Angola
Evaluación del transporte sostenible de mercancías en Angola
Este informe presenta las principales conclusiones de la Evaluación del transporte sostenible de mercancías (TSM) en Angola, que evalúa el sistema de transporte de mercancías del país en función de los tres pilares de la sostenibilidad. La metodología TSM permite flexibilidad, adaptando diagnósticos estandarizados a las necesidades específicas de los países y las partes interesadas. Mediante esta herramienta, se analiza el desempeño del transporte de mercancías de Angola para evaluar su capacidad para cumplir los objetivos de sostenibilidad. La evaluación identifica los desafíos que socavan la sostenibilidad del sector de mercancías de Angola y explora el papel del transporte de mercancías en el apoyo a la agroindustria, las cadenas de valor y el desarrollo de corredores. La Evaluación TSM combina enfoques cuantitativos y cualitativos. La parte cuantitativa utiliza puntuaciones comparables internacionalmente de fuentes de datos para medir el desempeño en los tres pilares de sostenibilidad, a la vez que incorpora puntuaciones basadas en encuestas a las partes interesadas. Estas puntuaciones proporcionan información sobre el desempeño del transporte de mercancías en diferentes modos, según la perspectiva de las partes interesadas. La parte cualitativa se basa en preguntas abiertas de la encuesta y entrevistas con las partes interesadas. El informe concluye con una serie de recomendaciones y áreas de acción para mejorar la sostenibilidad del sistema de transporte de mercancías de Angola. Las conclusiones de la evaluación TSM servirán de base para la toma de decisiones y contribuirán al desarrollo de una estrategia de transporte de mercancías sostenible, tal como se describe en el Marco TSM de la UNCTAD.
Voluntary Peer Review of Consumer Protection Law and Policy - Angola
UNCTAD voluntary peer reviews of consumer protection law and policy provide an external and independent assessment of the effectiveness of the consumer protection system in a given country. They analyse the legislative, institutional, and public policy frameworks and the enforcement of relevant legislation to identify key features and areas for improvement in these frameworks and law enforcement; relevant stakeholders’ contributions in this area; and they recommend appropriate measures to be considered by the countries’ authorities. UNCTAD assists countries in the implementation of recommendations through a tailored capacity-building project.
Angola Sustainable Freight Transport Assessment
This report presents the key findings of the Sustainable Freight Transport (SFT) Assessment in Angola, which evaluates the country's freight transport system across the three pillars of sustainability. The SFT methodology allows for flexibility, adapting standardized diagnoses to the specific needs of countries and stakeholders. Using this tool, Angola's freight transport performance is analyzed to assess its ability to meet sustainability objectives. The assessment identifies challenges undermining the sustainability of Angola’s freight sector and explores the role of freight transport in supporting agribusiness, value chains, and corridor development. The SFT Assessment combines quantitative and qualitative approaches. The quantitative part uses internationally comparable scores from data sources to measure performance across the sustainability pillars, while also incorporating survey-based scores from stakeholders. These scores provide insights into freight transport performance from different modes, based on stakeholders' perspectives. The qualitative part is informed by open-ended questions in the survey and interviews with stakeholders. The report concludes with a series of recommendations and action areas for improving the sustainability of Angola's freight transport system. The findings of the SFT Assessment will inform decision-making and contribute to the development of a Sustainable Freight Transport Strategy as outlined in the UNCTAD SFT Framework.
Mapping the Cultural and Creative Industries in Angola
The report supported by the joint EU-UNCTAD Programme for Angola: Train for Trade II, assesses the economic potential of CCIs in Angola for job creation and trade. This assessment provides a profile of Angola’s cultural and creative industries, identifying the main strengths and constraints and proposing recommendations to foster the sector’s growth. Angola has diverse cultural and creative expressions, focusing on intangible products such as music, literature, audiovisual production, performing arts, and crafts. Dynamic creative industries like music and literature demonstrate Angola’s cultural and creative offerings. The diaspora acts as an ambassador for the country, showcasing Angola’s culture, arts, and creations to other countries. Angola’s young population presents enormous potential for cultural and creative production, including gaming and streaming. A new generation of creative entrepreneurs is also developing industry, commercial, and consumer innovations. With language connections and shared consumer markets, Angola’s cultural and creative assets can access international markets without significant adaptation. Festivals can also contribute to the cultural and creative potential of Angola.
Angola Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Review
Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Reviews are an analytical and policy learning process for a country’s science, technology and innovation (STI) stakeholders to understand the key strengths and weaknesses of their innovation systems and identify strategic priorities for its development. The result of this process is documented in the STIP Review document and considered at the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD). The focus of the study is on the national innovation system, innovative enterpreneurship and the mapping of the ecosystem of innovation and new digital technologies in Angola. This work is co-published by the United Nations and the United Nations Development Programme.
Vulnerability Profile: Angola
Prepared in the context of the process of Angola’s graduation from LDC status, this publication contains insights into the particular vulnerabilities or fragilities of the country and the implications of these disadvantages. The profile helps national authorities understand the critical relationship between the need for resilience-building action and LDC status as a basis for eligibility for special support to this action. It is organized around four pillars: (i) a situation analysis; (ii) identification of key areas of vulnerability; (iii) evaluation of the consequences of identified vulnerabilities; and (iv) identification of structures and features of the economy that are critical for a sustainable graduation and for reducing existing vulnerabilities.
Investment Policy Review - Angola
FDI in Angola has been highly volatile and concentrated in the extractive sector. Initiatives to improve investment attractiveness are hampered by various challenges affecting the policy environment. The IPR provides action-oriented recommendations to create an environment conducive to investment and leverage the FDI potential to progress towards sustainable development. The report contributes to the Government’s efforts to achieve the dual objective of graduating from least developed country (LDC) status and meeting the SDGs.
Revisão da política de investimento - Angola
FDI in Angola has been highly volatile and concentrated in the extractive sector. Initiatives to improve investment attractiveness are hampered by various challenges affecting the policy environment. The IPR provides action-oriented recommendations to create an environment conducive to investment and leverage the FDI potential to progress towards sustainable development. The report contributes to the Government’s efforts to achieve the dual objective of graduating from least developed country (LDC) status and meeting the SDGs.
Acknowledgements
This report was prepared by the Investment Policy Reviews Section under the supervision of Chantal Dupasquier, Chief of the Section, Division on Investment and Enterprise (DIAE). Overall guidance was provided by Joerg Weber, Head of the Investment Policies Branch, and James Zhan, Director, DIAE. The report was drafted by Joseph Clements, Ariel Ivanier, Laina Maia and Massimo Meloni. Substantive inputs were provided by Hamed El Kady.
Promoting sustainable investment in agribusiness
The Government of Angola is implementing reforms to promote economic diversification and reduce the country’s dependency on the extractive sector. Attracting FDI to productive sectors, such as agriculture and food processing, is a key objective of several government programmes, such as the PDN and PRODESI. Subsistence farming produces most of the agriculture outputs, but the expansion of the agriculture sector is hindered by limited access to finance, seeds and fertilizers, as well as a lack of skills and the use of obsolete technologies (Government of Angola, 2018a). Agriculture productivity is further affected by weak infrastructures, low connectivity, inefficient input markets, a lack of market information and the absence of food processing facilities (World Bank, 2018b). Therefore, despite its potential for agribusiness, the country remains a net importer of food (see context). Shifting from subsistence to commercial farming is essential to increase productivity, address food security and promote economic diversification. This chapter highlights the main opportunities for FDI in agribusiness and, building on the Principles for Responsible Agriculture Investment (PRAI) and UNCTAD’s experience on investment policy, investment promotion, enterprise development and business facilitation, it proposes an approach to attract investment in agriculture and mitigate associated risks.