very high quality and original research that makes cutting-edge advances on African development issues. It seeks to publish scholarly empirical and theoretical research articles that contribute to Africa's development thinking, policy and practice.
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Programmatic Knowledge Clusters
Regional Integration & Trade
Data & Statistics
Private Sector Development & Finance
Macroeconomics & Governance
Poverty, Inequality and Social Policy
Gender Equality & the Empowerment of Women
Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resource Management
Regional Integration & Trade
Focuses on the central role of achieving effective regional cooperation and economic integration among member States by supporting efforts to deepen regional markets, boost intra-African trade and global trade, accelerate industrialization and tackle the challenges of structural transformation.
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Regional Integration & Trade
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Data & Statistics
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 and reporting for the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063.
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Data & Statistics Collection
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Private Sector Development & Finance
Contributes to the achievement of sustainable, inclusive, and equitable human and social development in Africa.
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Private Sector
Development Finance
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Macroeconomics & Governance
Supports the achievement of Africa’s development agenda through development planning, macroeconomic policy and economic governance, and public finance.
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Macroeconomy Policy
Governance
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Poverty, Inequality and Social Policy
Supports the achievement of Africa’s development agenda through development planning, macroeconomic policy and economic governance, and public finance.
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Social Development
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Gender Equality & the Empowerment of Women
Support member States in their efforts to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment by accelerating the implementation of relevant policies, mechanisms and tools as well as the monitoring and evaluation of their international commitments.
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Gender & Women Empowerment
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Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resource Management
Supports the efficient management of natural resource endowments; reducing the negative impacts of climate change by moving towards green transitions and climate-resilient development and harnessing new technologies in the context of sustainable development.
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Innovation & Technology
Natural Resources
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Innovation & Tech
Natural Resource Management
Sustainable Development
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Nov 18, 2025
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Community Librarians in Ethiopia and their trainers from the Bibliotheca Vasconcelos (Mexico) exploring and retooling practical aspects and skills in library management.
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