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Fast-tracking Progress on the Millennium Development Goals in Africa
(2012)
With three years remaining until the 2015 Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) target deadline, African countries must ensure that policies sustain
and fast-track gains made thus far, especially for lagging MDGs. While ...
Report on economic and social conditions in West Africa in 2010 and outlook for 2011: a decade of the implementation of MDGs achievements and shortfalls
(2012-01)
In order to gain an understanding of the current challenges facing West Africa,appreciate the constraints that have contributed to the slowdown of its economic and social development, and conduct a valid assessment of its ...
Examen mutuel de l’efficacité du développement en Afrique: promesses et résultats
(2012)
L’Examen mutuel de l’efficacité du développement est un exercice de reddition mutuelle de comptes qui est réalisé conjointement par la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique et l’OCDE, suite à une demande ...
"Climate change and the rural economy in Southern Africa: issues, challenges and opportunities" : issues paper
(2012)
This study reviews the issues and challenges faced by SADC countries in addressing the impact of climate change on their rural economies and highlights opportunities arising from the climate-change
development agenda.The ...
Africa braces to become global growth pole, agrees most solutions must come from within
(2012-03)
African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Development have said that their countries will seize the opportunity provided by developments in the global economy and turn the region into a pole for global growth, underlying ...
Experts confident that Africa can claim the 21st Century
(2012-03)
African Economic Policy experts opened their annual meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia today with the firm belief that the continent can become a pole for global growth and thereby claim the 21st century. United Nations ...
Economic Report on Africa 2012: Unleashing Africa's Potential as a Pole of Global Growth
(2012-03)
This publication assesses long-term trends in Africa’s growth, analyses the factors behind the recent growth momentum, and provides global perspectives on the key challenges to be addressed, which are critical to unleashing ...
ECA spearheads East, Southern Africa consultation on post-2015 development agenda
(2012-10)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), today called on African governments and other stakeholders in the Continent’s development to participate fully in the current debate on the post-2015 development ...
Janneh gets first NEPAD most valued partner award
(2012-03)
The NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency today in Addis Ababa acknowledged the pan-African spirit and unrivalled support of the Executive Secretary of Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, awarding ...
The mutual review of development effectiveness in Africa : promise & performance
(2012)
The Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness is an exercise in mutual accountability undertaken jointly by the UN Economic Commission for Africa and the OECD following a request of NEPAD Heads of State and Government in ...