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 ...

Le document contient le plan-programme biennal concernant les activités de la CEA pour la période 2006-2007, y compris les objectifs, les réalisations escomptées et la stratégie pour chacun des huit sous-programmes. Le ...

This is the first issue of Africa's Sustainable Development Bulletin, (ASDB), an initiative of the Sustainable Development Division (SDD) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). ASDB will be produced annually in English ...

The aim of this Issues Paper is to review progress so far made since the Beijing Platform for Action (BPA). 1995 in the production and use of gender-dis-aggregated data (ODD) to address key issues in policy making towards ...

Now and again, it has been argued that lack of appropriate/improved technologies and non-use of complementary improved inputs are the root causes of the African vicious circle of low agricultural productivity, food shortage, ...

Science and technology are at the core of food security and sustainable development. In the agricultural sector in Africa, key challenges remain in increasing agricultural production and delivery through the harnessing of ...

This briefing note highlights major ways in which ECA has successfully implemented key elements of its work programme in the period under review through six major modalities it also review the way forward in order to deepen ...

This statement addressed by the secretary-General to the African Union Summit. The Secretary-General on his remarks highlighted that, the vision of the Union, the principles that should guide it, and the strategies it ...

The Regional Ministerial Review Conference on Implementation of the Dakar/Ngor Declaration on Population, Family and Sustainable Development (DND) and the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population ...

The pursuit of a Green Revolution in Africa can only proceed from a full recognition of the complexity arising from the diversity of agro-ecological zones, farming systems and socio-cultural contexts of the continent. It ...