Programme Overview

Areas of Work

TFED is a newly structured Division. The work of TFED focuses on issues relating to macroeconomic analysis, including monitoring of macroeconomic trends and macro-micro linkages. It also deals with international trade, international trade negotiations development, finance and financial sector policies, debt, aid, investment, and industrial policies.

Expected Accomplishments

•  Improved capacity of African countries to participate effectively in bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations

•  Strengthened national capacity for policymaking in the areas of trade for development and regional integration

•  Improved capacity of member States to design and implement sound policies and programmes for achieving higher growth and poverty reduction.

•  Support to member states regarding the challenges and prospects of development finance to achieve sustained growth and poverty reduction in Africa.

Outputs

A. Servicing of Intergovernmental and Expert Bodies

•  Substantive servicing of meetings

• The Thirty-ninth Session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and its Committee of Experts (2006)

•  The Fortieth Session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and its Committee of Experts (2007)

•  Parliamentary Documentation

•  Reports to the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development on Economic Overview (2006)

•  Reports to the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development on Economic Overview (2007)

•  Ad-hoc expert group meetings

•  Assessing economic performance (2006)

•  Assessing economic performance (2007)

•  Capital flows and development of African economies (2007)

•  Public expenditure and service delivery in Africa (2006)

•  Fostering effective integration in the global economy for Africa through the WTO and EPA negotiations (2006)

•  Mainstreaming trade into national development strategies (2006)

B. Other Substantive Outputs

•  Recurrent Publications

• Economic Report on Africa (2006)

•  Economic Report on Africa (2007)

•  Non-recurrent Publications

• Public expenditure and service delivery in Africa (2006)

•  Capital flows and development of African economies (2007)

•  Challenges and opportunities for African LDCs (2006)

•  Securing effective integration in the global economy through trade: Africa's options in the WTO and EPAs negotiations (2006)

•  Best practices in trade policies and national development plans (2006)

C. Technical cooperation

•  Advisory Services

Advisory missions at the request of Member States on trade policy and promotion and international trade negotiations

•  Fellowship

Visiting scholars, fellows and interns to enhance capacity in development issues and policy analysis

•  Field Project

Trade Capacity building, to increase Africa's share of international trade, through the Africa Trade Policy Centre