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New publication proposes a new social contract for future generations
(2013-11)
Published under the Portuguese title, Novo Contrato Social. Propostas para esta geração e para as futuras (2013) this book challenges the reader to rethink the possibility of a new social contract based on notions of ...
Experts welcome ECA country profiles, call for in-depth analysis
(2016-10)
Experts welcome ECA’s initiative to publish annual country and regional profiles with quarterly updates. Representing national statistical offices, central banks, regional economic communities and other stakeholders, the ...
African economic outlook makes a case for accelerating youth employment
(2012-09)
Africa could take advantage of its expanding youth population to sustain and accelerate the economic and social development of the continent, says the 2012 edition of the African Economic Outlook launched today in Addis ...
Africa's economic growth threatened by serious demographic challenges, population experts warn
(2013-09)
Africa should use its rising and young population as a means of rapidly growing its economy, said Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Abdalla Hamdok. At the opening of a ...
2013 edition of African Economic Outlook to be Launched in Addis Ababa
(2013-09)
The 2013 African Economic Outlook report will be launched on September 26 in Addis Ababa. The annual report is jointly published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Development Bank ...
Africa 2.0: harnessing natural resource wealth for economic transformation
(2013-09)
The forum will discuss the need to create opportunities for sustainable employment and wealth creation and the need for Africa to make the most of its natural resources. In this regard, concentrating on the sectors that ...
Finance minister Okonjo-Iweala to launch Africa economic report
(2013-07)
“The report is based on nine studies of African countries, which have helped to generate evidence-based policy recommendations. The policy framework offered underscores, inter alia , the importance of designing and ...
ECA to convene committee on human and social development meeting in Addis Ababa
(2013-09)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Social Development unit, is hosting the third session of the Committee on Human and Social Development (CHSD) on October 2 in Addis Ababa. The meeting ...
Forthcoming New Publication - African Governance Report 2013 Elections and the Management of Diversity in Africa
(2013-07)
This report investigates the challenge of elections in its interface with diversity management in Africa. The report traces the genealogy of elections in Africa; the political and constitutional infrastructure on which ...
Addressing Inequality is indispensable for better economic outcomes
(2016-02)
Inequality is still a growing concern in Africa and there is robust evidence that it undermines economic and social development in many parts of the continent. The meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts in ...