Measuring ICBT is key to monitoring intra-African trade | Un

Lusaka, Zambia, 5 June 2023 (ECA) - Timely data collection on informal cross-border trade is critical to informing intra-African trade on the back of the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade, experts say.Despite its importance to the livelihoods of millions of Africans, informal trade is not well understood on the continent.

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