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 Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) took an unprecedented step of marking its 40th Anniversary by convening an International Conference on the theme, "African Women and Economic Development: Investing in Our Future" ...

This document is in two parts. Part I outlines an analytical framework on women and transport and part II provides a synthesis of the studies. Ideally, the analytical framework ought to have been developed prior to the ...

Globalization is defined as a process through which finance, investment, production and marketing are increasingly dominated by firms whose vision and actions are not confined by national borders or national interests. ...

The SRDC-WA of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa is infinitely grateful to member States, IGOs and other development partners of West Africa, for placing at its disposal, the database used in preparing this ...

African policy makers face many economic, social and political challenges as they seek to improve material living standards and quality of life, and undertake their task of transformation in a context of complexity, rapid ...

Du 22 au 25 juin 1998 s'est tenue à Bangui la Réunion sous-régionale pour l'Afrique Centrale de suivi de la mise en oeuvre des Plates-formes d'Action de Dakar et de Beijing, au siège de la Communauté économique et Monétaire ...

Les femmes guinéennes ont toujours joue un rôle de pivot dans l'agriculture. Leur rôle et leurs activités dans les secteurs ruraux sont très diversifies. Elles interviennent dans la production agricole, l'élevage, la ...

women and youth are Africa's largest untapped economic asset. To realize this untapped potential we must clearly identify the economic challenges facing Africa in the 21st Century as they pertain to the needs and expectations ...

This report presents an overview of gender situation in West African member States and disclosing the extent the gender perceptive is reflected in the key areas of development issues. The gender initiative discussion goes ...