Report on the follow-up by the Economic Commission for Africa to the resolutions of the fifty-second annual meeting of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, and the 2020 extraordinary meeting of the Bureau of the Conference

Abstract

The present report highlights progress in the implementation by the secretariat of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) of the resolutions adopted by the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development at its fifty-second session, held in Marrakech, Morocco, on 25 and 26 March 2019, as well as by the extraordinary meeting of the Bureau, held on-line on 9 April 2020, in lieu of the fifty-third session, postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Conference adopted eight resolutions, and the extraordinary meeting of the Bureau, two resolutions, which were submitted to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations for review and endorsement. The present report highlights progress made in the implementation of nine of those resolutions which require action to be taken by the Commission.