The subject of appropriate training programs designed to correct skill imbalances in Ethiopia is a very difficult one to deal with. Firstly, very little research on training skills has been carried out, either by industry ...

A consensus is currently emerging at the international level on the concept of sustainable development as outlined in the Brundtland report: a type of development which addresses the needs of the today's generation without ...

Economic conditions in Africa were very much subdued in 1998 as they were in 1997 due to inauspicious turn-out in the major determinants of economic activity in the region the weather condition and external economic environment.

This document focuses on the report of the international conference on “African women and economic development: investing in our future” held on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the economic commission for Africa. ...

The paper focuses on Africa has been experiencing a severe economic crisis resulting in constant decline of its economic growth rate which was estimated at 2.1 per cent for the period 1980-1990 and 1.4 per cent in 1990-1994. ...

According to official estimates, Sudan's economy recorded a slight improvement in 1997 as compared to 1996 reaching a growth rate of nearly 5 percent. However, other estimates tend to show that the overall performance might ...

The concept of participatory rural development is an emerging field of discipline. Its basic rationale is derived from the well documented failure of trying to develop the rural sector of Africa a with the people fenced ...

By resolution 242 (XI) of 23 February 1973 and a number of subsequent decisions relating to personnel and administrative questions, the Conference of Ministers requested the Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary ...

The 1984 issue of the African Socio-Economic Indicators, conveys the salient features of the social and economic trends in African countries for the period 1970-1983. The issue comprises tables and charts; and technical ...