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African Regional Review Meeting of Almaty Programme of Action opens in Addis Ababa, hosted by the Economic Commission for Africa
(2008-06)
This statement was made today by the UN-Under Secretary and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Mr. Abdoulie Janneh in his welcoming address to around 80 representatives of African landlocked ...
African trade experts aim to revitalise world trade talks
(2004-11)
A "High-Level Brainstorming Meeting" for African trade negotiators and officials opens Thursday morning in Tunis, Tunisia, to discuss ways to revitalize world trade negotiations and restore development goals to the heart ...
African experts discuss improved management of foreign investment
(2004-11)
Harmonizing information and data related to foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa is seen as crucial to increasing FDI flows to and between African countries. The workshop is sponsored by the United Nations Conference ...
ECA head Abdoulie Janneh briefs African Ambassadors on upcoming activities for 2008
(2008-02)
A few weeks earlier, ECA will co-convene the first ever “Science with Africa”, on 3-7 March 2008. The aim of the Conference – which is intended to follow-up on the theme of last January’s African Union Summit is to raise ...
Africa 's Mineral Resources Ministers Endorse ECA inspired Mining Vision
(2008-10)
The 1st Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Conference of Ministers Responsible for Mineral Resources Development ended on Friday 17th October with a tacit endorsement of the draft “Africa Mining Vision”, which has ...
African experts meet in Cairo to discuss fiscal policy for domestic resource mobilization
(2009-06)
The Deputy Minister of Finance of the Arab Republic of Egypt, H.E. Mr. Hany K. Dimian, has called on African countries to use fiscal policy for contingency planning to cushion economies against crises. He made the remark ...
The AUC, ECA and key partners call for an institutionalized development dialogue
(2009-12)
Senior officials from the capitals of development partners and policy makers of the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) concluded the first AUC-ECA Strategic Partnership Dialogue ...
Seminar to promote road safety in Africa as a development priority
(2009-07)
Road traffic deaths and injuries are rising. Africa records 28 deaths on the road per 100,000 populations, the highest in the world and yet road safety is not considered as a sustainable development issue. This seminar is ...
Experts group meeting in Senegal concludes that Africa's external debt problem be put in wider context of financing development:
(2003-11)
An Expert Group meeting jointly organized by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Republic of Senegal on 17-18 November 2003 in Dakar gathered about 70 experts from around the world, including the African Union, ...
Task force planned to help compile better data on foreign investment
(2004-11)
African experts agreed Wednesday to establish a task force to support African officials who compile data on foreign direct investment. The agreement was reached at the end of a three-day workshop on FDI data management, ...