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

Documents available for Distribution: 

1. Provisional Programme of Work

2. Provisional Agenda

3. The Challenges of Financing Development in Africa (E/ECA/CV.24/2, E/ECA/CAMF.7/3 12 April 1999)

4. Coordination and collaboration among United Nations Agencies at Regional and Subregional levels in Africa (E/ECA/CM.24/5 19 March 1999)

5. Report on the work of the Economic Commission for Africa 1996-1998 (E/ECA/CM.24/4 23 April 1999)

6. Proposed Programme of Work and ECA priorities for the Biennium 2000-2001 (E/ECA/CM.24/7 January 1999)

7. Issues from the subsidiary and sectoral bodies of the Commission requiring a decision of the Conference of Ministers (E/ECA/CM.24/8/Add.1 22 April 1999)

8. First Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts of the Subregional Development Centre for West Africa Niamey, The Niger, 25-29 May 1998 (E/ECA/CM.24/CRP.4 5 April 1999)

9. Report of the Fifth Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of experts of the Eastern Africa Subregional Development Centre Addis Ababa, 26-28 May 1998 (E/ECA/CCM.24/CRP.5 5 April, 1999)

10. Report of the First Meeting of the Committee on Sustainable Development Addis Ababa, Ethiopia , 25-29 January 1999 (E/ECA/CM.24/CRP.9 19 April 1999)

11. Report of the Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of African Ministers of Transport and Communications Cairo, Egypt, 25-27 November 1997 (E/ECA/CM.24/CRP.11 19 April 1999)

12. Report of the First Meeting of the Ministerial Follow-up of Committee of the Conference of minsters responsible for economic and social development and planning Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 27 April 1998 ( E/ECA/CM.24/CRP.12 19 April 1999)

13. Financing Africa’s Development: Issues on Aid Effectiveness. Background Papers:

  • Official Development Assistance to Africa: Challenges, Opportunities and Outlook: Paper by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) (E/ECA/ESPD/CMF7/2)
  • The Search for the Key: Aid, Investment and Policies inAfrica: by David Dollar and William Easterly (E/ECA/ESPD/EXP8/2)
  • Aid Dependence: "A Critique" By Paul Collier (E/ECA/ESPD/EXP7/3)
  • External Aid: Help or Hindrance to Exports: By I. Elbadawi (E/ECA/ESPD/EXP7/4)

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