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Trade
and Regional Integration News, December 2005 Monthly newsletter of the Trade and Regional Integration Division of ECA. "An expensive consensus," is how Hakim Ben Hammouda, director of ECA's Trade and Regional Integration Division, described the agreement struck at the Hong Kong WTO Ministerial Conference. For more, read this edition of TRIDNews. |
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ERA
2005: Job creation lies at the heart of the poverty battle ECA Press Release No. 21/2005. December 19, 2005 A new report by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) shows that despite record economic growth in Africa, poverty is actually getting worse. :: Economic Report on Africa 2005 Meeting the Challenges of Unemployment and Poverty in Africa |
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By
2030, 650 million people in Africa will have no access to electricity,
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ECA
Update Volume 1, issue 6, December 2005 ECA Update is a retrospective monthly look at ECA's main activities. |
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TRID
News, November 2005 The monthly newsletter of the Trade and Regional Integration Division |
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New
study says reforms have not increased electrification in Africa |
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Integration
of African capital markets can increase efficiency By Cristina Müller, December 15, 2005 Stock brokers and capital market operators in West Africa suggested that integration of stock markets in sub-regions would greatly contribute to increasing the viability and efficiency of capital market development on the continent. |
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Specialists
debate the incidence and causes of poverty in Africa By Cristina Müller, December 13, 2005 Based on the standard US$1 per day threshold, the incidence of poverty in Africa has worsened over recent decades from 42.6 percent of the sub-Saharan African population in 1980 to 45.7 percent in 2003. |
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ECA
to host an Energy Sector Stakeholders' Policy Dialogue Forum By Andrew Allimadi, December 13, 2005 :: Project: Making Africa's power sector sustainable :: Programme of Work :: Final Regional Report (AFREPREN) |
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African
Stock Exchanges struggle to grow |
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ECA
Published Two New Books The Trade and Regional Integration Division of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with Maisonneuve & Larose, renowned French publishers, have issued two new books on Agriculture and on Regional Integration. |
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ECA
Update Vol. 1 issue 4, November 2005 ECA Update is a retrospective monthly look at ECA's main activities. |
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Countdown
to Hong Kong: Lamy submits Draft Ministerial Text By Andrew Allimadi, 28 November 2005 :: Draft Ministerial Statement - Preparations for the Sixth Session of the Ministerial Conference :: The Arusha Development Benchmarks for the Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong, China. |
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Interview
with the ECA Executive Secretary, Mr Abdoulie Janneh, Tunis, Tunisia.
:: ECA, Africa and follow-up to WSIS 28 November 2005 Tunis, 28 November - The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), held earlier this month in Tunis, ended with a strong call to speed up the pace of building a global information society. |
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Ministers
agree on long-term transport development in Africa By Andrew Allimadi, 25 November 2005 Eighteen sub-Saharan African transport ministers who met in Bamako, Mali earlier this month, adopted a resolution aimed at developing the transport infrastructure on the continent. :: Declaration of the Ministers Responsible for Transport and Infrastructure from member countries of the Sub-Saharan African Transport Policy Programme (SSATP) [ Français] |
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ECA
launches macroeconomic forecasting programme By Cristina Müller, 24 November 2005 :: The ESPD-ECA Macroeconomic Forecasting Framework An Applied Manual for use by African Ministries of Finance and Economic Development |
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African
Ministers of Finance Meet in Tunis By Andrew Allimadi, 22 November 2005 :: Opening Remarks, by Abdoulie Janneh, UN Under Secretary General and Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa :: Communiqué Meeting of African Ministers of Finance :: Is Africa Going to Benefit from Hong Kong? [Document] |
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Statement
by Abdoulie Janneh, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission
for Africa, delivered by Mbaye Diouf, Director of ECA’s
East African sub-regional office. AU Conference of Ministers of
Trade, 2nd Extra-Ordinary Session, 21 –24 November 2005, Arusha,
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WSIS
TUNIS AGENDA Newspaper of the World Summit on the Information Society, Phase 2, Tunis. :: Friday 18 November 2005 :: Thursday 17 November 2005 :: Wednesday 16 November 200..............5 :: WSIS 2005 Coverage |
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ICTs
a matter of necessity, says President Kagame By Mercy Wambui Tunis, 18 November - Rwandan President Paul Kagame has stressed that improved access to ICTs is critical to Africa's quest to meet the MDGs. |
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African
reporters rewarded for excellence in ICT journalism By Mercy Wambui Tunis, 18 November - Three journalists scooped the African Information Society Initiative (AISI) Media Awards for excellence in reporting on African ICT issues at a ceremony held in Tunis on 15 November. |
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Statistics
workshop discusses 1993 System of National Accounts implementation By Cristina Muller, 14 November 2005 African and international statisticians meet today (Monday) at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa for a three-day workshop on the compilation of national accounts and its use for policy analysis in African countries. :: Census is theme of 2005 edition of African Statistics Day By Cristina Muller, 14 November 2005 |
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Information
society summit kicks off in Tunis |
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ECA
Update Vol 1. Issue 4, October 2005 ECA Update is a retrospective monthly look at ECA's main activities. |
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ECA
helping African countries define benchmarks for Hong Kong meeting
By Bashir Condé, 09 November 2005 On 5-6 November, the Permanent Mission of the African Union in Geneva and the ECA jointly organized a retreat for African Ambassadors and Geneva-based negotiators aimed at defining development benchmarks for the WTO trade ministers’ meeting in Hong Kong next month. |
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IDEP
– taking the lead in building African capacity By Petchezi Essodeina, ECA, 31 October 2005 The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP), one of the subsidiary bodies of ECA based in Dakar (Senegal), ended its 45th Executive Council session in Addis Ababa on 28 October after a two-day meeting to review its performance report. |
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TRID
News, September/October 2005 The monthly newsletter of the Trade and Regional Integration Division |
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Experts
to review ECA’s forthcoming Sustainable Development Report on Africa
By Andrew Allimadi, 21 October 2005 The Sustainable Development Division (SDD) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is holding an expert group meeting on 22 – 23 October, to thoroughly review the first edition of the Commission’s Sustainable Development Report on Africa. |
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The
US Proposal on agriculture has potential to push Doha Round negotiations
to an ambitious conclusion – ECA |
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ECA,
AU Hold Joint Gender Meeting in Senegal Press Release No.18/2005 Addis Ababa, 11 October (ECA) - Over 30 African Ministers of Gender and Women’s Affairs gather Wednesday in Dakar, Senegal, for a meeting of one of Africa's key groupings on women's affairs. |
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ARIA
II Peer Review Calls for Strong, Achievable Recommendations 05 October 2005. The second edition of the Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) serial publication on assessing regional integration in Africa (ARIA), moved a step closer to completion last week when an external peer review of the draft took place. |
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New
Executive Secretary Abdoulie Janneh joins UNECA Press Release No. 17/2005 Addis Ababa, 3 October, 2005 (ECA) - Senior UN manager and Africa specialist Abdoulie Janneh assumes his new post as Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Addis Ababa, Monday. |
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Amoako
Completes Decade as Executive Secretary of UNECA Press Release No. 16/2005 Addis Ababa, 30 September 2005 (ECA) - Economic Commission for Africa Executive Secretary, K.Y. Amoako Friday completes his term at the helm of the continent’s leading development think-tank. |
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ECA
Update Vol 1. Issue 3, September 2005 ECA Update is a retrospective monthly look at ECA's main activities. Click here for the September issue. |
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Regional
Meeting on Economic Partnership Agreements |
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Stronger
institutions are key to attract FDI to Africa, says seminar |
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New
ECA webmag tracks MDG progress in Africa ECA has launched an interactive web magazine to track developments and offer analysis on Africa’s capacity to meet the Millennium Development Goals by the target date of 2015. Click here for the site (www.uneca.org/mdgs) |
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Africa
can move faster on MDGs, says report Press Release No. 14/2005, Addis Ababa, 13 September 2005 A new report on the Millennium Development Goals published by ECA says that despite widespread pessimism, some African countries are on course to meet key Goals and that with the right policies, many more could meet the target date of 2015. |
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Policymakers
discuss capital flows and sustainability of African current accounts By Cristina Müller, 15 September 2005 In a bid to improve African countries’ capacity to balance their import spending and export earnings, economists from the ECA are hosting a two-day workshop starting 21 September in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, for some 60 African policy makers. |
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Awards
ceremony for journalists’ use of ICTs |
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African
statistics framework launched By Cristina Müller, 31 May 2005 Regional and international experts met in Addis Ababa last week to launch a reference framework aimed at improving Africa’s precarious statistical capacity. |
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Conference
of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development
14-15 May 2005, Abuja, Nigeria. |
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Experts
debate new direction for statistics in Africa By Cristina Müller, 25 May 2005 International experts met at the ECA in Addis Ababa on Monday for talks on improving the way in which statistics are handled in Africa. |
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ESPD
Update 26 April 2005 In this issue: - HIV/AIDs: A new variant famine? - Policies for Health Financing that work for the Poor the Poorf - Turning Brain Drain Around for Africa |
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Third
Meeting of the Committee on Human Development and Civil Society 4-6 May 2005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. :: Opening Statement By Mr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 4 May 2005. :: Effective public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the delivery of public services central to achieving the MDGs By Carolyn Knapp, 13 May 2005 :: Participatory budgeting processes a sign of better governance By Carolyn Knapp, 12 May 2005 :: Promoting broader participation in the APRM process is key to success By Carolyn Knapp, 12 May 2005 |
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Call
to Boost HIV/AIDS Awareness in Africa ECA Press Release No. 09/2005, Addis Ababa, 2 May 2005 Policymakers have reiterated the need for Africa to tackle HIV/AIDS by talking frankly about the disease in a bid to educate people. |
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Amoako
stresses link between information and development in Africa ECA Press Release No. 11/2005 Integrating information into Africa’s development is critical for full economic success on the continent, according to ECA Executive Secretary K.Y. Amoako. :: CODI IV conference coverage
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Trade
and Regional Integration Division News - March 2005 The Economic Commission for Africa and its trade and Regional Integration Division have been chosen to host the prestigious annual Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) conference in 2006. This edition of TRIDNews reports on GTAP. |
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ATPC
Board of Governors hold first meeting in Addis Ababa |
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Africa’s
finance ministers to chart new course on MDGs ECA Press Release No. 08/2005, Addis Ababa, 20 April 2005: The ECA’s 38th Conference of African ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development will take place in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, from 14-15 May. Discussions will focus on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and how to achieve them. |
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ECA
Press Release No. 07/2005 Call to Move Women from Fringes to Centre of North African Economies Tangier, 15 April 2005 - A gender workshop in Tangier, Morocco, has called for moving women from the fringes of the economy to the centre. The meeting brought together experts from seven North African countries around the theme: “Women: Source of Wealth and Opportunities”. |
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ECA
in a Milestone Symposium on the Efficiency of Gender Mainstreaming
in combating the feminization of HIV/AIDS By Houda Mejri, ECA,15 April 2005 ECA recently participated in the Southern African Regional Gender Mainstreaming and HIV/AIDS Symposium, organized in Swaziland by the Southern Africa HIV/AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAFAIDS), 5 - 7 April 2005. |
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Experts
Discuss Ways of Measuring Sustainable Development By Corinne Archer, 13 April 2005 Addis Ababa Experts met at the Economic Commission for Africa on 13 April to discuss ways of monitoring progress on sustainable development. |
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Workshop
Discusses Trade Issues in Southern Africa ECA Press Release 06/2005, 12 April 2005 A workshop on the impact of international trade talks on southern Africa, convened by the Economic Commission for Africa, has discussed ways to improve the region’s access to global trade opportunities. |
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Transport
Ministers commit to improved services across Africa By Andrew Allimadi, 25 March 2004 African Ministers of transport and infrastructure made a commitment to improve transport infrastructure and services across Africa as a means achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa. |
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Consultative
workshop held on Ethiopia's new broadband initiative By Mercy Wambui, 29 March 2005 A consultative workshop on Ethiopia’s ICT development was held on 29 March 29, 2005 with the objective of introducing the general public to Ethiopian telecom’s expansion of the ICT infrastructure to provide multiplicity of services, such as data, voice and video. |
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Committee
adopts report on accelerating intra-African trade By Andrew Allimadi, 25 March 2004 The Committee on Trade and Regional Integration concluded its meeting Friday 25 March with the adoption of a report, which will be submitted to African Ministers of Trade at their next scheduled meeting in Cairo, Egypt at the end of May. :: Deputy Executive Secretary Opens Regional integration Committee Meeting, By Andrew Allimadi, ECA, 21 March 2004. |
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African
Trade Policy Centre Paper: Comprehensive
review of the likely impact of Economic Partnership Agreements on
African countries This study examines the economic and social impacts of the trade liberalization aspects of the proposed Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the European Union (EU) and African countries. |
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“Accelerating
Development in Africa: the Power of Regionalism” Distinguished Lecture at Addis Ababa University by Mr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of ECA. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Wednesday, 23 March 2005. |
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Opening
Remarks by Josué Dioné, Chairman of UN Water/Africa at the third meeting
of UN Water Africa 22-24 March 2005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. |
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ECA
Organizes Trade Experts Meeting in Rwanda |
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New
UN handbook profiles non profits in Africa By Cristina Müller, 23 March 2005 Nonprofit or civil society organizations, philanthropy, and voluntarism increasingly attract attention in Africa for their contributions to the challenges of poverty alleviation, development, environmental protection, and social exclusion. |
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Experts
Meet To Boost Inter-African Trade By Andrew Allimadi, ECA, 21 March 2004 An Ad-hoc expert group meeting on boosting intra-African trade opened today at ECA. The two-day meeting is being attended by African country representatives, as well as representatives from the African Union, Regional Economic Communities and other UN agencies. :: Presentations |
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AU’s
Commissioner Zoba visits ECA. By Andrew Allimadi, ECA, 21 March 2005 The African Union (AU) Commissioner for Transport and Infrastructure, Dr. Bernard Zoba, paid an official visit to ECA on Friday 18 March, to brief ECA on AU activities, particularly in the areas of transport and infrastructure. |
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Call
to boost Free Trade Area project in Maghreb Arab Union States and
bring in e-trade |
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Committee
on Regional Integration to Meet Next Week By Andrew Allimadi, 15 March 2004 The Trade and regional Integration Division (TRID) of ECA is convening the fourth session of its Committee on Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration from 24 – 25 March 2005. :: Committee on Regional Cooperation and Integration |
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West
African Countries Strategize On International Trade Negotiations By Andrew Allimadi, 15 March 2004 The Trade and Regional Integration Division (TRID) of ECA organized an Ad-hoc Expert Group Meeting on the impact of international trade negotiations on the West African sub-region from the 7th – 8th March in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. |
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ECA
to host GTAP Conference By Andrew Allimadi, 10 March 2004 The Advisory Board of the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) has chosen ECA to host its ninth annual conference, scheduled for June 2006.The Conference is a major annual event that brings leading economists in global trade policy research and analysis. |
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UN-Water/Africa
and ECA seminar on mainstreaming gender in Africa’s water activities
opens By Saskia Ivens with Yinka Adeyemi, 09 March 2004 About 65 participants are taking part in a UN-Water/Africa one-day Seminar on Gender and Water Resources Management in Africa which opened today in Pretoria. |
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ECA
ready to collaborate on environmental impact assessment, says Dione
By Yinka Adeyemi, 09 March 2004 The Director of Sustainable Development Division of ECA, Dr. Josue Dione, said that there were many areas for potential collaboration between ECA and the pan-African forum of environmental assessment and management practitioners called "Capacity Development and Linkages for Environmental Assessment in Africa" (CLEEA) |
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Women's
Day 2005: African Women Take Stock It is a decade since the Beijing Platform for Action was adopted to advance gender equality. In Africa, women celebrate an improved climate; but huge challenges remain, particularly the burden of poverty. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan says this year offers a chance to act on lessons learnt. :: Major Gains and Challenges for Women in Africa By Houda Mejri, ECA/ACGD, 08 March 2005. |
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UN
agencies develop three scenarios for HIV/AIDS in Africa till 2025
By Yinka Adeyemi, 04 March 2005 A landmark UNAIDS report produced in collaboration with the Economic Commission of Africa (ECA) and launched today in Addis Ababa says statistical projections are less important than global factors in considering the future of AIDS in Africa. |
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Trade
and Regional Integration Division News - February 2005 Ambassador Amina Mohamed from Kenya has been elected to Chair the powerful General Council of the World Trade Organization. She is the first woman to hold this position and this edition of TRIDNews is dedicated to her. |
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"The role of governance and transparency in achieving the development goals for Africa" Presentation delivered by Mr. Robert Okello, Officer-in-Charge, Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) at a conference on "Alliances for Integrity - Government and Business Roles in Enhancing African Standards of Living" from March 7-8, 2005 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. | ||||||||||||||
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Africa's
Women Reflect on Their Lot Post-Beijing ECA Press Release 05/2005, 28 February 2005, Addis Ababa. The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) produced a ground breaking audio CD, entitled "Reflections: African Women Post-Beijing." :: Reflections: African Women Post-Beijing - webcast. |
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7th
Ethiopian Youth Forum - Youth and Unemployment Statement by Mr. Robert Okello, Director of Office of Policy and Programme Coordination, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Friday 4 March 2005, Africa Hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. |
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ICTs
to boost trade in Maghreb States By Petchezi Essodeina, ECA, 28 February 2005. A workshop on the use of ICT as a tool to boost trade exchanges within the Union du Maghreb Arabe (UMA) will be held from 1 to 3 March 2005 in Tangiers, Morocco by ICT experts, private sector and civil society representatives from member states. |
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“Making
Aid Work Better for Africa” Statement by K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary Economic Commission for Africa, Houses of Parliament, United Kingdom, 23 February 2005. |
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GIS
to help you get there without getting lost By Mercy Wambui, ECA, 28 February 2005 A seminar aimed discussing the merits of a proposed functional addressing system for Africa, was held by the Development Information Services Division (DISD) of ECA on 25 February 2005 at the UN Conference Centre. |
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Workshop
on Capacity Building in Africa: “Effective States and Engaged
Societies”, co-sponsored by the African Development
Bank (AfDB), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa ( UNECA)
and the World Bank, 24 - 25 February 2005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
:: Opening remarks by Ms. Josephine Ouedraogo, Deputy Executive Secretary of ECA, 24 February 2005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. |
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Interconnection
of grids will ensure security and reliability of energy in Africa,
says Amoako |
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ECA
advises North Africa on the impact of phasing-out of Multi-Fibre Agreement
By Andrew Allimadi, 24 February 2005 The Trade and Regional Integration Division of the Economic Commission for Africa organized an expert group meeting to discuss the impact of the phasing-out of the multi-fibre agreement on the economies of North African countries. |
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Trade
and Regional Integration Division News - January 2005 This edition of TRIDNews leads with a discussion on the role of improved transport infrastructure in attaining the Millenium Development Goals. |
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Statement at the AFRICA UNITE Symposium (Honour Rebel Robert “Bob” Nesta Marley 60th Birthday Celebration) by Ms. Josephine Ouedraogo, Deputy Executive Secretary of ECA, 2nd February 2005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. | ||||||||||||||
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Promoting
International Action to Provide Global Public Goods Opening remarks by Mr. K.Y. Amoako, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA at the Africa Regional Consultation Meeting of the Task Force on Global Public Goods. Delivered by Ms. Josephine Ouedraogo, Officer-In-Charge of the Commission, 28 January 2005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia . |
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ECA
presents papers at Global Development Network Conference By Andrew Allimadi, 31 January 2005 The Trade and Regional Integration Division (TRID) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) participated in the sixth annual conference of the Global Development Network, held in Dakar, Senegal from 24 – 26 January 2005. |
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Address
at the Sixth Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African
Union By Mr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of ECA, 27 January 2005, Abuja, Nigeria. |
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Seeing
ICT through a gender lens By Mercy Wambui, 17 January 2005 The gender movement in Africa needs to do a lot more to sensitize policy makers on mainstreaming ICTs in National Policy. Read full story |
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Africa
Prepares for Second Phase of World Summit on Information Society ECA Press Release 01/2005, 11 January 2005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Approximately 1,000 people from the private sector, civil society, media, government and international institutions will meet in Ghana, next month to discuss an “Action Plan on Africa and the Knowledge Economy”, for expanding access to - and use of - information and communications technologies in Africa. :: Conference website |
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