Standard periodic national economic survey

Abstract

This objective has hitherto been met by the secretariat largely through the publication of proposals for agreed action and policies as well as information on the entire range of, economic matters that affect, development in the countries of the African region. For instance the Foreign Trade Newsletter supplies news of all trade, payments, foreign aid and related subjects concerning the region. Other newsletters on statistical development and services ,and on natural resources and energy serve similar purposes in; their respective fields, while the Agricultural Economics bulletin deals with productivity, modernization and reform among many other areas, in a field where progress is of crucial importance to the whole future of the continent. The Economic Bulletin for Africa published twice a year surveys trends in trade, production, investment and, other economic activities in the African countries, and also deals with special subjects which recount the experience of some of these countries in the region and offer a yard stick by which other countries may assess their own progress.