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African Ministers of Finance and Economic Development commit to placing Agriculture at the core of growth policies
(2010-03)
In the framework of the General Assembly Resolution 57/7, which recommends that NEPAD be the framework within which UN agencies support Africa’s development, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa ...
Third edition of the African Economic Outlook focuses on aid and Public Resource Mobilisation
(2010-07)
The African Economic Outlook has become a widely acclaimed annual report on African economies. AEO is the only recurrent report on Africa that provides country-by-country analysis of recent political, economic and social ...
UNECA and Microsoft join forces to support economic growth and opportunity in Africa
(2010-01)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and Microsoft announced the signing of a partnership agreement to promote development and foster regional cooperation in Africa by leveraging information and ...
UNECA and Microsoft join forces to support economic growth and opportunity in Africa
(2010-01)
Through the public-private partnership, UNECA and Microsoft will employ their respective expertise in a number of areas including: access to software and technical support; local software development; capacity building in ...
ECA's IDEP collaborates with UNDP in gender and economic management course
(2010-10)
The capacity building arm of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the Institute of Development and Economic Planning (IDEP), announced today in Tunis that it is collaborating with UNDP in designing and teaching a ...
Janneh outlines steps for Africa's long-term growth and economic development
(2010-10)
In a statement at the African Economic Conference which opened in Tunis, Janneh said given the desire of African countries for greater policy space, many traditional sources of finance, such as official development assistance, ...
ADF VII: social and human dimensions of climate change impact on Africa
(2010-10)
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is organizing, jointly with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Seventh African Development Forum (ADFVII) that will focus on “Acting on ...
African Economic Conference Ends in Tunis with Calls for Internal Resource Mobilization
(2010-10)
The fifth African Economic Conference designed to bring policy-makers, researchers, academics and development experts ended on Friday, October 29, 2010, after intense discussions on key development issues facing the ...
ECA to train experts on how to achieve macroeconomic policy convergence in East and North Africa
(2010-09)
Experts from various ministries of finance and planning; Central Banks, and regional economic communities (RECs) in North and East Africa will participate in a four-day workshop on how to enhance the capacity of African ...
Elections forum kicks off with strong emphasis on managing social identities
(2010-07)
Governance experts from across Africa began a meeting in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, with strong calls for “managing social diversity in a constructive, consultative and inclusive manner.” The forum is being held to map out ...