The Survey for 1977-1978 is also the fourth biennial review of progress during the "Second' United Nations 'Development Decade' and" is published' in' two" parts.Part I.includes a summary and after reviewing the international ...

The stagnation in GDP in the 1970s and the high rate of population increase caused a pronounced fall in per capita GNP from 624: in 1975: to 510 in 1978 (at 1975 prices). Furthermore, as a result of the very high rate of ...

This study aims essentially at identifying the areas where basic African economic and social statistics need particular improvement to meet the needs of these far-reaching strategies implied in new international economic ...

This document presents the Survey of economic and social conditions in Africa 2004-2005, of the Twenty-fourth meeting of the Committee of Experts Thirty-eighth session of the Commission/Conference of the Conference of ...

According io preliminary estimates of ECA, African developing countries as a whole grew at an average annual rate of about 5.5 per cent in 1979 compared with an average growth of 4.6 per cent in 1978. However, most of the ...

The Survey for 1977-1978 is also the fourth biennial review of progress during -the .Second United Nations Development Decade and is published in two parts. Part I includes a summary and after reviewing the.international ...

The 1986 season was generally good for agriculture allover the region and some countries recorded exceptional harvests. The broad trend of agricultural production over the years was resumed after the strong rise in 1985, ...

The Conference of Ministers is invited to consider the role of quantitative information in African development, particularly in the context of the Lagos Plan of Action. The main thesis of the present paper is that effective ...

The food supply situation which was so critical in the previous years due tb drought and other calamities, except in a few countries returned to normal in 1985. In spite of the recorded increase in value added of agriculture ...

The purpose of this paper is to show the resolutions and decisions made by African Union members.Considering that statistical information is vital for decision-making by all components of the society, particularly policy ...