2005

Working papers:   

• Capital Flows and Current Account Sustainability in Africa
  December 2005

• Poverty profiles. A methodological note on measuring poverty,
  By Abebe Shimeles and Reto Thoenen

• Poverty Maps. A useful tool for policy design to reduce poverty
  By Adrian Gauci and Vanessa Steinmayer

• Spatial maps. Targeting & mapping poverty
  By Adrian Gauci

2001 - 2004

• North African Capital Markets Workshop Documents
  (04.01.2004)

• Pro-Poor Growth Strategies in Africa - Workshop Documents
  (10.16.2003)

• Youth and Employment in Africa
  Paper prepared for and presented at the Youth Employment Summit that was held in Alexandria, Egypt from September 7- 11, 2002.
  (08.06.2003)
    
• Economic Report on Africa 2003: Uganda A Tale of Two Economies? Chapter 2
  (06.16.2003)

• A Proposed Easy Reference Guide (ERG) to Engender National Accounts and National Budget
  (06.16.2003)

• A Proposed Gender-aware Macroeconomic Model to Evaluate Impacts of Policies on Poverty Reduction
  (06.16.2003)

• An elusive consensus: Definitions, measurement and analysis of poverty
  (06.16.2003)

• Poverty Equivalent Growth Rate: With Applications to Korea and Thailand
  (06.16.2003)

• Growth and Poverty Reduction in Uganda 1999-2000: Panel Data Evidence
  (06.16.2003)

• Pro-Poor Education Policies and Labour demand
  (06.16.2003)

• Prospects for ‘Pro-Poor’ Growth in Africa
  (06.16.2003)

• An elusive consensus: Definitions, measurement and analysis of poverty
  (06.16.2003)

• Poverty Equivalent Growth Rate: With Applications to Korea and Thailand
  (06.16.2003)

• Documents of the Expert Group Meeting on "Pro-Poor Growth Strategies in Africa"  that was held in Munyonyo Speke Resort Kampala, Uganda from 23 - 24 June 2003.(06.16.2003)
    
• New Welfare Effects of Monetary Union and Flexible Exchange Rate Regimes in the Economic Community of West African States:
  ESPD Working Paper Series No. 2
  By Chantal Dupasquier & Patrick N. Osakwe, March 2003.
  (05.30.2003)
    
• A Primer on Macroeconomic Forecasting and Policy Evaluation Models
  By Patrick N. Osakwe
  A Discussion Document from the Economic and Social Policy Division (ESPD) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), December 2002
  (12.13.2002)

2001 - 2002

• Tourism in Africa and the Multilateral Trading System: Challenges and Opportunities
  Background paper By Adrian Gauci, Vittorio Gerosa, and Cornelius Mwalwanda.
  (08.12.2002)

• Why industrial revolution missed Africa: A “traditional knowledge” perspective
  ECA working paper series, by Hilary Nwokeabia
  (07.31.2002)

• Documents related to the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) Click here
  (11.14.2001)

• Documents related to Africa and the World Trade Organization (WTO)
  • Africa's Negotiating Objectives for the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the WTO (PDF format, MS Word format)
  • Abuja Ministerial Declaration on the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the WTO (PDF format, MS Word format)
    (10.26.2001)
    
• High Level Brain Storming Meeting for African Trade Negotiators Preparatory to the Fourth WTO Ministerial Conference
  Jointly Organised by the ECA and the OAU, and in collaboration with UNCTAD, AERC, and WTO
  (26 - 29 June 2001, at the United Nations Conference Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
  -Conclusions and Recommendations
  -Opening Statement by K.Y. Amoako
  -Annotated Agenda
  -Programme of Work
  -Issue Paper (PDF version)
  -Exploring the issues of the GATS negotiations, a note by the UNCTAD Secretariat (PDF version)
  -Provisional List of Participants

• Eighth Session of the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance
  (Conference Website)
  21 - 22 November, 2000, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  - Resolution of the Conference
  - Statement on the High Level Intergovernmental Event on Financing for
    Development (PDF, MS Word)
  - Statement on the Third UN Conference for the Least Developed
    Countries [English (PDF, MS Word), French (PDF, MS Word)]
  - Statement by H.E. Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim,
    Secretary General of the Organization of African Unity,
    Addis Ababa 21 November 2000
  - Statement by H.E. Ato Meles Zenawi,
    Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
    Addis Ababa, 21 November 2000
  - A new global deal for LDC's - A New global compact with Africa
    by K. Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of ECA
    Addis Ababa, 21 November 2000
     
• High-Level Regional Consultative Meeting on Financing for Development and Preparatory Meeting for the Third UN Conference on LDCs
  15 - 17 November, 2000, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 
     
• Report of the Ad-Hoc Expert Group Meeting on Africa's Development Strategies, 22-24 March 2000, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  [PDF format, MS Word format]
     
• The Regional Conference on Brain Drain and Capacity Building in Africa, Addis Ababa, 22 - 24 February 2000
  • Final Report (zipped and in MS Word format)
  • Le phénomène de la fuite des cerveaux et le programme de retour de personnel qualifié mis en oeuvre par l’OIM en Afrique
    Par Mme Ndioro Ndiaye, Directeur général adjoint, Organisation internationale pour les migrations, 22 Février 2000, Addis Ababa
  • Statement by Lalla Ben Barka: Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa
  • Background Documents (English, French)
  • AIDE-MEMOIRE (English, French)

1999

• Economic Report on Africa 1999
  The Challenges of Poverty Reduction and Sustainablity Read
    
• Conférence de suivi du Sommet mondial pour le développement social pour les sous-régions de l’Afrique de l’Ouest et de l’Afrique centrale, 30 Sept. 99 - PROJET DE RAPPORT

• Broadening Local Participation in Privatization of Public Assets in Africa (.pdf format)

• Africa in Figures (Download MS Excel file)

• Liberalization of Trade & factor mobility (Download MS Word file)

• Central and Western African Subregional Follow-up Conference to the World Summit for Social Development Ouagadougou, 28 – 30 Sept. 99 - Details

• Conférence sous-régionale de suivi du Sommet Mondial sur le développement social pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest et l’Afrique centrale, Ouagadougou, 28 – 30 septembre 1999. Allocution prononcée par Madame Lalla Ben Barka Read

• ECA's Thirty-third session of the Commission/Twenty-fourth meeting of the Conference of Ministers/Seventh Conference of African Ministers of Finance 6 to 8 May 1999 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  6-8 May, UNCC
  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Subregional Follow-up Conference to the World Social Summit for Northen Africa Marrakech, Morocco 23-25 March 1999 - Details
  - Draft Conference Report (French)

• Sub-regional Follow-up Conferences to the World Summit for Social Development
  15-17 March 1999, Nairobi, Kenya - Details

• East and Southern Africa Sub-regional Follow-up Conference to the World Summit for Social Development
  15-17 March, Nairobi, Kenya
  • Background papers
  • Poverty Reduction in Southern Africa - A Subregional Brief (ECA - SA-SRDC, Lusaka)
  • Subregional Outlook: Eastern Africa (ECA- EA-SRDC, Kigali )
  • Progress in Good Governance since the Social Summit (ECA) [Version française]
     
• Read: Joint Statement of the Chief Executives of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and African Development Bank (ADB), issued in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on 5 February 1999 at the end of their Ninth Consultative meeting.

1998

• Africa Economic Report 1998: a comprehensive report prepared by the Economic and Social Policy Division of ECA discussing The African Economy in 1997, The Social Situation in 1997 and Medium-Term Outlook and Policy Challenges. Read

• Read: ECA to host Regional Consultative Meeting of UN Agencies in Africa

Pre-1998

• Read: [French] Report of the Sixth Session of the Conference of African Ministers: the Sixth Session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance held under the theme "Financial Sector Reforms and Debt Management", took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 31 March to 2 April 1997.

• HIPC Initiatives World Bank, January 1997. Read

• African Economy in 1995 ['96] Read
  Overview of Economic and Social Development in Africa ['96] Read
  22nd Meeting of the Conference of Ministers, Addis Ababa, 6-8 May 1996

• 22nd Meeting of the Conference of Ministers:
  Addis Ababa, 6-8 May 1996 Link to the Conference Website

• Economic and Social Situation in Africa, Report ['95] Read

• BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY 1994-1995
  25 April 1996 Read Contents and Executive Summary of the Report
  The report highlights the activities of the Economic Commission for Africa during the period 1994-1995, the second biennium of the 1992-1997 Medium-term Plan.

• Read: OVERVIEW OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA. An overview of Africa's development in the first half of the 1990s

• Read: Paris Declaration for the Least Developed Countries for the 1990s Global Mid-Term Review of the Implementation of the Paris Declaration and Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the 1990s

• Read: Resolutions Adopted By The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) During its Twenty-fifth Session 29 April 1958