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Experts welcome ECA country profiles, call for in-depth analysis
(2016-10)
Experts welcome ECA’s initiative to publish annual country and regional profiles with quarterly updates. Representing national statistical offices, central banks, regional economic communities and other stakeholders, the ...
Elections forum kicks off with strong emphasis on managing social identities
(2010-07)
Governance experts from across Africa began a meeting in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, with strong calls for “managing social diversity in a constructive, consultative and inclusive manner.” The forum is being held to map out ...
Planning for Africa's development
(2015-05)
Development planning is an important process for economic development and for many centuries, countries across the world have engaged and continue to engage in some form of planning. In some African countries, development ...
Executive secretary meets African Ambassadors for second quarterly briefing
(2013-03)
The Executive Secretary of ECA, Mr. Carlos Lopes, held his second quarterly briefing with African ambassadors to exchange views on the work of the Commission. The meetings continue to be a sounding board on how ECA is ...
Statistics : ECA initiates research in preparation for Sudan Country Profile
(2017-11)
A delegation of experts from the UN Economic Commission for Africa initiated a one week working visit to Sudan, to prepare the second edition of the Sudan Country profile. The ECA country profiles also contained locally ...
Ownership of Agendas 2030 and 2063 by African countries under spotlight in IDEP meeting
(2017-09)
Within the framework of the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) development seminar series, a high level round table dialogue on ownership of Agendas 2030 and 2063 by African countries, recently ...
Africa needs reliable statistics for economic planning and development
(2014-12)
African Statisticians have been urged to move on commitments to change the way data is produced for meaningful and evidence-based economic planning. The 8-12 December First Joint Session of the Committee of Directors General ...
Launch of the high level panel report on the post 2015 development agenda: Welcoming Remarks by Carlos Lopes UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA
(2013-08)
The Report underscores the need for five big transformative shifts. First, it calls for leaving no one behind, touching upon our concern that the MDGs were mostly silent on the issues of equality. Putting sustainable ...
20th Session of West African Intergovernmental Committee of Experts opens on planning and development.
(2017-05)
The Government of Burkina Faso, through the Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) opened the 20th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) for ...
Oceans: ECA introduces model to advance policy and economic planning in Africa
(2012-10)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and Applied Development Research Solutions (ADRS) announced the launch of the Online Economic Analysis System (OCEANS), a web-based economics tool to help policymakers ...