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 »

Africa: Conference to Discuss How to Meet Africa's Water Goals

Delegates from about 43 African countries will attend the first Pan African Implementation and Partnership Conference on Water (PANAFCON) in Addis Ababa from 8-13 December 2003, a… Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Africa: Delegates From 40 African Countries Meet to Discuss Access to Science and Technology by the Poor

Delegates from more than 40 African countries will attend the third meeting of the Committee on Sustainable Development (CSD3) which opens today at the Economic Commission for… Read more »

Ethiopia: Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (CHGA) to Be Launched in Addis Ababa

The Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (CHGA) chaired by K.Y. Amoako, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will be officially launched… Read more »

Africa: Commission on HIV/Aids and Governance in Africa to be Launched

The Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (CHGA) chaired by K.Y. Amoako, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will be officially launched… Read more »

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 »

Africa: Leading Africans Honoured With University Doctorates

Six leading Africans were yesterday awarded honorary doctorate degrees by the Addis Ababa University, at an event organized to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Organization… Read more »

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 »

Africa: Fourth African Development Forum Confirmed For March 2004

The fourth African Development Forum (ADF IV) will take place from 7 - 11 March 2003 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on theme 'Governance for a Progressing Africa'. Read more »

Africa: UN Economic Commission for Africa Head Backs Plan to Increase Capital Flows to Africa

K.Y. Amoako, executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and a member of the Commission on Capital Flows to Africa, addressed the U.S.-Africa Business… Read more »

Africa: Commission On Capital Flows Report Released Today

The Commission on Capital Flows to Africa, an initiative sponsored by the United States Corporate Council on Africa and the Washington DC-based Institute for International… Read more »

Africa: ECA Head Amoako Says Africa Must Think Beyond HIPC

Opening Statement by K. Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa at The Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development. Read more »

Africa: The IMF Should Not Impose, It Should Consult, Says Manuel

Statement by Trevor Manuel, Minister of Finance, Republic of South Africa at the Thirty-Sixth Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Economic… Read more »

Africa: ADB And ECA To Synchronize Meetings, Hold Joint Symposium

Two of Africa's major development institutions have announced that for the first time they will synchronize their annual legislative meetings in a bid to foster greater coherence,… Read more »

Africa: Third Big Table to Focus on Mutual Accountability

Effective implementation of the new development cooperation agenda will be the subject of the third Big Table, an informal consultation between Finance ministers from several… Read more »

Africa: 'Growth is Necessary but not Sufficient to Reduce Poverty'

Africa will not reach the 7% growth rate necessary to meet the Millenium Development Goal of reducing poverty by half by 2015, so alternative options have to be found to tackle… Read more »

Africa: Growth is Necessary But Not Sufficient to Reduce Poverty

Africa will not reach the 7% growth rate necessary to meet the Millenium Development Goal of reducing poverty by half by 2015, so alternative options have to be found to tackle… Read more »

Africa: Second Meeting of the African Learning Group on Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers

The African Learning Group on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP-LG) will bring together senior African policy makers from about fifteen countries, including the Sierra… Read more »

Africa: African Ministers' Statement on Accelerating Progress And Development on the Continent

Text of the Ministerial Statement, issued at the close of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (19 - 20 October 2002) in Johannesburg,… Read more »

Africa: NEPAD: The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of the Parts

The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) embodies a united vision of a continent on the move, at a time of unprecedented international interest in proposals to move the… Read more »

Africa: Experts Bullish on Promise of Africa's Economies

Africa is on the brink of a new period of prosperity and growth, according to Deputy South African Finance Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa. Read more »

Africa: ICT Policy And Civil Society Workshop in Africa

The Association for Progressive Communications (APC), ARTICLE 19 and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) will be holding a five-day information and… Read more »