ECA launches web based tool to monitor progress in least developed countries

Abstract

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has launched a web-based visualization tool which spatially tracks national and sub-national progress in the implementation of the various programmes of action designed to address the structural handicaps to economic growth in the LDCs. The tool was demonstrated in Istanbul at the just concluded UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries, according to the Information and Communication Service (ICS) of ECA at the conference. ECA LDC Monitor is a visualization tool that tracks progress by capturing and exhibiting performance at national and subnational levels; providing policy makers with geo spatial information crucial for targeted interventions and ensuring integrated assessment of national and subnational performance. It provides policymakers with a visual overview of progress that is easy to grasp and accessible to a wide audience and empowers stakeholders with an invaluable and simple-to-use tool for advocacy.