ECA Publications

Recent Publications

National Councils for Sustainable Development in Africa: A Review of Institutions and their Functioning

Review of the Application of Environmental Impact Assessment in Selected African Countries

Economic Report on Africa 2004
Trade liberalization alone will not boost growth and poverty reduction in Africa. That’s the key message of this year’s Economic Report on Africa 2004 (ERA 2004) Africa.

Assessment of Power Pooling Arrangements in Africa,
October 2004.

Land Tenure Systems and their Impacts on Food Security and Sustainable Development in Africa

Report of the ADF IV Governance for a Progressing Africa

Report of the Fourth African Development Forum (ADF IV)
"Governance for a Progressing Africa"
11-15 October 2004, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

"Striving for Good Governance in Africa"
Synopsis of the African Governance Report 2005.

Public Sector Management Reforms in Africa

Best Practices in the Participatory Approach to Delivery of Social Services

Assessing Regional Integration in Africa
The report provides a comprehensive evaluation of the state of Africa's integration process, showing where efforts have succeeded or failed including why intra African trade remains low; and how lack of macro-economic policy convergence and insufficient infrastructures hamper integration. 14 July 2004.

Africa Networking: Development Information, ICTs and Governance.
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Economies of Central Africa 2004
(in French)

The Missing Link in Growth and Sustainable Development: Closing the Gender Gap

ECA Annual Report 2004

ICPD 10th Anniversary: Africa Regional Review Report

Poverty Mapping for Selected African Countries.
The countries covered are: Ethiopia, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Tanzania. April 2003.

Land tenure systems and Sustainable development in Southern Africa
A publication of the Southern Africa Regional Office. December 2003.
(12.23.2003)

African Media and ICT4D: Documentary Evidence
A baseline study on the state of media reporting on ICT and information society issues in Africa. December 2003

Africa Speaks
Perspectives on Africa’s Road toward the Information Society. Perspectives on Africa’s Road toward the Information Society. November 2003.

Economic and Social Conditions in Southern Africa 2002
Economic Impact of Environmental Degradation in Southern Africa ECA Subregional Office for Southern Africa.

Policies and Plans on the Information Society: Status and Impact.
This volume, “Policies and Plans on the Information Society: Status and Impact’” is the first in a series of publications that document the development and formulation of national e-strategies under the framework of the Africa Information Society Initiative (AISI). October 2003.

SCAN ICT
Indicators of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT). The Impact of Information and Communications Technology at the country level. October 2003

E- Strategies
National, Sectoral and Regional ICT Policies, Plans and Strategies. Sub-committee on Information and Communication Technology: ICT and Governance, April 2003.

Economic Report on Africa 2003: Accelerating the pace of development.
The report examines how Africa can achieve growth rates necessary to attain the Millennium Development Goals. It ranks African countries based on the performance of macroeconomic, poverty reduction, and institution building policies, using an ECA-designed Expanded Policy Stance Index.

"Defining Priorities for Regional Integration" :
Report of the Third African Development Forum (ADF III), which was held from 03 - 08 March 2002 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
(02.20.2003)