Search
Launch of the United Nations conference on trade and development (UNCTAD) "Information Economy Report 2009 "
(2009-10)
The UNCTAD Information Economy Report (IER) 2009 was launched at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa. The report was launched in collaboration with the ECA’s ICT, Science and Technology Division (ISTD) at ...
Africa must accelerate efforts to achieve social and human development goals, ECA committee concludes
(2009-10)
Experts attending the inaugural meeting of the ECA Committee on Human & Social Development ended their meeting today with a commitment to scale up efforts to accelerate progress toward the achievement of the millennium ...
Experts debate policy options for beating economic crisis
(2009-06)
African experts on economic issues held a day-long debate Wednesday 3rd June on policy measures necessary to tackle the current economic crisis. The debate took place at the on-going meeting of the committee of experts of ...
External Review of Economic Report for Africa 2008
(2007-11)
The External Peer Review of the Economic Report on Africa for 2008 (ERA 2008) will take place in Addis Ababa on 18 November 2007. ERA is one of the Commission's annual flagship publications prepared by the Trade Finance ...
Economic report on Africa 2004 published, highlights trade
(2004-09)
Trade liberalization alone will not boost growth and poverty reduction in Africa. That’s the key message of this year’s Economic Report on Africa 2004 entitled “Unlocking Africa’s Trade Potential”. ERA 2004 argues that ...
Conference of Ministers of Finance Opens in Cairo with a Call to Use Economic Crisis to Reshape Policies
(2009-06)
A good crisis should not go unexploited, and Africa should exploit the current crisis to reshape its dealings with the outside world, reshape African policies towards its poor, and reshape the continent's potential for ...
Information society summit kicks off in Tunis
(2005-11)
About 11,000 participants from all walks of life - including heads of states and governments, representatives of the private/public sector and civil society - are due to attend the second phase of the World Summit on the ...
Economic crisis: Janneh shares Africa's response with Asian, Pacific countries
(2009-04)
UN Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, has said that the current economic downturn could cost the African continent $251 billion in 2009 and ...
“Sound Land policies, crucial for economic development in Central Africa ” say participants at a regional workshop in Yaoundé
(2008-08)
This statement was made yesterday in Yaoundé by the Director of ECA's sub-regional Office in Central Africa , Mr. Hachim Koumaré, at the opening of a three-day regional consultations workshop on land policy in the sub-region, ...
The UN Economic Commission for Africa to establish a network of trade and environment experts in North Africa
(2009-11)
The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is in the process of establishing a network of policy makers, researchers, academia, civil society and private sectors ...