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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) ...
Progress report on implementation of the first session of the Technical Committee on Natural Resources and Science and Technology
(2001-10)
This report aims at briefly providing information on the level of implementation of the decisions of the 1st meeting of the Committee on Natural Resources and, Science and Technology (CNRST-1). The report covers the period ...
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 ...
Enhancing Africa's competitiveness: policy issues in natural resources and science and technology
(2001-09)
The paper discusses the concept of competitiveness and how the concept has evolved over time. This analysis is useful to understand and assess the current state of competitiveness in Africa and how competitiveness can be ...
Rapport de la deuxième réunion du comité des ressources naturelles, de la science et de la technologie
(2002-05)
L'atelier a été organisé par le Centre Sous-Régional de Développement pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest de la Commission Economique des Nations-Unies pour l'Afrique (CSRD-AO/CEA) en collaboration avec la CEDEAO, l'UEMOA, et la ...
Rapport de la deuxième réunion de la comite des ressources naturelles de la science et de la technologie
(2001-10)
La deuxième réunion du Comite des ressources naturelles, de la science et de la technologie (CNRST-2) s'est tenue du 30 octobre au l’er novembre 2001 au siège de la Commission économique pour l'Afrique (CEA), Centre de ...
Preparations for the United Nations conference on science and technology for development
(1977-09)
The decision to convene a United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development in 1979 was taken "by the General. Assembly, at its seventh special session, in its resolution 3362 (S-VIl) of 16 September. ...
Systems of innovation, competitiveness and natural resources in Africa
(2001)
The paper deals about a number of sectors across the developing world the process of transformation into innovation systems has already begun. In this paper, we draw on these to illustrate the principles behind this ...
Report of the first meeting of the Committee on Natural Resources and cience and technology
(1999-12)
The First Meeting of the Committee on Natural Resources and Science and Technology (CNRST1) was held from 15 to 18 November 1999 at the Headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in the United ...
Underdevelopment and natural resource abundance in Africa
(1999-11)
It is common knowledge that the African continent is very richly endowed with vast natural resources. These resources range from agriculture to fossil fuels and solid minerals. Ironically also, 38 of the 43 countries ...