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UN Global Compact XII Annual Local Network Forum & UN System Private Sector Focal Points Meeting: statement by Carlos Lopes UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA
(2014-06)
A study on “Reputation and Corporate Social Responsibility”, published by Reputation Institute in 2013, indicates that within the fifteen largest markets in the world, only five per cent of companies are seen as making a ...
The private sector to the rescue of regional integraton in North Africa
(2014-03)
Evidence shows that the actors in this sector feel increasingly concerned by economic, political and social issues related to the integration process, especially in the North African region who is witnessing currently ...
Élargir la participation du secteur privé local dans les secteurs du bâtiment et de l’énergie en Afrique grâce à une politique industrielle moderne
(2016)
Impliquer davantage des acteurs locaux dans les grands projets d’infrastructures est un enjeu de
taille pour l’Afrique. Le secteur privé national est notablement absent des secteurs de la construction
et de l’énergie qui ...
Innovative financing for the economic transformation of Africa
(2015-03)
This book builds on the issues papers and synthesis of discussions of the Ninth African Development Forum, organized by the Economic Commission for Africa and its strategic African partners, and examines five thematic ...
Africa's Private Sector can partner on development
(2014-06)
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes called on the private sector to adopt corporate social responsibility and advance the continent’s development. Speaking to private sector ...
Public-private partnerships in Africa's energy sector : challenges best practices and emerging trends
(2011-07)
This paper is designed to be a key early output of the PPP-related activities of GPAD’s 2010-2011 Work Programme, which in turn is part of a broader mandate of the UNECA to promote private sector and enterprise development ...
Korean government and ECA renew partnership for Africa's transformation
(2013-07)
The Government of Korea and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at elevating their longstanding partnership to a higher level. The MoU ceremony took place on ...
Experts urge caution on African public-private partnerships that are not "People-centered"
(2012)
Experts examining the role of the private sector and the civil society in the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) today ended a two-day workshop in Addis Ababa and called on African ...
Diaspora and private sector major contributors to African industrialization
(2013-07)
Since it first launched in 2000, the Economic Report on Africa is one ECA’s flagship publications, focusing each year on different areas where Africa shows room for improvement. The 2013 report, entitled “Making the Most ...
Private sector in Southern Africa tackles tripartite free trade area
(2011-12)
Private Sector representatives met in Johannesburg at a forum to discuss experiences of doing business in the Tripartite Free Trade Area (T-FTA). The Private Sector Forum was organized by the United Nations Economic ...