Report of the second meeting of the advisory board on statistics in Africa

Abstract

The second session of ABSA was held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 24 April 2005. The meeting started at 9:30 a.m., and was attended by the following board members: Angola, Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, COMESA, ECOWAS, East African Statistical Training Centre (EASTC). The meeting was also attended by observers from the following countries and organizations: Ethiopia, France, Mauritius, Morocco, Tanzania, Tunisia, and Zambia, AFRISTAT, Makerere University, PARIS21, PHCCO, and UNESCO Institute for Statistics.