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Book 1

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.

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Book 2

Libguides

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references, identify and consult an extensive collection of information resources available, including published and unpublished materials such as flagship publications, journal articles, conference proceedings, technical reports, mission reports, annual reports, working papers, speeches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.

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Book 3

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.

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Book 4

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

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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

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ECA Journal For African Transformation

The Journal 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

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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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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Private Sector Development & Finance

Contributes to the achievement of sustainable, inclusive, and equitable human and social development in Africa.

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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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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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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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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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                           LibGuides —  Innovation & Tech    Natural Resource Management    Sustainable Development

News, Stories & Blogs

AI’s $4.8 trillion future: UN warns of widening digital divide without urgent action

AI’s $4.8 trillion future: UN warns of widening digital divide without urgent action

April 07, 2025 | UN

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is on course to become a $4.8 trillion global market by 2033 – roughly the size of Germany’s economy – but unless urgent action is taken, its benefits may remain in the hands of a privileged few, a new UN report warns.
UN Charter Libraries Knowledge Network

UN Charter Libraries Knowledge Network

April 07, 2025 | UN

The United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library put forward a proposal for a UN Charter Libraries Knowledge Network, a network that will collaboratively re-envision the work and nature of partnerships among affiliated libraries with the United Nations.
UN Depository Library Programme To Be Gradually Discontinued

UN Depository Library Programme To Be Gradually Discontinued

April 07, 2025 | UN

The UN Depository Library Programme was established in 1947 with the purpose of making UN information accessible to researchers, policymakers and citizens around the world.  To achieve this, physical copies of UN documents and publications were sent out to be “deposited” at libraries all over the globe.
Africa’s first ‘AI factory’ could be a breakthrough for the continent

Africa’s first ‘AI factory’ could be a breakthrough for the continent

April 03, 2025 | CNN

There’s excitement bubbling in Kigali, Rwanda, ahead of the Global AI Summit on Africa, which opens today, promising economic opportunities and innovation.
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Provides research, learning, and advisory services to ECA staff and users on Africa’s latest findings and development issues
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Provides research, learning, and advisory services to ECA staff and users on Africa’s latest findings and development issues
Archives and Records Management
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Preserves ECA’s unique records, ensuring accountability, transparency, and efficiency by documenting actions, transactions, and decisions.
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Captures, nurtures, and shares ECA’s knowledge to maximize impact, engage clients, and drive positive change across Africa.
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From Library to Modern UN Knowledge Centre: Cementing ECA’s Vision as Africa’s Premier Think Tank.
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Knowledge Fair at COM 2024

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Book Talk on Published Research Article on the topic “Exploring Entrepreneurial Innovation in Ethiopia”

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KMSS wishes fair-well and happy retirement to Mr. Moses Wilson, Coordinator of the ECA Archives and Records Management Program.

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UNON visit to the ECA Library

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