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Scan-ICT Phase II: indicators of information and communications technologies: executive summary
(2009-03)
The Scan-ICT programme was launched in November 2000 as a collaborative project between the Acacia programme of the International Development Research Centre and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), ...
Outcome of the Regional Media Dialogue on the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
(2009-02)
South Africa, from 19 - 20 February 2009. The main objective of the
meeting was to increase understanding of and support for NEPAD as a
development framework through wider and deeper journalistic coverage.
The regional ...
Legal and regulatory framworks for the knowledge economy : concept paper
(2009-03)
In this context, this concept paper will analyze the development of e-commerce legal and regulatory frameworks which is an essential element in creation of an enabling environment for the knowledge economy. The paper focuses ...
Scientific development, innovation and the knowledge economy: premise for development in Africa?
(2009-04)
This model assumes that industrialization will be the main driver of growth. Consequently , development is measured essentially by levels of production and consumption, using indicators such as gross domestic product (GDP) ...
Report of the science and technology cluster
(2009-11)
The UN Regional Consultation Mechanism (RCM) was established to improve coordination and coherence at the regional level within the context of the UN Secretary- General’s reform agenda. Since 1999 regional consultative ...
Operational structural rationalization for effective and efficient service delivery: executive summary
(2009-09)
The operational and structural rationalization of the General Services Section (GSS) comes at a timely confluence of the UNECA repositioning strategy and the planned implementation of the enterprise resource planning (ERP). ...
Conference Calls for an emphasis on knowledge for development in Africa
(2009-07)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and South Africa’s University of Witwatersrand are co-organizing the 1st International Conference on African Digital Libraries and Archives. This forum will discuss ...
Etat de l'information, de la science et de la technologie au service du développement en Afrique
(2009-03)
Lors de la restructuration de la CEA, en 2006, une nouvelle division a été créée pour mettre en oeuvre le sous-programme «Exploitation de l’information aux fins du développement». La division des technologies de l’information ...
Report on ECA activities in the area of science and technology since the fifth session of the Committee on Development Information
(2009-03)
This report covers the activities undertaken since the Science and Technology Section was moved to the Information and Communication Technology, Science and Technology Division after the repositioning of the United Nations ...
Repositioning the African Institute of Economic Development and Planning for the challenges of the twenty first century
(2009-05)
In response to resolution 858 (XLI) adopted by the forty-first session of the Economic Commission for Africa in April 2008, the Executive Secretary of the Commission took steps towards alleviating the immediate financial ...