September 19, 2013
Africa: Mbeki, Guebuza Hold Talks On Illicit Financial Flows in Africa
Former President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki met with Armando Guebuza, President of the Republic of Mozambique to discuss illicit financial flows in Africa. Mr Mbeki who is Chair… Read more »
September 04, 2013
Africa: Africa 2.0 - Harnessing Natural Resource Wealth for Economic Transformation
The annual forum of policy makers, policy makers, economists and researchers working on African issues will be held on 7 October, in Paris, France. Read more »
August 27, 2013
Africa: ECA to Host the 2013 Global Geospatial Conference in November 2013
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will from 4-8 November this year host the world Geospatial Data Infrastructure Conference and AfricaGIS conference in Addis… Read more »
August 05, 2013
Africa: Post 2015 Report Launched With Calls for a Bold Agenda for Africa
During the launch of the high level panel of the post-2015 global agenda, held at the UN Conference Centre today in Addis Ababa, Mr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the… Read more »
August 01, 2013
East Africa: New Step to Enhance Regional Food and Nutrition Security
All the regional economic communities and intergovernmental organizations in Eastern Africa have launched a new initiative aimed at enhancing cooperation in the area of food and… Read more »
July 26, 2013
Africa: Addis Ababa to Host Population and Development Conference
The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) will be held on 2-6 September 2013 at the United Nations Conference Centre, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more »
July 25, 2013
Africa: Africa's Agenda 2063 to Help Address the New Growth Challenges
Amidst the new sense of optimism found in Africa's new natural resources discoveries, rapid urbanisation and increased regional integration, the tripartite partnership of the… Read more »
Africa: Small Island Developing States to Draw Attention to Climate Change Vulnerabilities
The Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States will be held from 1 to 4 September 2014 in Apia, Samoa, to be preceded by activities related to the conference… Read more »
July 05, 2013
Africa: Climate Scientists Prepare for Report Finish in Ethiopia
235 Authors and Review Editors of Working Group III's contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report concluded their work on the… Read more »
July 08, 2013
Africa: Global Leaders Address Aid, Trade and the Post-2015 Development Agenda
In a panel discussion on the post-2015 development agenda at the 4th Global Review of Aid for Trade in Geneva, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA),… Read more »
July 09, 2013
Cape Verde: Nation's Development Trajectory Stands Out At Aid for Trade Global Review
In his remarks at a Round Table focusing on Cape Verde's economic success story, the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Mr. Carlos Lopes, lauded the… Read more »
July 01, 2013
Africa: Experts to Hold Meeting On International Migration and Development in Africa
In partnership with the International Organization for Migration and the African Union Commission, the Economic Commission for Africa will hold a regional experts meeting on… Read more »
June 26, 2013
Africa: Upcoming Eca Study On African SIDS to Highlight Transformative Development Opportunities in the Face of Climate Change
The Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) will be held in Apia, Samoa, in 2014 to focus the world's attention on a group of countries that remain… Read more »
June 17, 2013
Africa: High-Level ILO Conference Opens On Jobs, Growth and Social Progress
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa has said that Africa's population is estimated to double in the next 50 years and as such, there is a need to plan for… Read more »
June 18, 2013
Africa: Africa Needs Skills and Data to Better Evaluate Development
There exist significant challenges in many development projects and programmes implemented in Africa, irrespective of the sector, from the design to the operational… Read more »
June 28, 2013
West Africa: Strengthening Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in West Africa
The Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA/SRO-WA) will organize an ad hoc experts group meeting on the theme "strengthening… Read more »
June 19, 2013
Africa: Debating 'Rousseau and Rio' and Ideas to Inspire a New Social Contract
Three hundred years after renowned 19th century philosopher, Jean Jacque Rousseau's birth, academics are this week meeting in Reims, France, to debate his ideas and define a new… Read more »