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Addis Ababa declaration on UNCTAD IX
(1996-02)
Among the development challenges facing many African countries, the most pressing are eradication of poverty, human resource development and the transformation of the productive structures of their economies, including the ...
Rapport sur les conditions économiques et sociales en Afrique Centrale, 2000: l'intégration et le financement du commerce intra sous-régional
(2000)
Cette tendance s’est prolongée également en Afrique centrale (comprenant les six pays de la CEMAC plus Sao Tomé & Principe) où il a été enregistré dans l’ensemble un taux de croissance de 4,0% à la fin de 2000.
Trade among the Developing Countries of Africa and East Asia
(1973-05)
This document presents information on the trade among the Developing Countries of Africa and East Asia. The study was carried out in three phases. In the first phase consisting of desk research, available information on ...
Can market access help African agriculture?
(2006-10)
This paper examines the implications for African economies of the possible outcomes from the ongoing agriculture negotiations in the Doha Round. The paper defines scenarios that capture key elements of the modalities ...
Africa and seattle World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference: an ECA perspective
(2011-10-22)
For many African countries, globalization and liberalization has posed serious challenges and adjustment to the momentum of developments generated by the process has proven difficult. The negotiations at the Seattle WTO ...
Gender dimensions of cross border trade in the East African community : Kenya/Uganda and Rwanda/Burundi border
(2009-10)
The main finding of the study is that informal cross border women traders across the region do not use available formal systems/structures for most of their transactions. This makes it difficult for regional trade policy ...
Afrique et l'organization mondiale du commerce (OMC) : Doha et au-delà
(2001-10)
Dans le pays africain type, l'agriculture est un secteur majeur qui contribue au produit intérieur brut, aux recettes d'exportation et aux emplois hauteur de 35%, de 40% et de 70% en moyenne, respective ment. Les activités ...
UN - ECA project triangle trade and cooperatio : a feasibility study on linking the economic reconstruction of Eastern Europe with African development strategies Vienna, Austria, July 1992
(1992)
This document is the result of an intensive grappling with problems of the economic reconstruction of the former communist standard models for the states of Europe. The tasks which these countries are facing are historic ...
Climate change, trade and industrial development
(2010-10)
Africa’s trade constitutes about three per cent of global trade. Exports are largely agricultural and unprocessed commodities from particularly resource-rich countries. Agriculture, mining and oil constitute more than 80 ...
International co-operation in the field of trade : provisional note on African positions
(1971-07)
The Second United Nations Development Decade therefore opened with a serious worsening in the terms of trade of the region. There is reason to fear that the effect of the strong inflationary trend in developed market economy ...