Unleashing Africa's potential as a pole of global growth : issues paper
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United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa.;African Union Commission;
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This issues paper identifies important issues and questions for consideration by African ministers, central bank governors and high-level experts, regarding how Africa can be part of the solution to the problem of global recession and imbalances. Following this introduction, the next chapter examines the key institutional and policy factors that have shaped Africa’s growth performance in the last four decades and highlights the opportunities and potential for the continent to become a pole of global growth. Chapter III highlights a set of binding constraints that must be addressed, focusing on issues of governance, institutions, leadership and natural resource management, human capital development, gender equality, infrastructure, the business and investment climate, and promotion of regional integration and partnerships, while chapter IV focuses on the issue of development financing.
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa.; African Union Commission (2012-01). Unleashing Africa's potential as a pole of global growth : issues paper. UN. ECA Meeting of the committee of experts of the 5th joint annual meetings of the AU conference of ministers of economy and finace and ECA conference of African ministers of fince, planning and economic development (5th : 2012, Mar. 22-25: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia).. Addis Ababa :. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/21119”Conference
UN. ECA Meeting of the committee of experts of the 5th joint annual meetings of the AU conference of ministers of economy and finace and ECA conference of African ministers of fince, planning and economic development (5th : 2012, Mar. 22-25: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia).Collections
- Economic Development [8020]
- Regional Integration [2713]