At the eleventh Conference of Ministers of Transport and Communications and First Forum on Transport in Africa (FTA) : Statement of Dr. K.Y. Amoako UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa
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Amoako K. Y.;United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa;
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Statement of Dr. K.Y. Amoako UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa at the Eleventh Conference of Ministers of Transport and Communications and First Forum on Transport in Africa (FTA). Dr. Amoako, on his remarks highlighted that, African transport and communications systems vary in degree of development and efficiency. Our transport and communication systems, on average, lag far behind systems in place on other continents. Key constraints facing Africa's infrastructure including transport and communication, relate to the overall objective of sectoral efficiency and ability to intermediate economic growth and development. A number of African governments have in the recent past taken significant steps to respond to challenges and obstacles to development. The development of Africa's capital markets would increase the number of local investors prepared to participate in the sectors, particularly in telecommunications. The African Information Society Initiative sees the role of government as providing the vision and an enabling environment for the development of national information and communications infrastructure, and to ensure that all sectors of society can benefit from it. In transport, ECA activities for the next two years will focus on building management capacities for infrastructure development; improving regional transport linkages and facilitation of traffic; and building traffic data systems.
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“Amoako K. Y.; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa (1997-02). At the eleventh Conference of Ministers of Transport and Communications and First Forum on Transport in Africa (FTA) : Statement of Dr. K.Y. Amoako UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa. UN. ECA South African Development Community Conference (SADC) (1997, Nov. 24-25: Cairo, Egypt). Addis Ababa :. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/47464”Conference
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