The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) took an unprecedented step of marking its 40th Anniversary by convening an International Conference on the theme, "African Women and Economic Development: Investing in Our Future" ...
The Ministerial meeting of the Committee on Women and Development was held in the Aisse GeneYale de per equation (CGP) Conference Hall, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on 5 April1999. It was preceded, on 2 and 3 April 1999, by ...
The 7th Council of Ministers Meeting which was attended by ministers and senior officials from twenty CQMESA member States together with representative of eight independent COMESA institutions, representatives of sub-regional, ...
The importance of achieving sustainable economic development through cooperation was recognized in Africa as of 1958 when the first conference of independent African states was held in Accra, Ghana. The multiplicity of ...
This report which has been prepared in the context of the quinquennial review and assessment of the implementation of the ICPD-PA as mandated in the General Assembly Resolution (52/188) of 18th December 1997, assesses the ...
The main objective of the project was to establish the extent of women's participation in the informal and Agro-industries sector through research studies and make recommendations. The project was implemented in two phases.
Health care and population programmes should be based on the needs of men and women of any age and should provide for the participation of women on an equal footing with men in the management, planning, decision-making, ...
The first meeting of the Committee on Sustainable Development (CSD) was held at the Conference Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 25 to 29 January 1999. The CSD was created by the Conference of African Ministers responsible ...
The ICPD marks a turning point in population policy development for all member States of the United Nations family. It has provided the opportunity for reformulation and/or reorientation of previous policies that were ...
Managing Water for African Cities is a Pilot Project initiated by the UNCHS and UNEP within the framework of the United Nations System-wide Special Initiative for Africa. Funded by the United Nations Foundation for ...
Land-locked countries of Eastern and Central Africa namely: Burundi, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda are connected to two main Indian Ocean ports of Mombasa in Kenya and Dar-es Salaam in Tanzania. ...
Africa being the second driest continent next to Australia, moisture stress is the major limiting factor for crop and livestock production particularly in the arid and semiarid areas. Over 65% of the rural and 25% of the ...
Les ministres africains des finances, de la planification et du développement économique, réunis à Addis-Abeba (Ethiopie), le ler juin 2003, sous les auspices de la Commission économique pour l'Afrique (CEA), rappellent ...
This conference is a hallmark not only of our 40th anniversary, but of our reform. It is structured to highlight forward-looking issues, to bridge sectors, to foster results-oriented discussions, and to share joy in our ...
In Africa, however, available evidence suggests that environmental degradation such as soil erosion, desertification and deforestation is seriously undermining the very resources on which many African farmers and their ...
Most parts of the world have experienced, over the past two decades or so, a serious deterioration in the social and economic conditions, characterized by the rise in unemployment, poverty, crime, violence and civil strife. ...
The Fourth Session of the committee on development information took place in Addis Ababa during the period 25-28 April 2005 and was preceded by workshops on the 23rd and the 24 April 2005 during which the main questions ...
Information is intrinsically linked to human beings, groups and society and is the Basis for their capacity to perceive, interpret, understand and transform the world. From the dawn of human society, information has always ...