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        To help countries produce more transformational development strategies and plans in response to country demand. To help countries raise resources and manage them efficiently to promote economic transformation.

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        To expand employment opportunities so that economic growth is more inclusive and incomes are more equal. To ensure that African workers’ skills, particularly among the youth, align with employer needs.

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        Leveraging Extractives for Transformation

        To help countries use their natural resources – mineral, oil, and natural gas – to more effectively support economic transformation by optimizing revenue take from projects, managing in transparent and accountable fashion, linking to other economic sectors, and boosting local content and value addition.

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        To raise the productivity and resilience of traditional smallholder farmers. To promote the growth of a small and medium-scale modern commercial farming sector. To link agriculture to industry through processing and other light manufacturing to add value. To enable agriculture to respond to urban population demands.

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        To help countries accelerate trade facilitation as a means to promote regional integration.

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Economic Transformation Masterclass (3) – Agriculture

Parts One and Two of the African Economic Transformation MasterClass, published in the January issue, explained why Africa’s future depends on root and branch economic transformation; and also on the need for a fine balance…

Economy Transformation Masterclass 7 Mar 16 4
Economy Transformation Masterclass 10 Feb 16 2
Economic Transformation Masterclass (2) – A Fine Balance
ACET, in collaboration with African Business Magazine, developed this series to share knowledge on the concept of economic transformation. This is Story 2. (See Introduction and...
Economy Transformation Masterclass 2 Feb 16 7
Economic Transformation Masterclass (1) – Why Economic Transformation?
ACET, in collaboration with African Business Magazine, developed this series to share knowledge on the concept of economic transformation. This is Story 1. Why Economic Transformation?...
Economy Transformation Masterclass 1 Feb 16 0
African Transformation Masterclass – Introduction
ACET, in collaboration with African Business Magazine, developed this series to share knowledge on the concept of economic transformation. What will Africa look like...
Promoting Sustainable Rural Transformation 1 Aug 15 0
Promoting Sustainable Rural Development and Transformation in Africa
Agriculture’s share of gross domestic product (GDP) has been declining over the years in many African countries as service sectors have grown. However, agriculture...
Promoting Sustainable Rural Transformation 10 Jul 15 0
Promoting Sustainable Rural Transformation – Burkina Faso
Policy makers and development partners are keen to find interventions that are effective in improving smallholder productivity and raising the income and resilience (including...
Promoting Sustainable Rural Transformation 10 Jul 15 2
Promoting Sustainable Rural Transformation – Tanzania
The overall objective of this study was to identify ways to increase smallholder productivity and improve post-production value (storage, processing, and domestic or foreign...
Promoting Sustainable Rural Transformation 10 Jul 15 0
Promoting Sustainable Rural Transformation – Uganda
The Uganda report is a synthesis of ACET’s study of that country’s value chains for cassava, cow, millet and sorghum. Uganda is a landlocked...
Promoting Sustainable Rural Transformation 28 May 15 0
Promoting Sustainable Rural Transformation – Ghana
Ghana can raise the standard of living of rural farmers, meet the nation’s food needs, and transform the economy through new approaches to farming,...
The West Africa Trends Newsletter 12 Jan 15 0
Extractives and Sustainable Development
The extractives industry is a major sector in the economies of West Africa. It makes a significant contribution to GDP and constitutes a large...
The West Africa Trends Newsletter 9 Jan 15 0
The Future of Traditional Cereals
For centuries, the traditional cereals of millet and sorghum were the key suppliers of calories in West Africa. However, over the past few decades,...
The West Africa Trends Newsletter 9 Jan 15 0
Special Issue
The idea of inclusive economies is gaining traction in economic debates, especially as the realization that the sustained and high economic growth over past...
The West Africa Trends Newsletter 9 Jan 15 0
Insuring the Poor: Trends and Prospects
Risk mitigation is a priority for the poor as, more than any other group, they are vulnerable and lack resources to make them resilient...
Sustainable Resource Series 14 Oct 14 0
Business Ethics in West Africa’s MOG Sector
Sustainable development in Africa has increasingly become tied to the continent’s ability to compete in global markets, develop its internal resources, and grow local...
Sustainable Resource Series 14 Oct 14 0
Human Rights in the MOG Sector in West Africa
The absence of an effective human rights framework has been a significant contributing factor to the low levels of sustainable development in several natural...
Sustainable Resource Series 14 Oct 14 0
Mining and the Social Environment in West Africa
Investment in extractive industries remains the most important driver of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa. And with it comes high expectations. Yet where...
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