Committee of Experts, 25 - 28 March
 

African Ministers of Finance and Economic Development commit to placing Agriculture at the core of growth policies.
ECA-AU Joint Press Release No. 30/2010
Lilongwe, 31 March 2010 (AU-ECA)-African Ministers of Finance, Economic Planning and Development have resolved to give pride of place to the high potential of the agricultural sector to create jobs, by granting subsidies to small scale farmers through the provision of certain inputs and by adopting measures to stabilize markets for farmers who produce surpluses.
 
The Ministerial Policy Debate outlines employment-friendly growth strategies
ECA-AU Joint Press Release No. 29/2010
Lilongwe, 30 March 2010 (ECA-AUC) - Africa’s Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development have devoted the first session of their annual meeting which is taking place in Lilongwe, at the joint initiative of the African Union Commission and the Economic Commission for Africa, to a policy debate on how to strengthen the job creation component in growth policies.
 
Malawian President urges Finance and Development Ministers to Promote Sustainable Growth before Macro-economic stability
ECA-AU Joint Press Release No. 27/2010
Lilongwe, 29 March 2010 (ECA-AUC) - The Malawian President and Chairperson of the African Union, Dr. Bingu Wa Mutharika, stated that “Africa must grow first and then stabilize”.
 
Side events to the AUC/ECA Committee of experts meeting focus on illicit financial flows and regulatory models in the knowledge economy
Side events to the AUC/ECA Committee of experts meeting focus on illicit financial flows and regulatory models in the knowledge economy
ECA-AU Joint Press Release No. 26/2010
Lilongwe, 29 March 2010 (ECA-AUC) - African finance and development leading experts gathered in Lilongwe (Malawi), tackled financial integrity issues and the e-economy regulatory models during two panel discussions organized as side events to the Committee of experts meeting which closed yesterday after four days of intense discussions.
 

The Committee of Experts addresses the challenges involved in growth and employment in Africa, the central theme of its annual meeting
ECA-AU Joint Press Release No. 25/2010
Lilongwe, 26 March 2010 (ECA) - On the second day of their meeting, which is being held in Lilongwe, Malawi, from 25 to 29 March 2010, African experts from Ministries of Finance, Planning and Economic Development examined the heart of the issue during an interactive session which was wholly devoted to thorough consideration of the central topic of the meeting, “Promoting high-level sustainable growth to reduce unemployment in Africa”.
 
Africa’s leading finance and development experts are discussing policies that generate employment opportunities
ECA-AU Joint Press Release No. 24/2010
Lilongwe, 26 March 2010 (ECA) - African Experts representing finance, planning and economic development ministries in African countries started their deliberations yesterday in Lilongwe (Malawi) on how to achieve a high quality growth, through employment-focused development policies, in the wake of the economic and financial crisis.