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The Economic Partnership Agreements : rationale, misperceptions and the non-trade aspects
(2007-11)
There has been much discussion and controversy surrounding the economic partnership agreements (EPAs) currently being negotiated between the EU and the African Caribbean and pacific (ACPs)countries. This paper aims to ...
Information note on the United Nations water resources development decade in Africa
(1963-10)
The General Assembly adopted on 19 December 1961 resolution (1710 XVI) in which the current decade has designated as the United Nations Development Decade and in which the Secretary-General was requested to develop proposals ...
Proceedings of the second joint annual meetings: of the African Union conference of ministers of economy and finance and the conference of African Ministers of finance, planning and economic development of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
(2009-06)
The Second Joint Annual Meetings of the African Union Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development was highlighted four key areas ...
Report of the comittee of experts of the second joint meeting of the AU conference of ministers of economy and finance and ECA conference of African ministers of finance, planning and economic developmet
(2009-06)
The twenty-eighth meeting of the Committee of Experts of the second Joint Annual Meetings of the AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic ...
The example of economic governance in Burkina Faso
(2006-02)
Burkina Faso like so many other African countries, adopted the Breton Woods Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP). The upshot of this participation was democratic openness, the high points of which were: the adoption of ...
Joint report of the Economic Commission for Africa, African Union Commission and United Nations Development Programme on the proceedings of the African plenary on national poverty reduction strategies and the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGS) : Cairo, Egypt 26-28 March 2006
(2006-04)
The High level African Plenary on National Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSs) and the Implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) emphasized the need for Member States to develop PRSs that spur rapid broad-based ...
Survey of economic and social conditions in Africa 2005
(2006-05)
Many developments witnessed in 2005 in the world economy have important implications for African economies in the short run and medium-term. The sustained rise in oil prices will continue to put pressure on energy costs ...
Macroeconomic framework conducive to employment generation for youth and women self-employment in West Africa
(2006-03)
The high unemployment and poverty in the West African countries in the midst of the resilient growth have rekindled the debate on the social consequences of recent economic reforms. Proponents of orthodox adjustment policies ...
Proposed strategic framework for the period 2012-2013: economic and social development in Africa: Programme 14
(2010-02)
The overall objective of the programme is to assist African countries to formulate and implement the policies and programmes that will lead to sustainable economic growth and social development, with particular emphasis ...
Climate change, agriculture and food security : issue paper 2
(2010-10)
Climate change poses important challenges for agriculture and food security in Africa. It directly affects food production through changes in afro-ecological conditions and indirectly affects growth and distribution of ...