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Knowledge economy key to job creation - high-level meeting to discuss
(2007-04)
The Economic Commission for Africa is to host a weeklong meeting aimed at using advances in information and communications technology to boost employment on the continent. Discussions at the fifth meeting of the Committee ...
Scan-ICT Phase II: indicators of information and communications technologies: executive summary
(2009-03)
The Scan-ICT programme was launched in November 2000 as a collaborative project between the Acacia programme of the International Development Research Centre and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), ...
Legal and regulatory framworks for the knowledge economy : concept paper
(2009-03)
In this context, this concept paper will analyze the development of e-commerce legal and regulatory frameworks which is an essential element in creation of an enabling environment for the knowledge economy. The paper focuses ...
Towards a knowledge based economy : the relevance of curricula in Africa?
(2001-10)
The emphasis of education policies in Africa on primary and secondary and tertiary education has recently been critized, the main reason being that although enrollment rates have increased, economic growth rates have hardly ...
Scientific development, innovation and the knowledge economy: premise for development in Africa?
(2009-04)
This model assumes that industrialization will be the main driver of growth. Consequently , development is measured essentially by levels of production and consumption, using indicators such as gross domestic product (GDP) ...
Report of the fourth meeting of the committee on development information (CODI) : Information as an economic resources
(2005-04)
The Fourth Meeting of the Committee on Development Information (CODI) on the theme “Information as an Economic Resource” was held in the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) at the Headquarters of the Economic Commission ...
Follow-up to the world summit on the information society: report to the fifth Committee on Development Information (CODI-V)
(2007-04)
This document provides a Follow-up to the World Summit on the
Information Society and a Report to the Fifth Committee on
Development Information (CODI-V).
New ECA-Sponsored Initiative Offers African Scientists Training in U.S.
(2008-12)
The new initiative, African Science to Business Challenge will solicit proposals in the biomedical engineering and water quality fields from researchers who are interested in receiving additional training in the United ...
ECA and African Development Bank to convene 3rd African Economic Conference in Tunis
(2008-11)
The Third African Economic Conference (AEC) jointly organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will convene from 12-14 November in Tunis, Tunisia on ...
Perspectives on Africa's development
(2000-05)
The speeches collected in this volume reflect the hope that Africans can justifiably feel, as painful economic and political reforms begin to pay off in higher rates of economic growth, improved living standards and more ...