Overcoming Africa's Marginalization: Implementing the New Partnership for Africa's Development: Address to the African economic research consortium by K. Y. Amoako, executive secretary of the economic commission for Africa (ECA)

Abstract

This Statement delivered by K.Y. Amoako Executive Secretary, ECA at the African Economic Research Consortium Overcoming Africa’s Marginalization: Implementing the New Partnership for Africa’s Development. Mr. Amoako, on his remarks highlighted that, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has always sought to promote the best work of the African policy community. Not only does this strengthen the overall quality of our work, but in doing so, it also helps fulfil a key ECA mandate: bridging the gap between policymakers and policy analysts. In this endeavor, we continue to enjoy the excellent collaboration of AERC. only a small minority of Africans live in an economic environment considered minimally adequate to sustain growth and development. Only about a third of Africans live in countries with good economic policy stances, and relatively few live in countries which are perceived by the closest observers of performance to have the qualitative underpinnings of good development performance, governance, peer review, regional integration – we see a key role for African organizations and research institutions. For instance, in governance, we expect the research institutions to conduct the field-testing of the country surveys.