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 »
June 25, 2003
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 »
June 23, 2003
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 »
June 01, 2003
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 »
April 02, 2003
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 »
January 15, 2003
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 »
November 19, 2002
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 »
November 15, 2002
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 »
October 21, 2002
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 »
October 19, 2002
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 »
October 16, 2002
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 »