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Report • 27 November 2025
Africa's Development Dynamics 2025 - Infrastructure, Growth and Transformation
The annual flagship report Africa’s Development Dynamics is a product of the longstanding partnership between the African Union Commission’s Department of Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minerals and the OECD Development Centre. It brings together a team of academic researchers, economists, statisticians and other experts from African and partner countries. The 2025 edition explores how African stakeholders can accelerate infrastructure development to achieve productive…
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Report • 3 December 2025
Revenue Statistics in Africa 2025
This annual publication compiles comparable tax revenue and non-tax revenue statistics between 1990 and 2023 for 38 countries in Africa: Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Chad, Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone,…
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Clean Cooking in Africa 2026 - Progress report
REPORT • 9 July 2026
Nearly 2 billion people worldwide still lack access to clean cooking solutions, half of them in sub-Saharan Africa. The traditional use of biomass for cooking is one of the world’s leading causes of premature death, responsible for 2.5 million deaths annually, disproportionately affecting women...
The West African food trade environment - Private sector perceptions of barriers, opportunities and the future
POLICY PAPER • 6 July 2026
This paper provides new evidence on private sector perceptions on intra-regional food trade in West Africa, drawing on a survey of more than 3 200 food traders operating across 32 markets in eight countries. The dataset allows for a differentiated analysis by business size, gender, country and...
Promoting Responsible Business Conduct through Trade and Investment in the Middle East, North Africa and Türkiye
REPORT • 18 June 2026
This report provides a regional analysis of how governments in the Middle East, North Africa and Türkiye leverage trade and investment policies and agreements to promote responsible business conduct (RBC). It builds on a screening of around 500 trade and investment agreements, takes stock of...
Climate Club Financial Toolkit 2026 Update - Economic, De-risking and Financing Instruments for Industry Decarbonisation
REPORT • 4 June 2026
This 2026 edition of the Climate Club Financial Toolkit provides a comprehensive overview of available financial solutions to help decarbonise industry sectors in both advanced economies and emerging markets and developing economies. It provides new financial instruments and case studies that...
OECD Economic Outlook, Volume 2026 Issue 1 - Under Pressure
REPORT • 3 June 2026
The conflict in the Middle East has become the dominant force shaping the global economic outlook. Energy prices and the prices of other key agricultural and industrial inputs produced in the Persian Gulf economies have soared since February as production and exports have been curtailed. This has...
FATF - Algeria's progress in strengthening measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing
REPORT • 31 May 2026
This report analyses Algeria's progress in addressing technical compliance deficiencies identified in its 2023 mutual evaluation report.The report was adopted by the Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF).Find an overview of Algeria's ratings in the report and in the...
World Energy Investment 2026
REPORT • 28 May 2026
World Energy Investment is the global benchmark for tracking investment trends across the energy sector. The report will present the latest data on capital flows to different types of energy projects, as well as the first set of full-year estimates for 2026.As energy security concerns...
AfDB African Economic Outlook 2026
REPORT • 28 May 2026
The 2026 African Economic Outlook (AEO 2026) report has been prepared against a backdrop of increased geopolitical fragmentation and trade tensions, regional conflicts and declining international financial flows. Against this backdrop, the 2026 AEO calls for a fundamental rethinking of Africa’s...
Trade Finance Supply in Africa: Post-COVID Trends and Emerging Opportunities
REPORT • 28 May 2026
The unmet demand for trade finance in Africa ranged from $74 billion to $92 billion in 2024. The estimated gap of $ 74 billion represents 5.4% of the region's total merchandise trade value in 2024.African trade remains underserved by commercial banks. Over the five years of the study, commercial...
Responsible Business Conduct for a Just Transition
REPORT • 20 May 2026
The global transition toward renewable energy and a low-carbon economy is driven by climate change and rising energy demand, as well as economic, security and environmental factors. The transition creates opportunities for innovation, competitiveness and decent work, but if not managed well can...