African Ministers Urge to Include Gender Equality and Women's Access to Resources as Indicators of Socio-Economic Progress

Abstract

The African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development convened their Conference under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Meeting the challenges of implementing the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), operationalizing mutual account- ability; contributing to making the International Monetary Fund work better for Africa; and overcoming the macroeconomic challenges of HIVIAIDS were the main issues discussed by the Conference. The Conference also stressed its commitment to further promote importance of the African Peer Review Mechanism and welcomed the accession by 15 African countries to the APRM, while urging others to sign up The APRM process has already identified a number of key indicators - spanning democracy and political governance; economic governance and management; corporate governance; and socioeconomic development, that will be monitored.