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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) ...
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 ...
Rapport d'examen africain sur l'exploitation minière : résumé
(2009-09)
La résolution A/58/218 de l'Assemblée générale des Nations Unies donné mandat aux commissions régionales des Nations Unies, en collaboration avec la Commission des Nations Unies sur le développement durable (CSD), les ...
Rapport sur les conditions économiques et sociales en Afrique du nord 2001 - 2002
(2003-04)
Le présent rapport sur les conditions économiques et sociales en Afrique du Nord 2002 suit le modèle adopté pour le rapport de I 'année 2001, présenté lors de la 17ème réunion du CIE en avril 2002. Il tient compte, dans ...
Africa's sustainable development bulletin : assessing sustainable development in Africa 2005
(2005)
In this article, the need for assessing the status of sustainable development in Africa is rationalized. Then, the need for devising tools to facilitate the tracking of progress is discussed. While the complex and inter-related ...
Programme d'action en faveur des pays les moins avances: un an après Bruxelles
(2002-09)
Le Programme d'action de Bruxelles en faveur des pays les moins avances (PMA) pour la décennie 2001-2010 est différent des précédents Programmes en ce qui concerne ses objectifs, son orientation, sa portée et ses mécanismes ...
Report of the ad hoc expert group meeting on the Impact of food aid and agricultural subsidies on long-term food security sustainability in southern africa
(2006-12)
This is a report of a meeting of experts in food aid, food security and agricultural
subsidies which took place in Lusaka, Zambia from 13 to 15 December 2006 to
consider the outcome of a study on the impact of food aid ...
Report of the joint ECA/UNEP Ad-Hoc high level stakeholders meeting on sustainable development
(2000-01)
The High Level Stakeholders Meeting on Sustainable Development was held at the UN Conference Centre, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) from 17 to 19 January 2000. The meeting was convened to set up a preparatory process for the review ...
Mainstreaming mineral wealth in growth and poverty reduction strategies
(2004)
The paper argues that poor performance is not an inherent characteristic of minerals-driven economies. It considers mineral endowments a capital that can spur growth and reduce poverty in developing countries if deployed ...
Rapport sur les conditions économiques et sociales en Afrique Centrale, 2003
(2003-04)
Dans un environnement international empreint d’incertitudes avec des performances mondiales globalement faibles, l’Afrique Centrale enregistre pour la quatrième année consécutive, un taux de croissance positif qui, de ...