March 01, 2002
Africa: The African Diaspora; Prototype Pan-Africanists Or Parochial Village-Aiders?
Summary of draft discussion paper for the African Knowledge Networks Forum (AKNF) meeting of 17 and 18 October 2001, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in preparation for the African… Read more »
Africa: Analytical And Empirical Evidence Of Trade Policy Effects Of Regional Integration; Implications For Africa
William A. Amponsah is associate professor of International Trade and Development and director of the North Carolina A&T State University International Trade Center. This… Read more »
Africa: Annual Report On Integration In Africa 2002
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February 19, 2002
Africa: On-Line Regional Integration Discussion Launched Ahead Of ADF III
The Economic Commission for Africa has today launched an on-line discussion in the run-up to the Third African Development Forum (ADF III), which takes place here from 3 - 8 March… Read more »
Africa: The Economic Dimension To The African Union
This Issues Paper is intended to identify some of the principal issues surrounding African regional economic integration and the African Union. Economic integration in Africa is an… Read more »
December 17, 2001
Africa: Fulfilling Africa's Promise: Millennium Lecture by K. Y. Amoako
Millennium Lecture by K. Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), 10 Downing Street, London 17 December 2001 Read more »
December 14, 2001
Africa: ECA Executive Secretary to Deliver Africa Address At Downing Street
Economic Commission for Africa Executive Secretary K.Y. Amoako will on Monday 17 December 2001 deliver an address on Africa's development challenges to an audience that will… Read more »
July 30, 2001
Africa: Third African Development Forum December 2001
The third African Development Forum (ADF 2001) organized by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), will take place from 9 - 13 December 2001 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the… Read more »
June 26, 2001
Africa: African Trade Negotiators Prepare for Post-Seattle WTO Meeting
African trade negotiators are meeting here this week to brainstorm on hot topics such as whether African countries should support a new trade round, what to do about the failure to… Read more »
May 10, 2001
Africa: African Officials Agree to Continental Development Plan
African Ministers of Finance and Planning have agreed to consolidate parallel plans for Africa's recovery into a single initiative around which the continent will rally in its… Read more »
May 08, 2001
Africa: Africa Must Unite Behind a Single Vision for Its Development
Given the fragile state of its economies and the need to present a common front in a globalized world, Africa must unite behind a single vision to address its development… Read more »
May 07, 2001
Africa: Africa Needs New Development Agenda to Consolidate Growth Gains
Africa needs a new development agenda to consolidate recent gains in economic growth and to accelerate poverty reduction. This is the central message of 'Transforming Africa's… Read more »
May 02, 2001
Africa: Ministers to Discuss African-Owned Framework for Development Partnership
African Ministers of Finance, Planning And Economic Development meet in Algiers next week to discuss a Single Africa led initiative to mediate partnership between Africa and its… Read more »
November 22, 2000
Africa: Amoako Proposes New Global Compact With Africa
"The UNCTAD Conference is being referred to as the 'New global deal for least developed countries'," said Mr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa… Read more »
November 18, 2000
Africa: Ministers To Review Positions On Globalization, Financing Development
More than 30 African Ministers of Finance and Trade, joined by Governors of Central Banks and leading economists and development experts, will meet at the headquarters of the… Read more »
November 19, 2000
Africa: Frank Dialogue Between Africa And The OECD
Finance ministers from several African countries meet Monday at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa with their Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development… Read more »
August 17, 2000
Africa: Sharing Knowledge to Enrich Research, Training And Policy Making
Some 35 experts from a wide cross-section of African research and capacity building institutions are to meet here tomorrow to launch the Africa Knowledge Networks Forum (AKNF). Read more »
June 06, 2000
Africa: Africa Fields Strong Presence At Beijing
- Five years after the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, some 10,000 representatives of governments, the United Nations system, intergovernmental and non- governmental… Read more »
April 11, 2000
Africa: Enhancing India-Africa Cooperation in the Information Age
The following is Full Text Of An Address Delivered By Mr. K.Y. Amoako, UN Under Secretary General And Executive Secretary Of The Economic Commission For Africa (Eca)On Tuesday 11… Read more »
October 29, 1999
Africa: ADF Summary - Feedback on Youth Focus Group
Chaired by Heba Ramzy of RITSEC, Egypt, the youth group identified a number of concerns they shared as the future working population and leaders in Africa. Acknowledging that ICTs… Read more »
October 28, 1999
Africa: Indicators for the information economy and their relevance to Africa
In this breakout group session, Heather Hudson from the Acacia Program, IDRC, Canada, and Peter Benjamin of the University of Witwatersland, made presentations. Read more »
Africa: Breakout sessions on Democratizing Access
A breakout session within the framework of democratizing access to the information age focused on community applications. Various models of community-based multipurpose centers… Read more »
Africa: Breakout sessions on Governance
The main objective of the sessions was to reexamine current issues facing African countries in adapting ICTs to enhance the process through which institutions, businesses and… Read more »
Africa: Workshop on introducing electronic commerce to small business
Mr. Jacques Rostenne of Perwit, Canada facilitated this workshop, stimulating participants with his challenge of finding practical ways to use the web to make money, beyond the… Read more »
Africa: ADF Ends With Concrete Initiatives On The Table
The following are concrete partnership initiatives that emerged in the course of the first African Development Forum, which ended today. Some 750 representatives of governments,… Read more »