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ECA Governance report points to improved governance amidst formidable challenges
(2008-02)
The Governance and Public Administration Division (GPAD), begun a two-day workshop to review the draft of the second edition of the African Governance Report (AGR II), due for publishing in the coming months. AGR is a ...
Sustainable Development Report on Africa (SDRA)
(2008-05)
The Economic Commission for Africa has released the second edition of its flagship publication, the Sustainable Development Report on Africa (SDRA), as the 16th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD ...
Minister calls on African experts gathered at ECA to interrogate the implementation deficit
(2008-03)
African experts should carefully examine why the continent has failed to implement numerous international agreements to which it is signatory to, before charting a way forward on the continent's development, according to ...
"ATPC proposals on an African template for EPAs endorsed at end of continental workshop"
(2008-10)
African experts on Friday ended a continental workshop on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between European and African countries at ECA headquarters in Addis Ababa with the endorsement of proposals towards an African ...
Experts to promote cross-border energy exchange for sustainable development in Africa
(2008-09)
The Forum on “interconnections and electricity access for sustainable development in Africa” which was organized last week in Addis Ababa, by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the United Nations Department for ...
Joint AU-ECA conference of ministers of gender and women's affairs: statement of the experts meeting on accelerating the implementation of women and human rights commitments in Africa
(2008-07)
The introduction by UNIFEM and AU WGDD of an implementation framework that proposes the integration of women's rights in regional. national and local government development plans, strategies and programs and the adoption ...
The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) discusses Africa's expectations from aid for trade at workshop in Bonn
(2008-12)
A representative of the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), which is based at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia recently attended a workshop in Bonn, Germany to discuss ...
Milestone Signed by ECA and UNCCD on Climate Change
(2008-03)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly ...
Africa recorded a high growth rate in 2007 and growth is projected to remain high in 2008, according to ECA
(2008-04)
African economies are forecast to grow by an average of 6.2% in 2008, according to the latest edition of the Economic Report on Africa (ERA 2008), the annual joint flagship publication of the United Nations Economic ...
Addressing gender equality: a persistent challenge for Africa AU/ECA conference of Ministers of gender and women's affairs kicks off today in Addis Ababa
(2008-08)
The Conference of Ministers of Gender and Women’s Affairs jointly organized by the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) kicks off today Monday 25, August 2008 with a two-day meeting ...