50 years of development planning in Africa: retrospect and prospects
View
Download
Published
2013-01Author(s)/Corporate Author (s)
Lopes, Carlos;United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. African Institute for Economic Development and Planning(IDEP);
United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. African Institute for Economic Development and Planning(IDEP);
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
Welcome and Opening Statement by Mr. Carlos Lopes, 50 years of Development Planning in Africa: Retrospect and Prospects. Mr. Lopes, on his remarks highlighted that, Development planning has a long and chequered history in Africa, and the continent’s development trajectory has been influenced by various approaches to development planning since the early stages of independence. Africa’s development plans of the 1960s had limited success. This was due to a variety of reasons: deficiencies in the plan documents surely, but also failure to implement them; ambitious formulation of targets; institutional and bureaucratic weaknesses; exogenous shocks; and political factors. ECA is committed to support the strengthening of member states’ capacities to design, implement and monitor effective planning frameworks. To this end, the institution is undergoing a repositioning exercise that aims to better align its work with the priorities of the continent with the ultimate objective of promoting economic growth and structural transformation. The countries that have re-embarked in planning will for the longer term, if they are to join the ranks of advanced economies, need not just good economic policies but strong and accountable institutions to support and implement them. They must also pay serious attention to the issue of financing development plans, especially given that in Africa the sources of finance will become increasingly domestic.
Citation
“Lopes, Carlos; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. African Institute for Economic Development and Planning(IDEP); United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. African Institute for Economic Development and Planning(IDEP) (2013-01). 50 years of development planning in Africa: retrospect and prospects. UN. ECA African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (5oth: 2013, Jan. 22: Dakar, Senegal). Addis Ababa :. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/46906”Conference
UN. ECA African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (5oth: 2013, Jan. 22: Dakar, Senegal)Collections
- Speeches [1477]
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
22nd ordinary session of the African Union executive council: Statement By Carlos Lopes UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA
United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa
“Carlos, Lopes; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa (2013-01). 22nd ordinary session of the African Union executive council: Statement By Carlos Lopes UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA. AU Ordinary Session of the African Union Executive Council (22nd:|d2013, Jan. 24:| Addis Ababa, Ethiopia). Addis Ababa:. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/46975”
Economic and social information systems in support of sustainable development and regional integration in Africa
United Nations. Economic and Social Council; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa
“United Nations. Economic and Social Council; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa (1994-02). Economic and social information systems in support of sustainable development and regional integration in Africa. UN. ECA Joint Conference of African Planners, Statisticans and Demographers (8th session : 1994, Mar. 21 - 26 : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia). Addis Ababa :. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/14606”
Aperçu de l’évolution récente de la situation économique et sociale en Afrique
United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. African Institute for Economic Development and Planning(IDEP); Nations Unies. Commission Economique pour l'Afrique; Nations Unies. Conseil Economique et Social; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. African Institute for Economic Development and Planning(IDEP); Nations Unies. Commission Economique pour l'Afrique; Nations Unies. Conseil Economique et Social
“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. African Institute for Economic Development and Planning(IDEP); Nations Unies. Commission Economique pour l'Afrique; Nations Unies. Conseil Economique et Social; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. African Institute for Economic Development and Planning(IDEP); Nations Unies. Commission Economique pour l'Afrique; Nations Unies. Conseil Economique et Social (2018-05). Aperçu de l’évolution récente de la situation économique et sociale en Afrique. NU. CEA Comité d’experts de la Conférence des ministres africains des finances, de la planification et du développement économique (37ème: 11-12 mai, 2018: Addis Abeba, Ethiopie). Addis Abeba:. © NU. CEA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/24450”