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Rectas: blazing the trail in capacity building for geoinformation production and management for sustainable management of land ,environment and natural resources in Africa
(2001-09)
The need for a Regional Cartographic Centre was first mooted at the 1st United Nations (UN) Cartographic Conference held in 1963 in Nairobi, Kenya. Consequently, the 8th Session of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) ...
Final report : workshop on sustainable development indicator framework for Africa
(2011-03)
The main objective of me workshop was to discuss the Sustainable Development Indicator Framework for Africa, taking into account the need for a well framed and robust analysis of progress towards sustainable development ...
The scientific and technological perspective for the recovery and sustainable development of Africa, with particular emphasis on environmental aspects
(1987-06)
The objectives of the Conference includes:
(a) The critical assessment of the real chances for economic recovery and medium-term development;
(b) The analysis of the r required changes in the political, social, institutional, ...
L'économie verte dans le contexte du développement durable et de l'élimination de la pauvreté: Quelles sont les implications pour l'Afrique?
(2012-05)
Une économie verte peut être définie comme une économie qui produit un mieux-être humain et assure l’équité sociale, tout en réduisant de manière significative les risques sur l’environnement et les pénuries écologiques ...
Proposed programme of work and priorities for the Biennium 1990-1991
(1989-03)
The work programmme for the biennium 1990-1991 contained in this document represents the fourth biennial programme to be prepared within the framework of the United Nations Medium-term Plan for the period 1984-1991. The ...
The green economy and Africa’s economic transformation: a balancing act
(2015)
Two approaches underpin the current policy debate on African development trajectories: conventional structural economic transformation and transformation linked to the green economy. While structural economic transformation ...
Relever les défis du développement durable et de l'environnement en Afrique : (Document de synthèse)
(1996-01)
Le développement durable dépend d'une combinaison rationnelle des produits provenant des activités des secteurs économiques essentiels tendant aréaliser le développement social et économique, en d'autres
termes une élévation ...
Natural resources and technology: competitiveness and sustainable development in Africa
(2000-07)
This paper has been prepared for the Food Security and Sustainable Development Division by a visiting scholar, Mr. Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka. The views expressed are those of its author and do not necessarily reflect those ...
NEPAD agency says $2 billion committed to great green wall
(2012-06)
The focal point of the TerraAfrica programme at the NEPAD Agency, Mr. Ousmane Djibo, said yesterday in Rio that about $2 billion had been set aside to support the Great Green Wall project in the Sahel and West Africa, ...
Report on sustainable development goals for the West Africa subregion
(2015)
One of the key commitments of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) was the compelling need for elaborating sustainable development goals (SDGs) because of their potential usefulness for pursuing ...