Public
Sector Management Theme
Study
on the Reform of Tax Regimes for Promotion of Investment in Africa,
ECA/DMD/PSM/TP/97/1, December 1997.
The study examines efforts which African countries have
made to tackle problems related to private investment. It analyses the impact of corporate
tax rate on investment and in turn to employment in selected African countries.
Study
on Public Sector Reforms and Retrenchment Trends and the Creation of Alternative
Employment Opportunities, ECA/DMD/PSM/TP/97/2, December 1997.
The study examines the employment trends of the public
sector and the changing role of government in economic management in African countries. It
draws conclusions from experience with structural reforms and provides policy proposals to
retrenchment issues.
Report
on Trends in Management of Human Resources in Public Administration in Africa,
ECA/DMD/PSM/WP/97/3, December 1997.
The report analyses factors affecting the management of
human resources and assesses trends in human resources management in public administration
and provides conclusions and recommendations based on the analysis and assessments.
Case
Study on Decentralized Delivery of Basic Health Care Services,
ECA/DMD/PSM/IC/97/4, December 1997.
It is a background paper which reviews experiences of
countries that have decentralized their primary health care systems to local governments
and identifies the major governance concerns, issues and trends raised by the
decentralization. It suggests strategies for tackling the problems confronting LDCs. The
working paper was presented to the Joint ECA/WHO Workshop which was held on 21-22 October
1997 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Private Sector Development Theme
Measures
proposées pour la normalisation et le contrôle de la qualité des produits industriels
dans le cadre du Traité d'Abuja, ECA/DMD/PSD/WP/97/1, Décembre 1997.
Cette publication présente un examen du cadre
législatif et juridique de la normalisation, de la gestion de la qualité et de la
Métrologie (NOM) tel que défini à l'échelle régionale dans le Traité d'Abuja et ses
différents protocoles relatifs à la promotion de l'industrie, des échanges et de
l'investissement en Afrique. Le document aborde des questions concernant notamment la
nécessité d'un politique commune en NQM visant à accroître la compétitivité des
produits africains, les principaux obstacles qu développement des capacités dans ce
domaine, les programmes et les politiques en cours, ainsi que les infrastructures
institutionnelles et physiques existant dans la région. Des éléments de politique et de
stratégie communes ont été proposés en faveur d'un programme d'action régional
intégré pour le développement des capacités nationales et régionales en NQM.
Proposals
for Redesigning IDDA II Programme to Reflect Private Sector Development Orientation,
ECA/DMD/PSDE/WP/97/2, December 1997.
The working paper reviews the programme for the Second
IDDA bringing into focus the pivotal role of the private sector, re-examines the role of
government in creating conducive environment for private sector participation in the
implementation of IDDA programme. The paper was prepared to be presented to Ad-hoc Expert
Group meeting which was postponed to 1998.
Etude
sur l'harmonisation des systemes et modes informels et formels de microfinancement local
en Africa, ECA/DMD/PSD/TP/97/3, Décembre 1997.
Cette étude prèsente brievement le contexte
socio-economique, les politiques, les stratègies et les défis de l'harmonisation des
systèmes et modes informels et formels de micro-financement local dans un échantillon de
pays africains. Ensuite, elle examine les objectifs, le profil et les besoins des
bénéficiaires ansi que les principaux acteurs et les pratiques de micro-financement en
cours dans les pays concernés, fait une analyse critique des systèmes de
micro-financement, dégage les contraintes, les conditions de perennité financière, les
opportunités d'harmonisation et le rôle qui revient aux partenaires de développement
pour y parvenir. L'étude formule des recommendations pertinentes à l'attention des
gouvernements africains, des institutions financieres, des donateurs, des agences des
Nations unies et des associations de base de micro-financement en vue de l'harmonisation.
Civil Society and Good Governance
"Source
Book of African People's Organizations"
The Division has published a two Volume Source
Book on African People's Organizations. The Source Book has over 2000 entries of people's
organizations and contains essential information and Scope of Programme activities. It is
designed to facilitate networking among and contacts with a rapidly growing number of
people's organizations in Africa.
"Documenting successful NGOs experience"
A case study of Ethiopia". This is the
first of a series of case studies that will be prepared on the performance and
affectiveness of African NGOs. This particular issue looks at the famine period in
Ethiopia and the international community's response to assist drought and famine victims.
A great deal of the relief assistance was carried out by the NGOs and /or channelled
through them by donor agencies. A large number of international NGOs came to Ethiopia to
undertake relief operation and to assist in rehabilitation efforts. A number of local NGOs
emerged during the same period to join the massive program assistance. This case study
seeks to investigate and draw useful experiences from the operations and development
efforts of selected NGOs, both international and indigenous, and particularly their
efforts to improve the quality of life of the rural and urban poor in Ethiopia.
"Small Business Management - A training Manual" No. 6.
The promotion of small-scale enterprise as a
vehicle for growth and poverty alleviation in Africa is an area that is gaining wide
acceptance by experts and policy makers. As the role of the NGOs and POs is slowly
shifting from relief types of activities to a more complicated development oriented
actions, the need to have a through understanding of how income generating units operate
has become very crucial. The manual puts forward a "how to" guide on ways NGOs
can assist new and emerging community based small and medium enterprises with organizing
and managing their financial affairs. The manual has already generated considerable
interest among NGOs engaged in income activities as expressed by the increasing demand for
the publication.
"Special Initiative on Governance in Africa - Consultation
Report"
This was an NGO/CSO Regional Consultation on
Governance in Africa. UNDP and ECA shared responsibility under the UNSSIA for improving
coordination in the areas of capacity building, peace-building, conflict resolution and
national reconciliation, and strengthening civil society for development, all linked to
the governance agenda. Effective good governance and sustainable development is predicated
on efficient public sector management systems and practices; establishment of appropriate
legal frameworks that guarantee the rule of law; instalment of systems that ensure both
economic and financial accountability; and ensure transparency. The consultation noted
both the state and non-state sectors must reach a consensus on a common definition,
priority agenda and practical modalities for popular participation in governance. It also
noted that defining the nexus between popular participation, governance, peace, and
development must invariably include the collaborative initiatives of various actors
including ECA, UNDP, and the OAU on one hand and representative African governments,
African NGOs and other civic organizations in the continent.
"People First": Vol. 7, No. 1,
This Newsletter is published twice a year by
the Popular Participation in Development of the Development Management Division. It is
intended to facilitate dialogue among the development community on issues related to
participation and development in Africa. This particular issue focuses on Analysis of
conflict in Africa. Topics highlighted in the current volume include: The Kampala Peace
Conference; The United Nations agenda for Peace; Emergence of Local Peoples Organizations
in Time of conflict: Lessons from the Somaliland; and UN System-wide Special Initiative on
Africa.
"Etudies sur le developpement participatif - cas du Niger" - No.
6
Without the active involvement of people and
their organizations in the development process, improvements of human conditions can
neither be achieved nor sustained. The study is designed to promote and facilitate the
institutionalization of participatory processes and enhance people's involvement in the
political, social and economic lives of the country and the sharing of experiences, ideas,
concepts, institutional mechanism and organizational forms on participatory development.
"Training
Workshop on project formulation methods and resource mobilization strategies"
This training workshop was particularly
targeted and organized to NGOs operating in Ormomia Region in the Federal Democratic
Republic of Ethiopia. The program was developed as a result of a need assessment mission
organized by members of the Technical Committee for Reintegration Programme in Oromia
region. In this training workshop, trainees were exposed to a comprehensive approach of
project preparation and design that is based on the "logical framework"
methodology.
"Leadership
Training: Consultative Symposium on Strengthening Capacity for Gender Initiatives and Sub-
regional Co-operation"
Two major issues which must be addressed in
order to realize meaningful economic empowerment for women include: access and control of
productive resources; and, integrating women into economic related decision making
structures. Yet in Africa, no appreciable development, so far, taken place to demonstrate
narrowing of the gender-gap. A lot remains to be done. Recommendations of the Global and
Regional Platforms of Action, provide the framework for dealing with gender equity. Due to
the importance of this issue, several initiatives, actors and mechanism are in place in
several African countries and more continue to emerge. The symposium provided a forum for
the actors' stakeholder to address the critical issues of economic empowerment for gender
equity in the Eastern African subregion, and formulate policies, strategies, alternative
mechanism etc. to address this critical issue.
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