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Renewing ECA to serve Africa better: a framework for partnership
(1997)
The case for the renewal is compelling. African countries are in the midst of multiple transitions — from state-dominated to free-market oriented economies,from autocracy to democracy and, in some cases, from conflict to ...
Rural progress : vol. xi, No. 2, 1992
(1992)
The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for Strategic Planning and Management of Interventions (SPMI) by governments at national, sub regional and regional levels.
African common position on the African environment and development agenda : annex IV -programme briefs
(1992-06)
The Immediate and medium-term objectives of the program will be to strengthen national food production capacity for self-sufficiency by: improvement of food production,rural transport, technology and techniques;enhancing ...
A green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication: what are the implications for Africa?
(2012-05)
A green economy can be defined as one that results in improved human well-being and social equity,while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities (UNEP 2011).In a green economy, growth in income ...
Food and agriculture in Africa: ECA/FAO agriculture division
(1993)
The objective of this report is to present a general framework for an analytical approach to marketing reform in developing countries. It also offers some suggestions on how to develop and implement a comprehensive marketing ...
A symposium: famine in Ethiopia: learning from the past to prepare for the future
(1995-03)
In 1973/74 Ethiopia fell victim to a major famine, which is estimated to have cost some 200.000 lives. Although famines have been recurring phenomena in Ethiopia’s long history. That particular famine proved to be fateful, ...
Rural progress : Vol.XII, No.2,1993
(1993)
ECA publishes the bi-yearly journal, Rural Progress, to facilitate the dissemination of information and the exchange of experience in integrated rural development in Africa with a view to creating a more informed interest ...
The nexus of food security, population and environment in North Africa
(2001)
The nexus of food security, population and environment, with concern for sustainable development, has become one of the main themes of the Economic Commission for Africa, and its sub-regional development centers. At the ...
Rural progress
(1991)
It is now generally accepted that in most African countries, the magnitude and extent of economic growth and development is critically determined by enhanced productivity and expanded production of food crops. The continent ...
Improving food security in Africa : the ignored contribution of livestock
(1995-06)
This document focuses on improving food security in Africa: the ignored contribution of livestock. The main thrust and vision highlighted in this monograph are concerned with the eradication of hunger and malnutrition in ...