UNECA urges harmonizing informal cross-border trade to monitor intra-Africa trade

ADDIS ABABA, April 28 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on Friday called for harmonizing informal cross-border trade toward effectively monitoring intra-Africa trade.

The UNECA said in a statement issued on Friday that informal cross-border trade in Africa is known to be large and an important contributor to the livelihoods of millions of Africans, but there are no agreed methods to measure it accurately.