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ECA official highlights links between social protection and poverty alleviation
(2012-01)
A senior official of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) said in New York today that social protection schemes are important for poverty alleviation, economic growth and development in Africa, citing ...
Africa is the second fastest growing continent - Economic Report on Africa 2012
(2012-06)
The 2012 Economic Report on Africa, a joint annual publication of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union (AU) was launched today in Lusaka, Zambia. Presenting an overview of the report, ...
2012 Economic Report on Africa (ERA) emphasizes region's role in propelling global growth
(2012-03)
The 2012 edition of the Economic Report on Africa (ERA) launched here today contends that Africa has the potential to be a pole of global growth and calls for unleashing the continent’s full potential to fully play that ...
Heads of ECA, AUC and AFDB reaffirm commitment to Africa's socio-economic transformation
(2013-01)
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Carlos Lopes, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and the President of the African Development Bank, Donald ...
ECA to launch a set of 20 African country profiles
(2016-03)
The UN economic Commission for Africa will launch twenty comprehensive and analytical country profiles during the inaugural African Development Week. ECA's country profiles provide more than a mere description of economic ...
2014 Economic Report on Africa to be launched in London
(2014-09)
The Economic Commission for Africa is launching the 2014 edition of its Economic Report on Africa (ERA), in collaboration with renowned think-tank Chatham House at Chatham House, 10 St James's Square, London, on 24 September ...
Use innovation and technology to drive economic transformation, UN General Assembly President Urges Africa
(2017-03)
Addressing a high-level meeting on ‘Innovations for Infrastructure Development and Sustainable Industrialization’ during the ECA’s Africa Development Week in Dakar, Mr. Thomson said harnessing this potential requires ...
Attaining Transformative Growth in Eastern Africa - the Focus of Discussions in Comoros
(2017-11)
The growth rate of Eastern African countries has been among the fastest in the world in recent years, averaging 6.8% between 2012 and 2015. However, in 2016 and 2017, the regional growth rate declined to 5.6 percent. ...
UN regional economic commissions share perspectives on SDGs progress and implementation
(2017-07)
During a panel on SDGs implementation at the regional and sub regional levels at the ongoing High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development Regional Economic Commissions shared perspectives on informed by their ...
54th Session of the Committee for Programme and Coordination (CPC) on the proposed Biennial Programme Plan, 2016-2017: Programme 15, Economic and social development in Africa: Introductory Statement
(2014-06)
The proposed biennial programme plan for 2016-2017 that is before you has been prepared in the context of the reforms implemented at ECA over the last 2 years, following the endorsement by the General Assembly of a new ...