October 12, 2004
Africa: ADF 'the Leading Forum for Serious and Intellectually Rigorous Discussion' - Meles
The Ethiopian Prime Minister, H.E. Meles Zenawi, today opened the Fourth African Development Forum (ADF IV), taking place at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Africa… Read more »
Africa: Report Shows African Governance Improving, Calls for Action Plan to Address Weaknesses
African governance is improving but significant challenges remain. That's the message of a summary report released by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Read more »
Africa: Speech to Fourth African Development Forum, Addis Ababa, 11 October 2004
Dr. Amoako, Host of the Conference, Ms. Mongella, Honorable Ministers, Madam Vice-President, Distinguished participants. Read more »
September 29, 2004
Africa: Unlocking Africa's Trade Potential
Trade liberalization alone will not boost growth and poverty reduction in Africa. That's the key message of this year's Economic Report on Africa 2004 (ERA 2004), published by the… Read more »
September 17, 2004
Africa: Governance Heads Agenda at Fourth African Development Forum
About one thousand delegates from all over Africa including presidents, activists, businesspeople, journalists and academics will gather in Ethiopia next month to participate in… Read more »
July 14, 2004
Africa: ECA Launches Report Assessing Regional Integration in Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) today launched a groundbreaking publication on regional integration in Africa. The report, called Assessing Regional Integration in Africa… Read more »
Africa: La CEA lance le rapport sur l'état de l'intégration régionale en Afrique
La Commission économique pour l'Afrique (CEA) publie aujourd'hui une étude inédite sur l'intégration de l'Afrique. Ce rapport, intitulé État de l'intégration régionale en Afrique,… Read more »
May 21, 2004
Africa: Amoako Calls For Action on African Unemployment, Poverty
ECA Executive Secretary K.Y. Amoako has predicted that Africa faces sharply worsening unemployment and poverty unless governments take multi-faceted actions to create jobs. Read more »
May 18, 2004
Africa: Continent Needs to Remove Obstacles to Trade, Says Amoako
African countries must do more to maximize the benefits of trade for development, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), K.Y. Amoako,… Read more »
May 11, 2004
Africa: Ministers to Discuss Trade Policy and Development Agenda in Africa
African ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development will meet in Kampala, Uganda, May 21-22, to discuss how best to maximize the contribution of trade to national… Read more »
April 02, 2004
Africa: Workshop Agrees to Boost Capital Markets
The North African Capital Markets Development Workshop, organized jointly by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), JP Morgan (the Investment Bank) and the Cairo and Alexandria… Read more »
March 23, 2004
Africa: Aids Threatens Africa's Development, Amoako Warns
The Chairman of the Commission for HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (CHGA), Dr K.Y. Amoako, has opened a meeting of the Commission in Maputo, Mozambique, with a warning to… Read more »
March 04, 2004
Africa: Blair Africa Commission 'A Chance to Move From Rhetoric To Action'
The UN Economic Commission for Africa's Executive Secretary, K.Y. Amoako, has said he believes the new Commission for Africa launched by British Prime Minister Tony Blair offers an… Read more »
February 19, 2004
Africa: Governance and Development in Africa: the Critical Nexus
Following is the text (as delivered) of the Andrew Young Lecture of the Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa, by Dr. Amoaka, the Executive Secretary of the United… Read more »
February 17, 2004
Africa: ECA Executive Secretary Amoako To Deliver Andrew Young Lecture in Washington, DC
Economic Commission for Africa Executive Secretary K.Y. Amoako will on Wednesday 18 February 2004 speak on the vital importance of better governance to Africa's development. Read more »
February 06, 2004
Africa: UK Development Minister To Discuss Enhanced Partnership With ECA
UK Secretary of State for International Development, Hilary Benn, is to meet with ECA Executive Secretary, K.Y. Amoako, during an official visit to Ethiopia next week. Read more »
November 29, 2003
Africa: Africans Establish "Road Map" for Future WTO Negotiations
African trade negotiators and development experts gathered in Accra, Ghana in November to discuss the future negotiations in the World Trade Organization (WTO). At the conclusion… Read more »
December 09, 2003
Africa: Africa Comes Prepared to the World Summit on the Information Society
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) comes prepared to make Africa's voice heard at the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), to take place in… Read more »
December 01, 2003
Africa: Experts Prime Africa for Trade Talks
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in partnership with the African Union (AU) and the Government of Ghana organized a Post-Cancun Expert Group Meeting for African Trade… Read more »
November 21, 2003
Africa: Meeting Concludes that Africa's External Debt Problem Be Put in Wider Context of Financing Development
An Expert Group meeting jointly organised by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Republic of Senegal on 17-18 November 2003 in Dakar gathered about 70 experts from… Read more »
November 14, 2003
Africa: Expert Group Meeting on Africa's Debt to Take Place in Dakar
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is co-hosting with the Republic of Senegal an Expert Group Meeting on "Solving Africa's External Debt Problem to Finance Development" from… Read more »
October 30, 2003
Africa: Capital Markets Workshop Adopts Robust Action Plan
The African Capital Markets Development Workshop, organized by the Economic Commission for Africa, in partnership with the Rand Merchant Bank, closed yesterday in Johannesburg,… Read more »
October 20, 2003
Africa: ECA Organizing an African Capital Markets Development Workshop
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in partnership with the Rand Merchant Bank, is organizing a workshop on African Capital Markets Development from 27-29 October 2003 in… Read more »
July 30, 2003
Africa: Top African Performers Named in Latest Economic Report
African countries that have made the most progress in putting in place the right policies to reduce poverty top the rankings in the latest Economic Report on Africa (ERA 2003), the… Read more »
July 23, 2003
Africa: Coming Soon: 2003 Economic Report on Africa
The 2003 edition of the Economic Report on Africa (ERA 2003), the Economic Commission for Africa's annual flagship publication, will be launched on 30 July. The main theme this… Read more »