The present document reviews in summary way major trends in the African region in the framework of the International Development Strategy for the 1980s as well as the Lagos Plan of Action. The period under review covers ...

The 1986 season was generally good for agriculture allover the region and some countries recorded exceptional harvests. The broad trend of agricultural production over the years was resumed after the strong rise in 1985, ...

This paper focuses on the strategies for financial resource mobilization for Africa’s development in the 1990s. African economies are characterized by a low level of per capita income, high marginal propensity to consume, ...

The fourth meeting of the Inter-governmental Committee of Experts of African Least Developed Countries was held in Addis Ababa. Socialist Ethiopia, from 11 to 13 April 1985. The meeting was opened at 15:00 hrs on 11 April ...

The present paper is just an attempt to throw some light on some aspects of the problems of the African least developed countries. Its limitations lie, inter alia, both in the methods used and in the fact that it deals ...

The seventh meeting of the Conference of Ministers of African Least Developed Countries was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 21 and 22 April, 1987 At the opening session, statements were made by: Comrade Mersie Ijigu, ...

The seventh meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts of African Least Developed Countries was held in Niamey, the Niger, from 1 to 4 April 1988 to prepare for the eighth meeting of the Conference of Ministers ...

This document is a 2008 report of The Assessment progress in Africa towards the milliennium development goals, of the First Joint Annual Meetings of the AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and ECA Conference ...

The fifth meeting of the technical preparatory committee of the whole was held in Addis Ababa from June 15 to 21 May 1984. The meeting was attended by representatives of the following states members of the commission: ...

The proportion of the population in Africa living under conditions of poverty has increased at an even faster rate, both in the rural areas, where the economy continued to decline and in the cities, where there has been ...