The present report, which is being submitted to the forty-third session of the Commission, covers the period between June 2009 and March 2010 and highlights the main achievements of the secretariat of the United Nations ...

Africa’s past performance and its endowment in resources suggest that the region’s growth prospects are bright. Although some African countries have used good policies and governance to spur unprecedented growth rates ...

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 ...

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 ...