:: Outcome statement [French]

Conference Update

Poverty Reduction Strategies: African ministers chart a new way forward
ECA Press Release No. 06/2006, 28 March 2006

Africa takes stock of national development strategies
ECA Press Release No. 05/2006, 27 March 2006

African partners call for action to curb poverty in the region
26 March 2006

Text of Video Message by Kemal Dervis
Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme

Statement by Dr. Maxwell M. Mkwezalamba
Commissioner for Economic Affairs, African Union Commission
26 March 2006

Statement by Dr. Zeinab B. El Bakri
Vice President, Operations of the African Development Bank Group
26 March 2006

Address by H.E. Dr. Osman Mohamed Osman
Minister of Planning and Local Development, Arab Republic of Egypt
26 March 2006

Opening Statement by Mr. Abdoulie Janneh,
UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA, 26 March
2006.

Top-level African meeting to assess poverty reduction strategies
ECA Press Release No. 04/2006, 22 March 2006

Information about the Meeting

:: Information for Participants - English, French

:: Agenda - English

:: Programme of Work - English/French/Arabic

Available Documents:

:: Issues Paper - English , French
:: Theme Papers:
Theme 1: Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction in Africa: How to Reach the MDGs
Theme 2: Ownership, Leadership and Accountability for Poverty Reduction
Theme 3: Capacity Needs for the Implementation of PRSs and Attainment of the MDGs
Theme 4: The Emerging Aid Architecture, PRSs and the MDGs
:: Poverty Reduction Strategies in North Africa: Country Cases for Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia