The risk of mother to child transmission of HIV (MTCT) has dropped to as low as 2% among the limited number of HIV-infected women in developed countries. In developing nations, however, particularly Sub-Saharan African ...

Les statistiques relatives à l'économie africaine sont à l'heure actuelle incomplètes et ne sont pas entièrement valables. On peut craindre, lorsqu’une grande partie des informations souhaitables manque purement et simplement, ...

In this article, the present demographic structures of the population of the East African countries have first been outlined. This is followed by a study of the recent population trends and the prospects for the future. ...

As reported in a country statement submitted by the present writer in connection with the technical meeting on pilot studies on fertility infant mortality and evaluation of population programmes held in Addis Ababa in ...

The aim of social progress and development, as set out in the preambular paragraph of part II of the Declaration, was "the continuous raising of the material and spiritual standards of all members of society, with respect ...

This important document has three important parts. Chapter one provides a comprehensive overview of the economic, social and institutional settings of the Amhara Regional State. Chapter Two provides quantitative information ...

During the second half of 1987, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UN/ECA) was asked to conduct a Manpower and Training Needs Survey for the Uganda Posts and Telecommunications Corporation. The survey was ...

This fifth issue of the Participatory Development Training Manuals is aimed at those who are actively engaged in development work, but who are not necessarily communication specialists. It, therefore, includes a fairly ...

This paper reports on the development and testing of a gender-aware Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) commutable general equilibrium model for South Africa to analyze the impact of fiscal policies and exogenous shocks ...

This document focused on ECA’s training programmes and training information notice.