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African Ministers of Finance and Economic Development commit to placing Agriculture at the core of growth policies
(2010-03)
In the framework of the General Assembly Resolution 57/7, which recommends that NEPAD be the framework within which UN agencies support Africa’s development, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa ...
Overview of economic and social conditions in Africa in 2009
(2010-02)
The global recession negatively affected economic activity in Africa in 2009. The continental gross domestic product (GDP) growth decelerated from 4.9 per cent in 2008 to 1.6 per cent in 2009, as demand and prices for ...
Third edition of the African Economic Outlook focuses on aid and Public Resource Mobilisation
(2010-07)
The African Economic Outlook has become a widely acclaimed annual report on African economies. AEO is the only recurrent report on Africa that provides country-by-country analysis of recent political, economic and social ...
UNECA and Microsoft join forces to support economic growth and opportunity in Africa
(2010-01)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and Microsoft announced the signing of a partnership agreement to promote development and foster regional cooperation in Africa by leveraging information and ...
UNECA and Microsoft join forces to support economic growth and opportunity in Africa
(2010-01)
Through the public-private partnership, UNECA and Microsoft will employ their respective expertise in a number of areas including: access to software and technical support; local software development; capacity building in ...
ECA : business plan 2010-2012
(2010)
This Business Plan covering the period 2010-2012 is a strategic articulation of ECA’s program of work in the coming three years. It outlines the achievements of the 2007-2009 Business Plan and highlights how ECA plans to ...
Promoting high-level sustainable growth to reduce unemployment in Africa : issues paper
(2010-02)
This issues paper provides a basis for discussion on a new and more effective approach to strengthen the growth-employment-poverty reduction nexus, which has been largely overlooked in policy formulation and implementation ...
Concept paper: consultative meeting on "financial regulatory model/s and reforms for knowledge economy to promote sustainable socio-economic growth in Africa
(2010-03)
Advances in information and communication technologies (lCT's) over the last decade have brought dramatic improvements and unprecedented opportunities for Africa's participation in the global networked economy. The global ...
ECA to train experts on how to achieve macroeconomic policy convergence in East and North Africa
(2010-09)
Experts from various ministries of finance and planning; Central Banks, and regional economic communities (RECs) in North and East Africa will participate in a four-day workshop on how to enhance the capacity of African ...
Report of the first meeting of the Committee on Development Information Science and Technology : CODIST-1
(2010-02)
The First Meeting of the Committee on Development Information, Science and Technology (CODIST) on the theme “Scientific Development, Innovation and the
Knowledge Economy”, was held in the United Nations Conference Centre ...