The first session of UNCTAD was widely thought to have laid down a number of important new principles on the basis of which detailed measures for a new international economic system could be worked out. These measures ...

The present report discusses the role of science and technology and concludes with a scheme for the establishment of a network of seven sub regional technological research institutes. While the focus on a scheme of this ...

This paper deals with the report on the progress made on the establishment of an African development bank.

This paper deals on the outset of any study of the means of developing the economies of African countries that the attainment of policy objectives will in most cases be dependent on the solution of the large number of ...

The Economic Commission for Africa adopted a resolution at its fourth session 55 (iv) which called upon the standing Committee on Industry and Natural Resources to urgently consider the dissemination of technical information ...

This paper focuses on Financial sector reforms in Africa : realities and problems. Financial systems in Africa are characterized by the low level of financial intermediation which takes place in the formal sector, the ...

This paper focuses on report of the executive committee on staff and administrative questions. At its eleventh meeting, held in June 1974, the Executive Committee had requested the Executive Secretary to send letters to ...

This document contains information on Enhancing the role of women in domestic trade, of the Technical Meeting of Experts of the Twelfth Session of the Conference of African Ministers of Trade, held in Tunis, Tunisia, from ...

This paper examines the various factors that contributed to Africa's loss of competitiveness and evaluate the potential for future export growth in light of recent developments in the Uruguay round of multilateral trade ...

This report has been prepared pursuant to Para. 54 of the Strategies doc. E/ECA/TRADE/89/25/Rev.5 which inter alia urges the Executive Secretary of ECA, in collaboration with other relevant international organizations and ...