Sustainable Development Report on Africa (SDRA)

Addis Ababa 2 May 2008 (ECA): The Economic Commission for Africa has released the second edition of its flagship publication, the Sustainable Development Report on Africa (SDRA), as the 16th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD 16) opens in New York on Monday.

This edition of SDRA is devoted to a five-year review of the implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development Outcomes in Africa (WSSD+5)

CSD16 will address the following thematic issues: Agriculture, Rural Development, Land, Droughts, Desrtification and Africa. It will be chaired by Francis Nhema, Zimbabwe's Minister of Environment and Tourism.

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