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Experts adopt report calling for increased productivity and competitiveness
(2009-06)
Experts called on Southern African governments to adopt innovative ways of increasing productivity and improving business competitiveness. The call was made in the final report of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts ...
UNCTAD and UNECA subregional office for Eastern Africa
(2009-09)
Although external assistance will continue to play an essential role in Africa’s development, a focus on domestic resources to meet the medium- to long term development needs of African countries is justified. The launching ...
Meeting concludes with a firm strategy on Future negotiations on the Doha round
(2009-09)
The African Group of trade negotiators and experts concluded their two-day meeting in Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday 8th September with a firm commitment to work towards the resolution of the Doha Round of trade negotiations ...
Experts to formulate strategies for mainstreaming Africa's regional integration agenda at national level
(2009-10)
Pan-African institutions and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) will convene to devise strategies to translate commitments to regional integration into concrete actions at national level. Discussions will be held under ...
Experts and officials discuss "dry ports"in Ethiopia
(2009-11)
The expansion of existing and the creation of new dry ports in Ethiopia was the subject of a day-long workshop held at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). With no direct access to the sea, landlocked ...
African experts to address the low level of implementation of regional integration initiatives on the continent
(2009-10)
The Committee on Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration (CTRI), a subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Africa, opened its 6th session today in Addis with calls to fast track the effective implementation of ...
Big challenges face a United States of Africa, ECA governance panel conclude
(2009-05)
This press release delivered by Professor Okey Onyejekwe, a senior UN official. Prof. Onyejekwe made his remarks at a round table discussion where high level experts examined issues, problems and challenges of a United ...