The document was well received by the Preparatory Committee. Several non-African delegations spoke in praise of the Common Position and many African delegations urged that the seriousness of human and social conditions in ...

This Survey, entitled Survey of Economic and Social Conditions in Africa, 1979-1980 reviews developments in the African region during the 1970s in the framework of the Second United Nations Development Decade, with emphasis ...

This document is a progress report on the establishment of the federation of African women entrepreneurs, an African bank for women and preparations for the fourth world conference on women, on The Advancement of women in Africa.

The Fourth Conference of African Ministers of Social Affairs was held at Africa Hall, Addis Ababa, from 25 to 26 March 1985. It was organized and convened by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the ...

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 ...