The objective of the study is to get a better understanding of the importance and role of these associations and institutions in social economic development, and formulate recommendations to improve their effectiveness.
The meeting of Experts for the establishment of the African Energy Commission (AFREC), organized by the Organization of African Unity/African Economic Community took place in Cairo from 22 to 25 May, 2000, at the kind ...
This paper attempts to focus attention on evaluation as the process of delineating, obtaining, and providing useful information for making judicious decisions'* about alternatives in education. It looks at evaluation as a ...
The objective of this study is to inquire into Japanese foreign direct investment in Africa to assist in the formulation of a mutually compatible policy strategy. In addition to the summary and conclusion highlighting the ...
Since independence African economies have experienced a sequence of relatively stable growth (1960-early 1970s), a long period of persistent stagnation and crisis (early 1970s-1993), and recent experience of modest recovery ...
The 7th Board of Directors (BOD) of the Southern and Eastern Mineral Centre (SEAMIC) took place at the Headquarters of the institution from 6 to 9 March 2000. In my capacity as member of the BOD on behalf of ECA, I attended ...
This study examines the impact on developmental performance of African countries of cancellation of their external debts by creditors. The basic question that the study seeks to answer is whether if creditor countries were ...
The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) organized in 1992 in Rio-de-Janeiro, Brazil recognized in Agenda 21, Chapter 99 that energy is essential to social development and improved quality of ...
The meeting was opened by the Honourable Nicholas K. BIWOTT, Minister of Trade, Industry and Regional Cooperation of the Republic of Kenya. The Minister's opening statement is attached. Attached are also lists of participants ...
The Africa Caucus took place on Saturday, March 18th, 2000 from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM. There were about 400 participants, and the Chairman for the occasion was the President of the African Development Bank (ADB), Mr. Omar ...
During the last half of the century. Africa has experienced changing economic fortunes.
Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa was healthy, and dynamic during the postindependence
period. Starting fromthe early 1970s and ...
The Second United Nations Transport and Communications Decade in Africa (UNTACDA II) was proclaimed in December 1988 by the United Nations General Assembly (Resolution 43/179 of 20 December 1988) at the request of African ...
The second meeting of the Advisory Board on Population, Agriculture and Environment was held in the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 24 to 26 October 2000. The Meeting was formally opened ...
Economic Empowerment of Women in Africa took place in Johannesburg, South Africa from 4- 13 October 1999. It was organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa - African Centre for Women (ECA/ACW), hosted ...
The mission to Johannesburg was undertaken to represent ECA and present a document on Rail in Africa: the Future to the third conference of Africa Rail 2000. The Conference was organized by AIC Worldwide Ltd., in collaboration ...
The High Level Stakeholders Meeting on Sustainable Development was held at the UN Conference Centre, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) from 17 to 19 January 2000. The meeting was convened to set up a preparatory process for the review ...
This paper has been prepared for the Food Security and Sustainable Development Division by a visiting scholar, Mr. Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka. The views expressed are those of its author and do not necessarily reflect those ...
This report covers the Heads of State Forum held on December 7, Thursday in the morning. The main themes on December 7th was Leadership Consensus and the Plenary was addressed by Heads of State.
L'atelier sous-régional UNECA/ATRCW sur sa préparation des rapports nationaux pour la Conférence régionale et la Conférence mondiale sur la femme s'est tenu du 28 février au 2 mars 1994 à Lusaka (Zambie). L'objectif principal ...