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Private equity funds can help retain capital in Africa - says ECA's Lopes
(2014-04)
Capital flight represents a direct loss of domestic capital and highlights the effects of the country’s policy distortions on investment and the factors that fuel it, such as real exchange rate overvaluation has to be ...
Africa's fork in the road pointing to industrialization, says Lopes
(2014-03)
A decade after former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s made his landmark ‘fork in the road’ speech to the General Assembly calling for the reform of the global body, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for ...
Lopes says green energy is the way for Africa's industrialisation, panel explains why
(2014-03)
The United Nations Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary for the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes, has urged African countries to use renewable energy and develop leap-frogging capabilities to ...
50 years of development planning in Africa: retrospect and prospects
(2013-01)
Welcome and Opening Statement made by Carlos Lopes UN Under-Secretary General of the United Nations Executive Secretary of the UNECA on the celebration of IDEP’s 50th anniversary. IDEP was created in 1962 specifically to ...
African renaissance -the last frontier of pan Africanism? : delivered as part of the Thabo Mbeki@70 Colloquium
(2013-03)
2013 is an important year for Africans. We celebrate 50 years of pan African institutional history, the achievement of one of the major goals of African unity which is the total liberation of the continent from colonialism ...
High level panel launch on the post 2015 development agenda: statement by Carlos Lopes UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA
(2013-01)
Africa has made good progress on the MDGs particularly with respect to primary enrolment, women’s empowerment and gender parity. However, more effort is required to halve poverty, reduce HIV/AIDS incidence and prevalence ...
GIMAC Conference 'charting Africa's future the role of women in the African renaissance ': keynote Address by Carlos Lopes UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA
(2013-05)
The celebration of fifty years of Pan Africanism will not be complete without paying glowing tribute to the role played by our ‘foremothers’ and forecasters in the liberation struggle. The Pan African Women’s Organization ...
Launch of the 2013 report of mutual review of development effectiveness (MRDE): statement by Carlos Lopes UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA
(2013-11)
The 2013 Report of Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness and discuss its main findings and recommendations with panelists. The report is a joint publication of ECA and OECD, undertaken under a mandate from NEPAD Heads ...
Intergenerational youth forum: Keynote address by Carlos Lopes UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA
(2013-05)
The spirit of Pan Africanism is a spirit of inclusiveness, togetherness, and unity. As we celebrate 50 years of Pan Africanist history, there is every reason why we should include the young people of the continent. I am ...
Launch of the high level panel report on the post 2015 development agenda: Welcoming Remarks by Carlos Lopes UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA
(2013-08)
The Report underscores the need for five big transformative shifts. First, it calls for leaving no one behind, touching upon our concern that the MDGs were mostly silent on the issues of equality. Putting sustainable ...