| Conference
Updates |
| Joint
ECA-ADB Symposium |
Opening
Remarks by K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary
of ECA
Abuja, Nigeria, 15 May 2005 |
| Main
Conference of Ministers, 14-
15 May 2005 |
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Day 2, 15
May 2005
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Gallery |
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Ministerial
Statement |
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Closing
Remarks
by K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of ECA
Abuja, Nigeria, 15 May 2005
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Remarks
By Omar Kabbaj, President of the African Development
Bank Group, at the Closing Session
Abuja,
Nigeria, 15 May 2005
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Mutual
Accountability and the African Development Agenda:
The Challenge of Delivering on Commitments 
Richard Manning, Chair, OECD Development Assistance
Committee |
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Day 1, 14
May 2005
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Gallery |
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African
Ministers Hear Calls For Faster Progress Towards
MDGs
ECA Press Release No. 12/2005, Abuja, 14 May
2005
ECA's Conference of Finance, Planning and Economic
Development Ministers kicked off Saturday in the
Nigerian capital, Abuja, with calls for renewed
African commitment to achieving the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs) and reducing African poverty. |
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Opening
Statement by K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of
ECA
Abuja, Nigeria, 14 May 2005
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Statement
by Anwarul K. Chowdhury
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High
Representative for the least developed countries,
land locked developing countries and small island
developing states |
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Address Delivered by
Senator Ken Nnamani
President, Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria |
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Statement
by Dr. Maxwell M. Mkwezalamba
Commissioner for Economic Affairs, African Union
Commission |
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The
Way Forward for African Economic Development
Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General
for Economic Development, United Nations |
| Meeting
of the Committee of Experts , 11
- 13 May 2005 |
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Report
of the Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the Committee of
Experts |
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Photo Gallery Day
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Day 2 - Presentations |
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Mutual
Review of Development Effectiveness
Elene Makonnen, Principal Advisor, Economic Commission
for Africa (UNECA) |
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Applying
Mutual Accountability in Practice. Agricultural
Performance and Trade Issues: Achievements, Constraints
and Challenges 
Economic Commission for Africa |
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Annual
Report 2005 
Economic Commission for Africa |
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Collaborative
Africa Budget Reform Initiative (CABRI)
Economic Commission for Africa |
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Mutual
Review of Development Effectiveness in the Context
of NEPAD:
Good Governance and Capacity Building 
Mr. Okey Onyejekwe, Regional Advisor on Governance,
Development Management and Policy Division (DPMD),
ECA |
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“Mutual
Review of Development Effectiveness” in the
context of NEPAD 
Aid flows and quality (chapters 5 and 6), Policy
coherence (chapter 7)
OECD |
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Projet
de programme de travail et d’ordre de priorité
pour l’exercice biennal 2006-2007  |
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Day 1 - Presentations |
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Achieving
the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa:
An Issues Paper 
Prof. Augustin Fosu, Director, Economic and Social
Policy Division, ECA |
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Survey
of Economic and Social Conditions in Africa 2004-2005
Prof. Augustin Fosu, Director, Economic and Social
Policy Division, ECA |
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Day 1 - Speeches |
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Opening
Statement by K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary
of ECA
Abuja, Nigeria, 11 May 2005 |
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Opening
Address by Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister
of Finance of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria, 11 May 2005 |
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Opening
remarks by Dr. George T. Irele, the Chairman
of the Committee of Experts
Abuja,
Nigeria, 11 May 2005 |
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Media
Advisory 12/2005
Over 30 Ministers to Attend Abuja Meeting, Addis
Ababa, 6 May 2005
The 38th Conference of African Ministers of
Finance, Planning and Economic Development gets
underway in Abuja, Nigeria, next week with some
49 ministers and central bank governors having so
far confirmed their attendance. |
Africa’s
finance ministers to chart new course towards MDGs
ECA Press Release No. 08/2005, 19 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 where discussions will focus on the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) and how to achieve them. |
2005
Conference of Ministers to discuss MDGs
This
May, the ECA will hold its
Conference of African Fin ance, Planning and Economic
Development
Ministers in Abuja, Nigeria, where participants
will aim to discuss the problems limiting Africa’s
ability to meet the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs).
The
Conference is an annual event which provides a
legislative mandate for the Commission’s
work. It is ECA’s main vehicle for reporting
back to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
under whose umbrella the Commission falls. The
Conference also endorses ECA’s work programme
and serves as a forum for articulating African
positions on key development issues. More... |
| Conference
of Ministers - A Decade of Progress
The Conference of Africa's Ministers of Finance,
Planning and Economic Development is a valued
opportunity for ministers and central bank governors
to meet every year in order to discuss the challenges
facing the continent's development. It serves
as a key forum for articulating Africa's common
positions on major policy issues. More... |