Panel of experts set tone for Cairo PRSP meeting By Cristina Müller, 28 February 2006 A panel of experts on African economic development met at ECA headquarters to set the tone for a major plenary on poverty reduction and the Millennium Development Goals, scheduled for next month in Cairo. ECA seminar for Least Developed Countries in Africa and Haiti opens in Addis By Cristina Müller, 21 February 2006. ECA and the Office of the High Representative for the LDCs, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) opened on Tuesday a regional meeting in preparation for a global review of an action programme for least developed countries at ECA headquarters in Addis Ababa. Forum for African Statistical Development (FASDEV II) 09 - 10 February 2005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Opening Statement by Abdoulie Janneh, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA at the FASDEV II Forum.09 February, 2006. FASDEV II Opens with high expectations for consensus By Cristina Müller, 09 February, 2006 :: Forum Newsletter African Statisticians discuss common position on global development By Cristina Müller, Addis Ababa, 6 February 2006 Representatives of at least 40 African National Statistics Offices (NSOs) met in Addis Ababa today at the start of a three-day marathon seminar to determine Africa’s participation in the future of statistical development worldwide. 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 Capital Flows and Current Account Sustainability in Africa December 2005 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 Capital flows and current account sustainability in African economies 21 - 22 September 2005, Accra, Ghana 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.   :: Archive

Other Economic Reports: 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999   Major meetings - Expert Group Meeting on Africa’s Debt - African Capital Markets Development - Economic Report on Africa 2003 - Fiscal Policy and Growth in Africa - Pro-Poor Growth Strategies in Africa - Conference of Ministers