FFD3: ActionAid says failure to create a UN global tax body “appalling”
The third international Financing for Development conference in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, has failed to agree on the creation of a UN global tax body.
The third international Financing for Development conference in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, has failed to agree on the creation of a UN global tax body.
Secretary of Treasury Jacob J. Lew and EU International Cooperation and Development Commissioner Neven Mimica sign MOU to strengthen US-EU coordination
Addressing the critical need to finance infrastructure in Africa is a core theme at the United Nation’s Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Ethiopia. To support these efforts to improve power generation and access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa, Secretary of Treasury Jacob J. Lew, and European Union (EU) Commissioner Neven Mimica today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance coordination between the EU and Power Africa that will deepen their ongoing long-term engagement with partner countries and the private sector to assist developing countries increase access to electricity for over 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa.
The African Union Commission launched on Monday July 13th the African Regional Nutrition Strategy (ARNS 2016-2025) a continental roadmap to enhance and promote nutrition in Africa. The strategy incorporates emerging nutrition concerns and sets clear targets, which includes the attainment of a 40 per cent reduction in stunting and a 5 per cent reduction in wasting among children under five years of age by 2025.