The Financing Development Section (FDS) is charged with the task of understanding and analyzing the challenges facing Africa in the area of development finance as well as providing ideas on how to increase resource flows to the region. It also monitors implementation of international commitments made to Africa. It provides support to member states, African institutions, academics, the private sector and civil society. The section implements the above objectives through publications, training, seminars and workshops. It also contributes to ECA's flagship publication, the Economic Report for Africa. The work of the section covers areas such as Foreign Aid, Debt, Private Capital Flows, Savings, and Remittances. Recent and ongoing research activities include: The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Africa; FDI in African LDCs, Enhancing the Effectiveness of Fiscal Policy for Domestic Resource Mobilization; and Fiscal Policy and Development Finance in Africa.

Documents

	Financial Crisis		LDC issues
	Monitoring International Commitments		Other Documents
	Meeting reports		African Economic Conference