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Africa needs a new paradigm for development in the 21st century
(1999-10)
Speakers set the scene for the first African Development Forum by highlighting domestic private sector, science and technology, good governance as key requirements for a progressing Africa. Experts from governments, the ...
Meeting of intergovernmental group of experts
(1997-04)
The Intergovernmental Group of Experts meeting of the African Ministers of Finance opens here today at the Headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in preparation for the Ministerial Conference, ...
Secretary-general emphasizes role of private sector in industrial growth in message to assembly as it commemorates Africa Industrialization day
(1994-11)
Twenty November is Africa Industrialization Day. It 'is the day when Africa celebrates its achievements in the field of industry, and commits itself to industrialization as part of its development goals. The theme of this ...
ECA Ministerial Conference Kicks off with strong words on Africa's debt overhang: thirty-third Session of the Commission/twenty-fourth meeting of the Conference of Ministers/ Seventh Conference of African Ministers of Finance
(1999-05)
Strong words on Africa's debt crisis marked the opening here today of the Joint Conference of African Ministers of Finance and Ministers of Economic Development and Planning, convened under the theme "The Challenges of ...
A meeting on new strategic directions for ECA opened today in Addis Ababa(22 Jan 1996)
(1996-01)
A group of experts to review the background paper on the new strategic directions for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa(ECA) begun in Addis Ababa. The strategic focus is basically set up five program ...
UNDP forum on Asian-African development opens in Indonesia
(1994-12)
President Soeharto of Indonesia, in his inaugural address at the opening ceremony, in Jakarta on 12 December-1994, of the Asia Africa Forum, said the economic cooperation among developing countries was one of the keys to ...
ECA gears up for Sixth session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, 31 March - 2 April 1997
(1997-04)
Some 30 African Ministers of Finance and 20 Governors of African Central Banks are to meet top-level policy makers from the world's major financial institutions in Addis Ababa, Headquarters of the Economic Commission for ...
Debt relief must focus on poverty reduction, institutional reform and transparency
(1999-07)
African stakeholders reach consensus on key areas for reforming the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative Addis Ababa, 23 July 1999 (ECA) "Broader, deeper, faster debt relief will only be effective if funds ...
Press Releases: Sixth session of conference of African finance Ministers to examine World Bank and IMF's Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative
(1997-04)
With only 9 countries out of 51 for which data is available classified by the World Bank as relatively free of external debt problems, and 32 as severely indebted, the Conference of African Ministers of Finance -- organized ...
African experts to inform ECA issues paper for TICAD II
(1997-10)
Leading Africans are to meet to brainstorm on an input to the upcoming Tokyo Conference on African Development (TICAD II), due to be held in Japan in October or November 1998. The gathering of leading African policymakers, ...