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ECA and UNCTAD course highlighted key issues on international economic agenda
(2009-02)
Better understanding of the infrastructure necessary to foster competitiveness and the relevance of transportation to trade and key issues in international trade negotiations and regionalism were the focus of the United ...
After the MDGs, renewed commitment and financing required to spur Africa's development
(2015-09)
Leadership, innovation and targeted investments in a number of social sectors have led to transformative interventions and in many cases revolutionized people’s lives, says an annual report produced jointly by the Economic ...
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 ...
Youth forum to address Africa's transformational agenda as AU marks golden jubilee
(2013-05)
The month of May will be marked by celebrations to mark 50 years since the establishment of the Organization for African Unity, now the African Union, around the theme: “Pan Africanism and African Renaissance.” To mark the ...
Southern Africa comes up with roadmap on developmental state
(2015-07)
A regional conference on Building Democratic Developmental States for Economic Transformation in Southern Africa ended Wednesday last week in Pretoria, South Africa, with far reaching recommendations to provide policy ...
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 ...
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, ...
Capacity building workshop - Addis Ababa, 14 november 2007
(2007-11)
This capacity building workshop is the last in a series of meetings that have been convened in the context of a United Nations Development Account project on “ Knowledge networking and sharing in a south-south partnership ...
African think tanks relevant despite challenges
(2015-04)
Think tanks play a powerful and influencing role in Europe and North America but in Africa, they struggle not only for acquiring funding but also for finding and defining their role in a changing and challenging continent. ...
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 ...