Russia launched a full assault on Ukraine, its southwest neighbour, on February 24, 2022, marking a significant escalation in the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Both countries are major producers of crucial energy and industrial commodities such as oil, gas, aluminium, palladium, and nickel. They also produce food-related commodities such as wheat and...

Accelerating structural reforms will be the key for Tunisia to recover fully from the COVID-19 recession, overcome economic vulnerabilities and raise living standards for all, according to a new OECD report. The latest OECD Economic Survey of Tunisia highlights the country’s success in fighting poverty and reducing gender imbalances in education and...

Data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC) suggest that by 2050, cities in Africa will accommodate an additional 950 million people, representing the world's fastest urban population growth. Admittedly, the continent's bulging urban population brings significant economic gains to...

The issue of official development assistance (ODA) is now more topical than ever: quite understandably as Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, On February 17, presented to the National Assembly the planning bill on solidarity-based development and the fight against global inequality. This piece of legislation shows...

On 21 May, the headquarters of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris hosted a High Level Dialogue on Africa's Development. Co-organized by the OECD Development Center and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, this meeting is part of the preparations for the 7th edition of...

According to the figures of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) presented on April 10, during a press conference held at the headquarters of the institution in Paris, the bilateral public aid granted to Africa, the order of $ 29.7 billion decreased by 4% in 2018. Total official...

Selon les premières données officielles recueillies par l’OCDE, l’aide extérieure dispensée par des donneurs publics a atteint 146.6 milliards USD en 2017, soit un léger recul de 0.6 % en termes réels par rapport à 2016, marqué par une diminution des dépenses consacrées aux réfugiés dans les pays donneurs et...

Selon le rapport des Perspectives économiques en Afrique 2015, produit conjointement par le Centre de développement de l’OCDE, la Banque Africaine de Développement (BAD) et le Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement (PNUD), les économies du continent africain vont maintenir le cap de croissance amorcé depuis quelques années. Les...