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Trade
and Regional Integration Division News - December 2004 This edition of TRIDNews covers a meeting in the Republic of Congo on international trade negotiations and introduces two new publications from ECA covering transport issues. |
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Space
technology to boost Africa Water Vision 2025 By Yinka Adeyemi, 14 December 2004 The Africa Water Vision 2025 will be accelerated by a space technology option which is initiated by the European Space Agency, according to a report of the second TIGER Workshop recently concluded in South Africa at the invitation of the South African government. |
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ECA
publishes two transport books By Andrew Allimadi, 10 December 2004 The Trade and Regional Integration Division (TRID) of ECA has published two new comprehensive volumes on transport and development in Africa. The publications are in French and are titled: Les transports et l’intégration régionale en Afrique; and La Décision de Yamoussoukro et le transport aérien en Afrique. |
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Sequencing
of EPAs implementation critical – ECA Paper By Andrew Allimadi, 10 December 2004 Any Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) reached between the European Union (EU) and African countries will need to allow for a long and sequenced implementation period in order to benefit African countries. |
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Central
African countries reaffirm commitment to international trade By Andrew Allimadi, ECA, 08 December 2004 ECA organized an Ad-hoc Expert Group meeting on the impact of international trade negotiations on the Central Africa sub-region, from 2 – 3 December in Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo. :: Meeting documents |
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Good
governance needed to turn Africa’s mineral endowments into engine
of broad-based growth, ECA Policy Paper says By Yinka Adeyemi, SDD, 06 December 2004. :: ECA Policy Paper: Mainstreaming Mineral Wealth in Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategies, By Antonio M.A. Pedro, ECA. |
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Trade
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Ministers
call for speedy implementation of Yamoussoukro Decision By Andrew Allimadi, 06 December 2004 Ministers of Transport and Infrastructure from West and Central Africa met on the 2nd December 2004 to review the implementation of the Yamoussoukro Decision in the West and Central African sub-region. :: Gabon meeting documents |
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Economic
and Social Governance Dimension of Linking Emergencies to Human and
Social Development Statement by Mr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of ECA at the International Symposium on “Building the Capacity and Resource of African NGOS” Sponsored by the African Humanitarian Action (AHA), 5 December 2004. |
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ICT
for Development Training: Ethiopian MPs graduate By Mercy Wambui, 29 November 2004 The second round of ICT training conducted by ECA's Information Technology Centre for Africa (ITCA) for 40 Ethiopian Members of Parliament concluded yesterday. |
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Mainstreaming
Professionalism and Ethics in African Public Service 30 November 2004 ECA will co-host a Workshop on the Development of Training Kits for Mainstreaming Professionalism and Ethics in the African Public Service, with UNDESA/DPADM, UNDP and AMDIN from 1 - 3 December. |
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Committee
on Sustainable Development (CSD) Bureau meeting reflects and looks
ahead with enthusiasm By Maria Thundu with Yinka Adeyemi, ECA, 25 November 2004 The Chairperson of the Committee complimented ECA for its responsiveness to the demands of member States regarding sustainable development issues. :: CSD Website |
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Task
Force Planned to Help Compile Better Data on Foreign Investment ECA Press Release 30/2004, 24 Nov.2004 African experts agreed Wednesday to establish a task force to support African officials who compile data on foreign direct investment. Related Press Release: African Experts Discuss Improved Management of Foreign Investment, ECA Press Release 29/2004, 22 Nov.2004. |
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Labour
Supply Threatened by HIV/AIDS, Meeting Told ECA Press Release 28/2004, 22 November 2004 By 2010, Sub-Saharan Africa’s total labour force is expected to have shrunk by 9 per cent due to HIV/AIDS, a meeting in Ghana heard last week. :: Meeting: CHGA Interactive Ghana, 18 - 19 November, 2004, Accra, Ghana. |
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UN-Energy/Africa
adopts a two-year Work Programme By Yinka Adeyemi, 18 November 2004 UN-Energy/Africa, composed of seven UN agencies, NEPAD and the African Development Bank, has adopted a two-year programme of work which is aimed at developing energy infrastructure and services in Africa. :: Welcoming address by Mr. Josué Dioné, Director of the Sustainable Development Division of ECA. |
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Africa
Needs Better Statistical Information, Says ECA ECA Press Release 27/2004 Addis Ababa, 18 November 2004: African governments should give priority to building up statistical data about their countries in order to make their policies more effective, the Economic Commission for Africa has said. :: African nations rally to improve statistical information on the Continent By Cristina Muller, 18 November 2004. |
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Journal
review lauds ECA's Compendium on Small-scale Mining By Yinka
Adeyemi, 17 November 2004. African countries identified as best examples in ECA’s publication, Compendium on Best Practices in Small-Scale Mining in Africa, may help to improve specific processes in mining in Africa, but the mining sector in those countries is still faced with serious problems, according to a review in the Journal on Energy and Natural Resources Law. |
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East
Africa Community sets the pace for e-government, 17 November
2004. ECA in collaboration with the East African Community (EAC) and the Advancing IT Knowledge in Africa-Tanzania (AITEC-Tanzania), is organizing a regional workshop on e-government strategy from 17 to 19 November 2004 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. |
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EU
Ponders Future Agricultural Competition [Report] The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Government of the Netherlands organized a High-Level Conference on “Europe’s Agriculture in a Competing World” in Maastricht, Netherlands from 28 - 29 October this year. ECA was invited to this Conference to provide an African perspective, within the framework of the current agricultural trade negotiations in the WTO. |
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Take
politics out of preferences – says ECA seminar paper By Andrew Allimadi, 10 Nov. 2004 Although trade preferences can be a good source of exports growth for African countries, this potential is largely unrealized because of the numerous complexities in accessing these trade arrangements. |
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TRID
News October 2004 Monthly Newsletter of the Trade and Regional Integration Division October was a busy month for all at ECA with several international meetings taking place in Addis Ababa. This edition of TRIDNews reports on some of these activities, and on future TRID events. |
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Regional
Workshop on Trade and Development Opens at ECA By Andrew Allimadi,
08 Nov. 2004. A regional workshop on trade and development for parliamentarians, the business community and civil society organizations from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia, has opened at the headquarters of ECA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. :: Opening speech by Mr. Hakim Ben Hammouda, Director of Trade and Regional Integration Division (TRID) of ECA. |
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Finding
Funds to Fight Poverty - At Home and Abroad ECA Press Release No. 26/2004 Addis Ababa, 1 November 2004 (ECA) - Boosting finance for development tops the agenda at a meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, this week. :: Workshop on Financial Systems and Mobilization of Resources in Africa |
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ECA
workshop on trade statistics recommends fully automated systems By Cristina Muller, 05 November 2004 The ECA's Economic and Social Policy Division (ESPD) hosted from 8 to 11 November a workshop on international trade statistics to identify issues and solutions for improving the timeliness and quality of merchandise trade statistics in countries where trade data are an output of automated customs systems. |
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ECA
Seminar paper takes an innovative look at corruption By Andrew Allimadi, ECA, 29 October 2004 Joseph Atta-Mensah, Senior Economic Affairs Officer at the Economic Commission for Africa's Trade and Regional Integration Division (TRID) is working on a unique method of measuring the impact of corruption on countries. |
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TRID
News - September 2004 |
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Trade
Training Begins at ECA A training session for Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) staff on the Economics of International Trade and Trade Policy began today at the Commission's headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. |
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Africa's
Future Depends on Treatment for People Living With HIV, AIDS
Commissioner Warns.
ECA Press Release 25/2004. The former Prime Minister of Mozambique, Pascoal Mocumbi, has warned of devastating consequences for Africa if HIV-positive people are not given treatment. |
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African
Development Forum IV
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Governance for a progressing Africa. Beijing+10
and ADF Meetings Close, "Big Table" Opens |
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Report
Shows African Governance Improving, Calls for Action Plan to Address
Weaknesses. |
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Experts,
NGOs Discuss HIV/AIDS Impact on Rural Communities in Africa ECA Press Release 23/2004, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Leading members of the global HIV/AIDS community and African NGOs meet in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tuesday to discuss the impact of HIV/AIDS on Africa's rural populations. |
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African
Ministers Expected to Renew Pledge for the Advancement of Women ECA Press Release 22/2004, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Over 43 African ministers in charge of gender affairs gather in Addis Ababa this week for the Seventh African Regional Conference on Women (Beijing+10). |
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Pre-ADF
Symposiums Pre-symposiums on "Youth and Governance" and "Civil Society and Goverance" are being held today October 10, 2004 at the UN Conference Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. |
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UK
Prime Minister Blair in Ethiopia "Today, I want to look ahead to a year when Africa will be in the spotlight of international attention," British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the opening of the second meeting of the Commission for Africa. :: Full text of Mr. Blair's speech :: Photo Gallery 
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The
African Women’s Peace Torch – The Lighting Ceremony, 08 October 2004
:: The Peace Torch Lighting Ceremony :: Photo Gallery |
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Pre-ADF
Webcasts Audio:
K.Y.Amoako, Executive Secretary of the ECA, speaks on the ADF
process and why governance is so important to Africa's progress.
Click here for more pre-ADF webcasts. |
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African
Women's NGOs Take Stock Ten Years After Beijing Conference ECA Press Release 21/04, Addis Ababa, 04 October 2004. More than three hundred representatives of non- governmental organizations gather in Addis Ababa this week to take stock of progress in African women's lives since the Beijing summit on women's affairs ten years ago. |
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Economic
Report on Africa 2004 Published, Highlights Trade ECA Press Release 20/04, Addis Ababa, 29 September 2004. 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 UN’s Economic Commission for Africa. |
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Employment
Key to Poverty Reduction says Amoako By Cristina Muller, ECA, 01 October 2004. In a message to African heads of state ECA’s Executive Secretary KY Amoako said that employment creation is key to resolving the issue of poverty reduction in Africa, and part of the path towards achieving Millennium Development Goals. |
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Governance
Heads Agenda at Fourth African Development Forum
Addis Ababa, 24 September 2004. (ECA) About one thousand delegates from all over Africa including presidents, activists, business people, journalists and academics will gather in Ethiopia next month to participate in vigorous debate about strengthening governance in Africa. |
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High-Level
Transport Meeting Opens at ECA By Andrew Allimadi, 28 September 2004 Ethiopia’s Minister of Infrastructure opened the annual meeting of the sub-Saharan African Transport Programme (SSATP), taking place at ECA. |
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ECA/World
Bank Conclude Joint Workshop By Andrew Allimadi, September 20, 2004 The workshop reviewed the forthcoming World Bank publication, "Global Economic Prospects 2005." The theme of this publication is Trade, Regionalism and Development. Opening statement by Mr. Hakim Ben Hammouda, Director of Trade and Regional Integration Division (TRID) of ECA. Related story: :: ECA to Host ECA/World Bank Workshop |
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Water
and Agriculture will promote food security and poverty reduction in
Africa, says Josue Dione By Yinka Adeyemi, 20 September 2004 Poverty reduction and food security in Africa can best be promoted through strategic partnerships built around water and agriculture, the Director of Sustainable Development, Josue Dione said in Johannesburg. :: Full text of speech: "Achieving Sustainable Development: Building Partnerships." |
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ECA
Awards African Media Achievements at Highway Africa By Mercy Wambui, September 16, 2004 The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with Highway Africa is co-hosting the African Information Society Initiative (AISI) 2004 media awards ceremony in Grahamstown, South Africa. :: VIDEO CLIP FROM THE AWARD CEREMONY (7 minutes) |
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ECA
to Host ECA/World Bank Workshop The Trade and Regional Integration Division (TRID) of ECA is hosting a joint ECA/World Bank Workshop on Friday 17 September, to review the Bank’s forthcoming publication titled, "Global Economic Prospects 2005: Trade, Regionalism and Development." |
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TRID
News - August 2004 While everybody is talking about dismantling tariff barriers facing African exports to the European Union (EU), wider trends in EU policy with regard to food safety could lead to the creation of non-tariff barriers that are just as difficult to surmount. This edition of TRIDNews will review these alarming developments, as well as introduce a new series of publications available at ECA’s Trade and Regional Integration Division. |
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An
Expert Group Meeting Convenes to Review ECA’s Gender-aware Macroeconomic
Model By Houda Mejri, ECA, 14 September 2004 The Director of ECA’s Center for Gender and Development (ACGD), Ms. Josephine Ouedraogo, chaired on Tuesday 14 September 2004 the opening session of the Expert Group Meeting in charge of reviewing the Gender-aware Macroeconomic Model recently developed by ECA. |
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Sixteen
Countries to Take Part in UN-Water Accra Workshop By Yinka Adeyemi, 09 September 2004 About 50 participants from 16 African countries will take part in a UN-Water/Africa three-day workshop on geo-water information development and management which opens in Accra on September 15. |
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Trade
Liberalization and Development This paper argues that trade policies must be dynamic, adaptable and differentiated between sectors in order to contribute effectively to development efforts. |
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Trade
Liberalization under the Doha Development Agenda: Options and Consequences
for Africa This publication provides a quantitative estimate of the potential economic consequences of multilateral trade reform for Africa and draws policy conclusions for African negotiators. |
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ECA
Provides Touchscreen Kiosk for Addis Ababa Local Administration By Mercy Wambui, ECA, 26 August 2004 A multimedia touch-screen kiosk in Amharic, developed by ECA`s Information Technology Centre for Africa (ITCA) to showcase the value of ICTs for facilitating information delivery in local administration was launched on 25 August 2004 at the Nefa Silk Lafto Sub-City of the Addis Ababa Municipality. :: Photo Gallery |
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Ethiopia
Embarks on Telemedicine Project By Mercy Wambui, ECA, 20 August 2004 A two-week telemedicine training programme for over 20 Ethiopian medical doctors drawn from 10 hospitals in Addis Ababa and regional towns started on Monday 16th August 2004 at the United Nations Conference Center (UNCC).The Development Information Services Division (DISD) of ECA is making available expertise and training facilities for this training and other follow-up activities. |
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Regional
Integration Assessed TRID News - July 2004 Monthly Newsletter of the Trade and Regional Integration Division of ECA. ECA launched the first comprehensive major study of regional integration in Africa, titled Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA). The report examines efforts made by African peoples, governments and other institutions from the early years up to the establishment of the African Union in 2000. This edition of TRID News discusses the report and other trade related issues. |
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ECA
Holds Workshop on Market Access By Andrew Allimadi, ECA, 04 August 2004 The Trade and Regional Integration Division (TRID) of ECA is currently conducting a three-day training workshop on market access issues. Santiago Fernandez de Cordoba, an economist working with the Trade Analysis Branch (TAB) of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is leading the workshop. |
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ECA
Becomes Member of The International Working Group on Gender |
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ECA
to Study the Impact of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) on Africa By Andrew Allimadi, ECA, 29 July 2004 The Deputy Executive Secretary of ECA, Madam Lalla Ben-Barka today opened a consultative technical and planning meeting between the Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Trade and Regional Integration Division (TRID) and ECA’s sub-regional offices. Read full story. - Read full text of the speech. Related documents: Economic and Welfare Impacts of the EU-Africa EPAs: Concept Paper ; Analytical Methodology - the GTAP and SMART Models and related Databases. |
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Expanding
the TradeNet Experience By Andrew Allimadi, ECA, ECA, 29 July 2004. In its efforts to inform Member States on best practices and success stories that exist in Africa, ECA organized a series of one-day meetings in six West and Central African countries where Tunisia TradeNet (TTN) made a presentation. Read full story. |
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Commissioner
Joy Phumaphi Opens Meeting on Treatment and Care for Persons Living
with HIV/AIDS ECA Press Release 18, 2004, 27 July 2004, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The second CHGA Interactive in Gaborone, Botswana opened yesterday with a statement by Mrs. Phumaphi, Commissioner of the Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance. :: CHGA Interactive Botswana, July 26-27, 2004, Gaborone, Botswana |
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The
Role of ECA in Strengthening the Process of Political Integration
in the East African Community (EAC) Statement By Joseph Atta-Mensah, Senior Economic Affairs Officer in the Trade and Regional Integration Division (TRID) of the ECA. 26 July 2004, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. |
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ECA
Briefs Ambassadors on Regional Integration ECA held a presentation and discussion of regional integration to ambassadors based in Addis Ababa on Friday 23 July. The presentation was chaired by Lalla-Ben Barka, the deputy executive secretary of ECA, and also attended by Elizabeth Tankeu, the African Union’s (AU) Commissioner for Trade and Industry. :: Photo Gallery |
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ECA
Launches Report Assessing Regional Integration in Africa ECA Press Release No. 16/2004 The report provides a comprehensive evaluation of the state of Africa's integration process, showing where efforts have succeeded or failed including why intra African trade remains low; and how lack of macro-economic policy convergence and insufficient infrastructures hamper integration. 14 July 2004.
ARIA
Report, Media Kit and Audio Visual Materials |
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Consultation
on ECA 2006-2007 work programme fulfils African Ministers' desire,
says Amoako
ECA's
focus on Africa's key challenges now sharper, says Okello,
Design
different Green Revolution versions to fit Africa's contexts,
Dione tells experts
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