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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 ...
Commodity based industrialization is a must for Cameroon and other African countries economic report on Africa 2013
(2013-06)
This year’s Economic Report on Africa identifies inclusive growth and job creation as major challenges for the continent due to its perennial dependence on
the exportation of raw materials. Focusing on the theme “Making ...
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 ...
Experts from southern Africa to enhance policy responses to financial and economic crisis
(2010-03)
These policy responses are being reviewed by the 16th session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of the Economic Commission for Africa-Southern Africa Office (ECA-SA), which is taking place from 24 to 25 ...
Economic Report on Africa 2010 calls for job creation to be a priority for African countries
(2010-03)
African countries must prioritize the creation of decent jobs as a central pillar of macroeconomic policy in order to attain the millennium development goals and eradicate poverty, according to the forthcoming Economic ...
African Ministers of Finance and Economic Development commit to placing Agriculture at the core of growth policies
(2010-03)
African Ministers of Finance, Economic Planning and Development have resolved to give pride of place to the high potential of the agricultural sector to create jobs, by granting subsidies to small scale farmers through the ...