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Report of the international conference on African Women and Economic Development : investing in our future
(1998-06)
This document focuses on the report of the international conference on “African women and economic development: investing in our future” held on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the economic commission for Africa. ...
African women and economic development. Investing in our future : Summary of proceedings
(1998-04)
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) took an unprecedented step of marking its 40th Anniversary by convening an International Conference on the theme, "African Women and Economic Development: Investing in Our Future" ...
Population policies, environment and sustainable development in the ECA region
(1998-06)
This paper states that presentation at the Nexus Seminar, North Africa Sub-Regional Development Center, Tangier (Morocco) 26-29 June 1998. It is common knowledge that, following the second world war, the phenomenon of rapid ...
Survey on economic and social conditions in West Africa in 1998 and prospect for 1999
(1998-11)
The SRDC-WA of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa is infinitely grateful to member States, IGOs and other development partners of West Africa, for placing at its disposal, the database used in preparing this ...
Introductory remarks
(1998)
The Working group, which was to meet annually, has for various circumstances not been able to meet until today. However,most of the activities had been undertaken to-date by the Joint ECA/OUA/ADB Secretariat with technical ...
Ad-hoc expert group meeting on "qualitative and quantitative measures of poverty in Africa" : Background Paper Recent Issues in Poverty Measurement
(1998-12)
As is generally well known the measurement of poverty involves two distinct, but interrelated exercises. ‘’identification’’ of the poor and the ‘’aggregation ‘’ of the information regarding the identified poor to derive ...
Macroeconomic coordination and harmonization among the countries of the Eastern African subregion : a discussion paper
(1998-04)
An integral part of the programme of work of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is to provide advisory services to member States, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) on ...
Creating opportunities for Africa's new generation : theme 4
(1998-04)
women and youth are Africa's largest untapped economic asset. To realize this untapped potential we must clearly identify the economic challenges facing Africa in the 21st Century as they pertain to the needs and expectations ...