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ECA’s forthcoming flagship underscores role of the State in governing development
ECA Press Release No. 107/2010
Addis Ababa, 28 December 2010 (ECA) - The forthcoming 2011 edition of the Economic Report on Africa (ERA), the annual flagship publication of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union, will examine the role of the state in governing development, triggering economic transformation, and as a catalyst for sustainable development, according to a statement from ECA’s Economic Development and NEPAD Division (EDND). |
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Enhancing Capacity of Member States to achieve Macroeconomic Policy Convergence in Africa
:: Growth and macroeconomic
Convergence in West Africa: Patrizio Tirelli
:: Macroeconomic Convergence In Central Africa: Alberto Bagnai
:: Macroeconomic Convergence in East,
Central and Southern Africa. John Weeks |
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Capacity Building Workshop on “Enhancing the
Capacity of member States to achieve Macroeconomic
Policy Convergence in Central and West Africa
29 June - 2 July 2010, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |
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Third edition of the African Economic Outlook focuses on aid and Public Resource Mobilisation
ECA Press Release No. 55/2010
Addis Ababa 6 July 2010 (ECA) -“The African Economic Outlook has become a widely acclaimed annual report on African economies,” said Mr. Emmanuel Nnadozie, Director of the Economic Development and NEPAD Division at the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). |
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Experts Call for Stronger Financial and Monetary Cooperation among African Countries.
Addis Ababa, 05 June 2010 (ECA) - Economic and financial experts have called on African countries to increase monetary cooperation in order to guard against global instability and work towards a reformed international financial architecture. |
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African Economic Outlook ‘s focus on resource mobilization timely for Africa, says Nnadozie
ECA Press Release No. 39/2010
Abidjan, 24 May 2010 (ECA) - Although many international organizations publish annual reports on Africa, the continent is seldom covered on a country-by-country comparative basis as done by the African Economic Outlook (AEO), the Director of the Economic Development and NEPAD Division at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Prof. Emmanuel Nnadozie said today in Abidjan.
:: Opening remarks at the Launch of the African Economic Outlook 2009/10 by Mr. Emmanuel Nnadozie |
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Economic Report on Africa 2010 calls for job creation to be a priority for African countries.
ECA Press Release No. 38/2010
Addis Ababa, 18 May 2010 (ECA) - African countries must prioritise the creation of decent jobs as a central pillar of macroeconomic policy in order to attain the millennium development goals and eradicate poverty, according to the Economic Report on Africa 2010. |
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A New ECA Report On Regional Integration Calls for Strong Action to Lower Costs of Doing Business and Facilitate intra-African Trade
ECA Press Release No. 37/2010
Addis Ababa, 18 May 2010 (ECA) - African countries need to drastically improve the quality and quantity of physical infrastructure in order to lower the costs of doing business and increase competitiveness and the volumes of intraregional trade, according to a key recommendation of the fourth report on Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA IV), published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC). |
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South-South Cooperation needs to shape sound development architecture, says NEPAD
Bogota, Colombia, 25 March 2010 ( ECA) - Although South-South Cooperation (SSC) has promoted solidarity amongst countries of the South, it has not been adequately institutionalized to properly shape a sound development cooperation architecture amongst Southern countries, the CEO of the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency, Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, said today in Bogota, Colombia. |
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Experts and Officials Discuss “Dry Ports” in Ethiopia
ECA Press Release No. 70/2009
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 24 November 2009 (ECA) – The expansion of existing and the creation of new dry ports in Ethiopia was the subject of a day-long workshop held at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). |
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ATPC News [ Version française ]
April - June 2009, Vol 1, No. 3
In this edition: Workshop on Trade Facilitation and Aid for Trade Highlights Successes, Stresses Continued Work; ATPC Plays Pivotal Role in Launch of Pan- African Alliance on E-Commerce; ATPC Participates at UNCTAD Expert Meeting on Mainstreaming Gender in Trade Policyand more... |
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Forthcoming ERA 2009 calls for big-push on agriculture
Joint Press Release
Addis Ababa, 22 May 2009 (ECA) - The global economic crisis will hit African economies hard during the course of 2009, according to the forthcoming Economic Report on Africa 2009. The report, jointly published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AU), will be launched on Thursday May 28. The theme of this year's report is: “ Developing African Agriculture through Regional Value Chains .” |
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Workshop on Trade Facilitation and Aid for Trade: Sustaining Trade Facilitation Gains Through Effective Aid for Trade Strategies
Addis Ababa , 12-13 March 2009 |
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ECA and UNCTAD Course Highlighted Key Issues on International Economic Agenda
ECA Press Release No. 10/2009
Cairo, Egypt, 23 February 2009 – Better understanding of the infrastructure necessary to foster competitiveness and the relevance of transportation to trade and key issues in international trade negotiations and regionalism were the focus of the United Nations Economic Commission on Africa's (UNECA) presentations during a three-week workshop held recently. |
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ATPC News [ Version française ]
Januray-March 2009, Vol 1, No. 2
In this edition: Experts Call on ATPC to Support Creation of an African Alliance for Electronic Trade, Africa’s Expectations from Aid for Trade Discussed at Workshop in Bonn, ECA-CA and ATPC strengthen capacity in Cameroon on regional integration issues and instruments in Central Africa, and more... |
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The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) Discusses Africa's Expectations from Aid for Trade at Workshop in Bonn
ECA Press Release No. 40/2008
Addis Ababa - 1 December 2008 – A representative of the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), which is based at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia recently attended a workshop in Bonn, Germany to discuss African (member States and Regional Economic Communities (RECs)) expectations from the Aid for Trade (AfT) initiative. |
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ECA and Doha International Financing 4 Development Conference Update: Day 3
UN Under Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Abdoulie Janneh, made presentations at two side events on the third day of the of Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus in Doha. |
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ECA Executive Secretary urges Africa to find ways of using trade in a proactive and dynamic manner during Doha “Roundtable on International Trade as an Engine of Development”
UN Under Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Abdoulie Janneh, participated in the Roundtable on International Trade as an Engine of Developmen t during the second day of Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus in Doha. |
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ECA Executive Secretary and Experts Attend “Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development” in Doha
UN Under-Secretary-General and ECA Executive Secretary Abdoulie Janneh led the Commission's delegation to the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus which officially opened in Doha, Qatar on 29 November. |
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ECA-CA and ATPC strengthen capacity in Cameroon on regional integration issues and instruments in Central Africa.
On 17-19 November 2008, the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) and ECA's Trade Finance and Economic Development Division (TFED) contributed to a capacity-building seminar on the concepts and operating modes of regional integration instruments in Central Africa. |
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“Promoting the Development of Productive Capacities in Africa”
ECA Press Release No. 35/2008
Addis Ababa, 20 November 2008 –(ECA)- The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) is organizing an “ Ad-hoc Expert Group Meeting on Macroeconomic Policy, Productive Capacity and Growth in Africa” in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 24-25 November 2008.
:: Provisional Programme
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“AEC 2008 ends with commitment to continued knowledge sharing between policy makers, academics and other experts”
Addis Ababa 18 November 2008 (ECA) - The Third African Economic Conference (AEC 2008) ended in Tunis on Friday, November 14, 2008, after three days of vibrant discussion on some of the key issues facing Africa in today's globalised economy. |
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Experts Call on the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) to Support the Establishment of an African Alliance for Electronic Trade
ECA Press Release No. 32/2008
Addis Ababa 18 November (ECA) - The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) and the ICT and Science & Technology Division (ISTD) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) participated actively at the International Single Window Conference that was held in Dakar, Senegal, from 5-7 November 2008. |
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“African Trade Policy Centre begins work again with a new regional focus”
ECA Press Release No. 27/2008
Addis Ababa, 31 October 2008 -ECA)-: The second phase of the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC II) has been launched with programming missions to the Secretariats of the East African Community (EAC) from 8-9 September 2008 and Southern African Development Community (SADC) from 25-26 September 2008. A similar mission is planned to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) by the end of 2008. |
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First Edition of ATPC II News Launched
ATPC II has launched its new newsletter ATPC II News. This edition of the newsletter is dedicated to ATPC II programming missions to the East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariats, and proposals on an African template for the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between African countries and the EU prepared by ATPC and discussed at a workshop in Addis Ababa from 8-10 October 2008. The newsletter also reports on a recent mission of a team from the Gender Equality and African Regional Institution Project (GEARI) to Addis Ababa, and ATPC studies and events on trade facilitation. |
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ATPC II launched with Programming Missions to EAC and SADC Secretariats
As part of activities to launch the second phase of the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC II), a programming mission was undertaken to the Secretariat of the East African Community (EAC) in Arusha, Tanzania from 8-9 September 2008. A similar mission was undertaken to the Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Gaborone, Botswana from 25-26 September 2008. |
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“ATPC Proposals on an African template for EPAs endorsed at end of continental workshop”
ECA Press Release No. 21/2008
Addis Ababa – 10 October 2008 - ECA - African experts on Friday ended a continental workshop on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between European and African countries at ECA headquarters in Addis Ababa with the endorsement of proposals towards an African template for EPA negotiations.
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“Evaluating the Impact of EPAs on Africa 's Regional Integration Agenda”
ECA Press Release No. 19/2008
Addis Ababa – 29 September 2008 - ECA - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is convening a continental workshop on Economic Partnership Agreements between European and African countries at its headquarters in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia , on 8-10 October 2008. |
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Macroeconomic Policy and Convergence in Africa : ECA's Contribution
Addis Ababa, 16 September 2008 - (ECA) - The Trade, Finance and Economic Development (TFED) division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with the University of Pretoria, is organizing a training workshop on “Macroeconomic Policy and Convergence in Southern Africa” in Pretoria, South Africa on 23-26 September 2008. |
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Capacity building workshop on “Enhancing the capacity of member States to achieve macroeconomic policy convergence in Southern Africa” , Pretoria, South Africa,
23-26 September 2008.
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Advancing the “Aid For Trade” Implementation Agenda in Africa Addis-Ababa-26 June 2008-ECA: Concerted efforts are now underway to ensure speedy and effective implementation of the Aid for Trade (AFT) initiative in Africa , under the leadership of the AFT Working Group, which was recently established by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Full story ... |
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ECA Policy Research Report 2008
Public Expenditure and Service Delivery in Africa:
Perspectives on Policy and Institutional Framework |
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ECA-AfDB-OECD- Latest “African Economic Outlook” Report Forecasts Stronger Regional Economic Growth in Near Future
Addis Ababa , 12 May 2008 (ECA) - The 2007-2008 African Economic Outlook report, jointly published by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the OECD Development Centre and the ECA, reports that Africa's rate of GDP growth is expected to strengthen to approximately 6.0 per cent in 2008 and that this level is likely to be maintained in 2009. |
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ECA/ATPC Organises Workshop on Trade Facilitation and Study Tour to the Port of Djibouti
Addis Ababa , 9 May 2008 (ECA): The Trade, Finance and Economic Development Division (TFED) of ECA and the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) organized a workshop on trade facilitation as well as a study tour to the Port of Djibouti and two border posts between Ethiopia and Djibouti on 5 and 6 May 2008. |
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2008 African Economic Conference Call For Papers
The ECA and African Development Bank will convene the 2008 African Economic Conference on the theme “Globalization, Institutions and Economic Development of Africa” on 12-14 November in Tunis, Tunisia. The program committee now invites submission of abstracts (or papers) by interested participants on any economic issues of relevance to African economies.
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External Review of Economic Report for Africa 2008
Addis Ababa, 14 November 2007 (ECA) – The External Peer Review of the Economic Report on Africa for 2008 (ERA 2008) will take place in Addis Ababa on 18 November 2007. ERA is one of the Commission's annual flagship publications prepared by the Trade Finance and Economic Development Division (TFED) in collaboration with the African Union. More...
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Capacity Building Workshop – Addis Ababa, 14 November 2007
Addis Ababa, 09 November 2007(ECA) – The Trade, Finance and Economic Development (TFED) division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is organizing a “ Policy analysis capacity building workshop for technical officials of ministries and central banks ” on 14 November 2007, at the UN Conference Centre, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. More...
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The 2nd African Economic Conference
Addis Ababa, 9 November 2007 (ECA) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) are organizing the 2nd African Economic Conference from 15-17 November 2007 at the UN Conference Centre in Addis Ababa. More...
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Coming Soon: 2007 African Economic Conference
Addis Ababa, 31 October 2007 (ECA) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) are jointly organizing the second African Economic Conference which will be held from 15 – 17 November 2007. More...
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ECA Survey Finds Limited Progress in Implementation of Monterrey Consensus in Africa
Addis Ababa, 22 October 2007 (ECA) - The results of a recent survey by the Economic Commission for Africa suggest that, in general, very limited progress has been made in realizing the objectives of the Monterrey Consensus on Financing for Development. The release of the survey results coincides with the 23-24 October high-level biennial review of the United Nations General Assembly Plenary on the implementation of the Monterrey Consensus. |
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Mobilising
Aid for Trade: Focus Africa
Addis Ababa, 9 October 2007 (ECA) - The
Trade, Finance and Economic Development
(TFED) division of the United Nations Economic
Commission for Africa (ECA) is organizing
an “Ad-hoc Expert Group Meeting”
on “ Policy targeting to accelerate
growth, create employment, and achieve theMillennium
Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa”
from 17 to 18 October 2007, at the Speke
Resort and Conference Centre, in Kampala,
Uganda. |
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Mobilising
Aid for Trade: Focus Africa
Addis Ababa, 26 September 2007 (ECA)- The
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the
African Development Bank and the World Trade
Organisation (WTO) will jointly organise
the regional review meeting on “ Mobilising
Aid for Trade: Focus Africa” in Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania, on 1 – 2 October 2007. |
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AU
appoints UN official as member of new “Panel
of Eminent Africans”
Addis Ababa, 04 September
2007 - The current Chairman of the African
Union (AU), His Excellency, President John
Kufuor of Ghana, has appointed Mr. Hakim
Ben Hammouda, the Director of the Trade,
Finance and Economic Development Division
(TFED) of the Economic Commission for Africa
(ECA) as member of the Panel of Eminent
Africans, which has been established to
advise on how to improve the African Union. |
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ATPC
News
June 2007, Vol 2, No. 5
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“ECA
economist receives eminent international
trade research award”
13 June 2007
The Director of the Trade, Finance and Economic
Development Division (TFED) of the United
Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Mr. Hakim Ben Hammouda last week received
the 2007 Alan Powell Award, one of the most
prestigious in the area of global trade
research. More... |
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ECCAS
meeting welcomes ERA 2007 recommendations
12 June 2007
The key findings of the 2007 Economic
Report on Africa (ERA, were presented last
week in Brazzaville (Republic of Congo)
to the Council of Ministers of the Economic
Community of Central African States (ECCAS).
This was the first briefing session on the
report for a sub regional body since its
official launch in April in Addis Ababa,
during the Conference of African Ministers
of Finance, Planning and Economic Development.
ERA 2007, which was jointly published by
ECA and the African Union Commission, focuses
on the theme "Accelerating Africa's
Development through Diversification. |
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“Second
African Financing For Development Conference
to Convene in Ghana”
ECA Press Release No. 10/2007
Addis Ababa, 25 May (ECA) – The Government
of Ghana in collaboration with the Economic
Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African
Development Bank will convene a high-level
conference on ‘Financing for Development',
in Accra, Ghana, on 30-31 May, under the
theme “Infrastructure for Growth
– The Energy Challenge”.
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ECA
Media Advisory
Addis Ababa, 21 May 2007 (ECA): The Economic
Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Economic
Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
(ECLAC) will co-organise a Capacity Building
Workshop for selected African research centers,
in Bujumbura, Burundi on 29-30 May 2007. |
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For Africa to meet its MDGs financing gap, there is an urgent need to increase efforts to mobilize resources, above all from domestic sources and, in that regard,a focus on capital market development, and other measures to support investment will be key, said Hakim Ben Hammouda, Director of ECA's Trade Finance and Economic Development Division, at the opening of a regional meeting on financing investment in Africa on 24 April. More... |
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ERA 2007 launch generates extensive media coverage
The 2007 Economic Report on Africa (ERA 2007), the annual flagship publication of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), has so far stimulated a great deal of media attention. The Information and Communication Service has been so far logged around 30 news articles published worldwide. More... |
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ECA Media Advisory
Addis Ababa, 18 April 2007 (ECA): The Economic Commission for Africa will convene a regional meeting on financing investment in Africa in Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania on 24-25 April 2007. |
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ATPC News
February - March 2007, Vol 2, No. 2
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Africa's economic growth to improve in 2007, according to ECA
ECA Press Release No. 05/2007
Addis Ababa, 3 April 2007 (ECA ) – African economies are forecast to grow by an average of 5.8% in 2007, according to the latest edition of the Economic Report on Africa (ERA 2007), the annual flagship publication of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), which is launched today. |
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2007 African Economic Conference Call For Papers
The ECA and African Development Bank will convene the 2007 African Economic Conference on the theme “Opportunities and Challenges of Development for Africa in the Global Arena” on 15-17 November in Addis Ababa. The program committee now invites submission of abstracts (or papers) by interested participants on any economic issues of relevance to African economies. |
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ECA Publishes a New Book On Market Access
27 March 2007
The Trade Financing and Economic Development Division (TFED) of the Economic Commission for Africa has just published a book on market access challenges facing Africa and the way forward. |
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Call for Papers
ECA and the GATE research group of the University Lumiere Lyon will convene an international conference on the Economic, Social and Environmental Consequences of Trade Liberalization in North Africa and Middle East in Rabat (Morocco) on 19 - 20 October 2007. |
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ATPC News January 2007, Vol 2, No. 1
:: December 2006, Vol 1, No. 2 |
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ECA Media Advisory ERA 2006
January 05, 2007
The 2006 edition of the Economic Report on Africa: Capital Flows and Development Financing in Africa places capital flows at the centre of the debate on development financing and examines how external capital can help countries accelerate growth and reduce poverty. |
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Experts Call for Regionalization of Capital Markets in Africa
The Trade, Finance and Economic Development Division (TFED) convened a two-day meeting on capital markets development in Nairobi, Kenya on 10-11 November 2006 |
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ATPC News September 2006, Vol 1, No. 1
Welcome to this first edition of the ATPC News which is replacing the former TRID News. The former Trade and Regional Integration Division (TRID) has ceased to exist as a result of recent organizational changes in ECA. |
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Experts to assess ways of improving service delivery in Africa
ECA Press Release
Addis Ababa, 5 October – The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is to host a meeting to examine the management of public expenditure in Africa in a bid to make service delivery more efficient.
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African experts analyse potential adjustment strategies to EPAs
Addis Ababa, 2 October - African trade experts met in Cairo last month to review ways of mitigating the costs of signing economic partnership agreements (EPAs) with European countries.
:: Meeting Conclusions [ Français ] - Ad-Hoc Expert Group Meeting on Economic Partnership Agreements and How African Countries Can Adjust |
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New report urges developing national productive capacities to stem poverty
Addis Ababa, 20 July 2006- Despite higher rates of economic growth in recent years, the world's poorest countries will remain in a dire situation until that growth becomes sustainable.
Related Documents:
:: The Least Developed Countries Report 2006 Overview by the Secretary-General of UNCTAD [pdf format]
:: Facts about Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
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Second report on Assessing Regional Integration in Africa launched
Addis-Ababa, 07 June 2006 (ECA) -- The African Union (AU) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) launched their second joint report on regional integration in Africa during the African Union summit of heads of states in Banjul, The Gambia from 1 – 2 July.
:: Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA) II
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Trade and Regional Integration Newsletter
August 2006
July 2006
June 2006
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Global Economic Analysis Conference opens in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa, 15 June - Leading economists and other interested parties met in Addis Ababa on Thursday for a global economic analysis conference, the first time such a gathering has been held in Africa.
:: For more information, click here to visit the conference website. |
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Experts call for more ECA and ATPC support on trade policy issues
Addis Ababa, 8 June - African trade experts have called on the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), to continue providing much needed technical assistance to enable member States mainstream trade in their national development plans. |
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Agreement reached to speed up liberalisation of African air transport
06 June 2006
A high level meeting of policy-makers and chief executives representing various African airlines has agreed to develop comprehensive competition rules to speed up the liberalisation of Africa's skies. |
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Infrastructure “missing component” in Africa's development
By Robert T. Lisinge, 23 May 2006
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) last week jointly organized a ministerial round table and two high level seminars aimed at highlighting the importance of infrastructure development and regional integration on the continent.
Related links:
 Infrastructure Development and Regional Integration
Presentation by Mr. Hakim Ben Hammouda, Director of TRID |
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Trade and Regional Integration Newsletters - May 2006
There are three issues for this month:
Issue # 1: examines the Expert Group Meeting on “Mainstreaming Trade into National Development Strategies” that will be held in Casablanca, Morocco, from 29 - 31 May 2006.
Issue #2: presents details of the 9th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis that will be held in Addis Ababa from 15-17 June 2006.
Issue #3: covers the ADB/ECA Ministerial Round Table & High Level Seminars that was held on 16 May 2006. |
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Trade and Regional Integration Newsletter - April 2006
African Ministers of trade met in Nairobi, Kenya from 12 – 14 April to review progress on measures taken to increase intra-African trade; current negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO); and negotiations for the new Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the European Union. This edition of TRIDNews leads with details of the ministerial discussion, and also includes an article on the current direction of EPAs negotiations. |
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Trade and Regional Integration Newsletter - March 2006
This month's edition focuses on the ECA trade team's technical assistance missions to Senegal and Gabon. |
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ECA trade assistance team visits Gabon
By Andrew Allimadi, 31 March 2006
The trade and regional integration division (TRID) of ECA and the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), in collaboration with the ECA Central Africa Sub-regional Office conducted a technical assistance mission to Libreville, Gabon from 27 – 30 March at the request of the Gabonese Development Bank (BGD). |
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ECA trade assistance team visits Senegal
By Andrew Allimadi, 22 March 2006
The trade and regional integration division (TRID) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) conducted a technical assistance mission to Dakar, Senegal from 13 – 16 March at the request of the Senegalese government. |
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ECA Hosts Workshop on regional economic communities
By Andrew Allimadi, 28 February 2006
ECA hosted a one-day high-level workshop on Saturday 25 February 2006 to discuss the capacity needs of Africa's regional economic communities (RECs).
:: Speech by the ECA Executive Secretary |
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Trade and Regional Integration Division News
February 2006
This month's edition leads on continuing efforts to secure a development-friendly Doha Round. |
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African Trade Negotiators Define post-Hong Kong Strategy
By Andrew Allimadi, 22 February 2006
ECA and the African Union jointly organized a retreat for African Ambassadors and Trade Negotiators from the 17 – 18 February in Montreux, Switzerland. |
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Training Workshop on WTO Negotiations
By Andrew Allimadi, 24 February 2006
will hold a training workshop on World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations for African embassies based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Monday 27 February 2006.
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ECA holds briefing for African Embassies in Addis Ababa
By Andrew Allimadi, 07 February 2006
The Economic Commission for Africa held a briefing for all African embassies based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Monday 6 February 2006. The briefing covered activities of the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), which is a project of ECA set-up with funding from the Canada Fund for Africa. |
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New African Trade Policy work in progress documents published
09 February 2006
The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of ECA has published seven new work in progress documents, some of them in English and others in French. The work in progress series presents initial findings of on-going research on trade-related issues in ECA for wider circulation to encourage comments and feedback. |
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Trade and Regional Integration Division News
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Africa and the WTO: 100 Key Words
By Andrew Allimadi, 30 January 2006
The director of ECA's Trade and Regional Integration Division, Hakim Ben Hammouda and Magdi Farhat, head of the Africa Bureau of the International Trade Centre, have published a new book titled: Africa and the WTO: 100 Key words. |
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Trade and Regional Integration Division News
December 2005 |
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Trade and Regional Integration Division News
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Countdown to Hong Kong: Lamy submits Draft Ministerial Text
By Andrew Allimadi, 28 November 2005
:: Draft Ministerial Statement - Preparations for the Sixth Session of the Ministerial Conference
:: The Arusha Development Benchmarks for the Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong, China. |
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Ministers agree on long-term transport development in Africa
By Andrew Allimadi, 22 November 2005
:: Declaration of the Ministers Responsible for Transport and Infrastructure from member countries of the Sub-Saharan African Transport Policy Programme (SSATP)
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African Ministers of Finance Meet in Tunis
By Andrew Allimadi, 22 November 2005
:: Opening Remarks, by Abdoulie Janneh, UN Under Secretary General and Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa
:: Communiqué Meeting of African Ministers of Finance
:: Document: Is Africa Going to Benefit from Hong Kong?
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Retreat for African Ambassadors and Negotiators based in Geneva on Development Benchmarks for the Hong Kong Ministerial, 5-6 November 2005, Lausanne, Switzerland
:: Non-Agricultural Market Access (NAMA): Key Development Benchmarks To Look Out For
:: Briefing Note on US Proposal on Agriculture Market Access Negotiation
:: Negotiations on Rules with regard to Regional Trade Agreements |
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The US Proposal on agriculture has potential to push Doha Round negotiations to an ambitious conclusion – ECA
By Andrew Allimadi, 17 October 2005
The recent US proposal at the World Trade Organization (WTO) for the liberalization of international trade in agriculture has the potential of moving the Doha Round negotiations towards an ambitious and successful conclusion.
:: Briefing note on US proposal on agriculture market access negotiation: Impact for african countries [PDF file]
:: WTO Negotiations Briefing Note [PDF file] |
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ARIA II Peer Review Calls for Strong, Achievable Recommendations
05 October 2005
The second edition of the Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) serial publication assessing regional integration in Africa (ARIA), moved a step closer to completion last week when an external peer review of the draft took place. |
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Economic Partnership Agreement (EPAs) Meeting
22 – 24 September 2005, Mombasa, Kenya
Final Report [English, French]
Meeting Conclusions [English, French]
Regional Meeting on Economic Partnership Agreements
By Andrew Allimadi, 29 September 2005
EPAS Regional Meeting to take place in Mombasa
By Andrew Allimadi,19 September 2005 |
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Trade and Regional Integration Division News, August 2005
This edition of TRIDNews tackles the nuances of the ongoing negotiations between African countries and the European Union (EU) for new Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), scheduled for introduction in January 2008. |
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Trade and Regional Integration Division News, July 2005
This edition of TRIDNews leads with a discussion of the current state of maritime transport. It will also introduce the latest list of African Trade Policy Centre Work in Progress publications. |
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Africa brainstorms on technical details of WTO negotiations
By Andrew Allimadi, 05 July 2005
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) organized a trade experts’ brainstorming meeting for African countries; to discuss the technical details of the Doha Development Round negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO). ECA and UNDP took active roles at the meeting, which was held in Nairobi, Kenya from 29th June to 1 July. |
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Trade and Regional Integration Division News, June 2005
This edition of TRIDNews leads with key discussions by African Ministers of Trade in Cairo, Egypt from 8 to 9 June 2005. The meeting came at an important time as the continent prepares for the crucial World Trade Organization Ministerial Summit, scheduled for Hong Kong in December 2005. |
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Committee
adopts report on accelerating intra-African trade
By Andrew Allimadi, 25 March 2004
The Committee on Trade and Regional Integration concluded
its meeting Friday 25 March with the adoption of a report,
which will be submitted to African Ministers of Trade
at their next scheduled meeting in Cairo, Egypt at the
end of May.
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Deputy
Executive Secretary Opens Regional integration Committee
Meeting, By Andrew Allimadi, ECA, 21 March 2004.
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African
Trade Policy Centre Paper: Comprehensive
review of the likely impact of Economic Partnership Agreements
on African countries
This study examines the economic and social impacts of
the trade liberalization aspects of the proposed Economic
Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the European Union
(EU) and African countries. |
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ECA
Organizes Trade Experts Meeting in Rwanda
By
Andrew Allimadi, 24 March 2004
The Trade and Regional Integration Division (TRID)
of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) organized
an Ad-hoc Expert Group Meeting on the impact of international
trade negotiations on the East African sub-region, which
took place from the 15th – 19th March in Kigali,
Rwanda.
:: Report
of the meeting :: List
of Participants |
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Experts
Meet To Boost Inter-African Trade
By
Andrew Allimadi, ECA, 21 March 2004
An Ad-hoc expert group meeting on boosting intra-African
trade opened today at ECA. The two-day meeting is being
attended by African country representatives, as well as
representatives from the African Union, Regional Economic
Communities and other UN agencies.
:: Presentations
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AU’s
Commissioner Zoba visits ECA.
By Andrew Allimadi, ECA, 21 March 2004
The African Union (AU) Commissioner for Transport and
Infrastructure, Dr. Bernard Zoba, paid an official visit
to ECA on Friday 18 March, to brief ECA on AU activities,
particularly in the areas of transport and infrastructure. |
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Committee
on Regional Integration to Meet Next Week
The Trade and regional Integration Division (TRID) of
ECA is convening the fourth session of its Committee on
Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration from 24 –
25 March 2005.
:: Committee
on Regional Cooperation and Integration |
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West
African Countries Strategize On International Trade Negotiations
By Andrew Allimadi, 15 March 2004
The Trade and Regional Integration Division (TRID) of
ECA organized an Ad-hoc Expert Group Meeting on the impact
of international trade negotiations on the West African
sub-region from the 7th – 8th March in Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso. |
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ECA
to host GTAP Conference
By Andrew Allimadi, 10 March 2004
The Advisory Board of the Global Trade Analysis Project
(GTAP) has chosen ECA to host its ninth annual conference,
scheduled for June 2006.The Conference is a major annual
event that brings leading economists in global trade policy
research and analysis. |
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Trade
and Regional Integration Division News - February 2005
Ambassador Amina Mohamed from Kenya has been elected to
Chair the powerful General Council of the World Trade
Organization. She is the first woman to hold this position
and this edition of TRIDNews is dedicated to her. |
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ECA
advises North Africa on the impact of phasing-out of Multi-Fibre
Agreement
By Andrew Allimadi, 24 February 2004
The Trade and Regional Integration Division of the Economic
Commission for Africa organized an expert group meeting
to discuss the impact of the phasing-out of the multi-fibre
agreement on the economies of North African countries. |
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Trade
and Regional Integration Division News - January 2005
This edition of TRIDNews leads with a discussion on the
role of improved transport infrastructure in attaining
the Millenium Development Goals. |
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ECA
presents papers at Global Development Network Conference
By Andrew Allimadi, 31 January 2005
The Trade and Regional Integration Division (TRID) of
the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) participated
in the sixth annual conference of the Global Development
Network, held in Dakar, Senegal from 24 – 26 January 2005. |
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Trade
and Regional Integration Division News - December 2004
This edition of TRIDNews covers a meeting in the Republic
of Congo on international trade negotiations and introduces
two new publications from ECA covering transport issues. |
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ECA
publishes two transport books
By Andrew Allimadi, 10 December 2004
The Trade and Regional Integration Division (TRID) of
ECA has published two new comprehensive volumes on transport
and development in Africa. The publications are in French
and are titled: Les transports et l’intégration régionale
en Afrique; and La Décision de Yamoussoukro et le transport
aérien en Afrique. |
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Trade
and Regional Integration Division News - Nov. 2004
This edition of TRIDNews reprints an editorial by Mr.
K.Y. Amoako in the Financial Times newspaper and reports
on two meetings held in Tunis in November 2004, Ad-hoc
Expert Group Meeting on Market Access and a
meeting of African trade negotiators and officials. |
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Sequencing
of EPAs implementation critical – ECA Paper
By Andrew Allimadi, 10 December 2004
Any Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) reached between
the European Union (EU) and African countries will need
to allow for a long and sequenced implementation period
in order to benefit African countries. |
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Central
African countries reaffirm commitment to international
trade
By Andrew Allimadi, ECA, 07 December 2004
ECA organized an Ad-hoc Expert Group meeting on the impact
of international trade negotiations on the Central Africa
sub-region, from 2 – 3 December in Pointe-Noire,
Republic of Congo.
:: Congo Meeting
documents |
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Ministers
call for speedy implementation of Yamoussoukro Decision
By Andrew Allimadi, 06 December 2004
Ministers of Transport and Infrastructure from West
and Central Africa met on the 2nd December 2004 to review
the implementation of the Yamoussoukro Decision in the
West and Central African sub-region.
:: Meeting documents
and information |
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High-Level
Brainstorming Meeting for African Trade Negotiators and
Officials
25 – 26 November 2004, Tunis, Tunisia.
Brainstorming
Meeting Adopts Communiqué Committing Africa to Serious
Negotiations
By Andrew Allimadi, 01 December 2004
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Expert
Group Meeting on Market Access
22 – 23 November, Tunis,
Tunisia |
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African
Trade Experts Aim to Revitalise World Trade Talks
ECA Press Release 31/2004, 24 Nov. 2004.
A "High-Level Brainstorming Meeting" for African trade
negotiators and officials opens Thursday morning in Tunis,
Tunisia, to discuss ways to revitalize world trade negotiations
and restore development goals to the heart of the World
Trade Organisation’s Doha Round.
Related story:
African
trade negotiators strategize on kick-starting the Doha
Round of WTO talks By Andrew Allimadi, 19 November
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Take
politics out of preferences – says ECA seminar paper
By Andrew Allimadi, 10 Nov. 2004
Although trade preferences can be a good source of exports
growth for African countries, this potential is largely
unrealized because of the numerous complexities in accessing
these trade arrangements. |
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EU
Ponders Future Agricultural Competition [Report]
The
Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the
Government of the Netherlands organized a High-Level Conference
on “Europe’s Agriculture in a Competing
World” in Maastricht, Netherlands from
28 - 29 October this year. ECA was invited to this Conference
to provide an African perspective, within the framework
of the current agricultural trade negotiations in the
WTO. |
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TRID
News October 2004
Monthly Newsletter of the Trade and Regional Integration
Division
October was a busy month for all at ECA with several international
meetings taking place in Addis Ababa. This edition of
TRIDNews reports on some of these activities, and on future
TRID events. |
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Regional
Workshop on Trade and Development Opens at ECA
By Andrew Allimadi, 08 November 2004.
A regional workshop on trade and development for parliamentarians,
the business community and civil society organizations
from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia, has opened
at the headquarters of ECA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
:: Opening
speech by Mr. Hakim Ben Hammouda, Director of Trade
and Regional Integration Division (TRID) of ECA. |
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ECA
Seminar paper takes an innovative look at corruption
By Andrew Allimadi, ECA, 29 October 2004
Joseph Atta-Mensah, Senior Economic Affairs Officer at
the Economic Commission for Africa's Trade and Regional
Integration Division (TRID) is working on a unique method
of measuring the impact of corruption on countries. |
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TRID
News - September 2004
Transport issues took centre stage at TRID in September
with a meeting of the stakeholders of the Sub-Saharan
Africa Transport Programme (SSATP) and a road safety
meeting hosted by the Economic Commission for Europe.
This edition of TRIDNews is therefore devoted to transport
issues. |
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Trade
Training Begins at ECA
A training session for Economic Commission for Africa
(ECA) staff on the Economics of International Trade and
Trade Policy began today at the Commission's headquarters
in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. |
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Economic
Report on Africa 2004 Published, Highlights Trade
Addis Ababa, 29 September 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), published by
the UN’s Economic Commission for Africa. |
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High-Level
Transport Meeting Opens at ECA
By Andrew Allimadi, 28 September 2004
Ethiopia’s Minister of Infrastructure opened the annual
meeting of the sub-Saharan African Transport Programme
(SSATP), taking place at ECA. |
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ECA/World
Bank Conclude Joint Workshop
By Andrew Allimadi, September 20, 2004
The workshop reviewed the forthcoming World Bank publication,
"Global Economic Prospects 2005." The theme of this publication
is Trade, Regionalism and Development.
Opening
statement by Mr. Hakim Ben Hammouda
Related story:
:: ECA
to Host ECA/World Bank Workshop |
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TRID
News - August 2004
While everybody is talking about dismantling tariff barriers
facing African exports to the European Union (EU), wider
trends in EU policy with regard to food safety could lead
to the creation of non-tariff barriers that are just as
difficult to surmount. This edition of TRIDNews will review
these alarming developments, as well as introduce a new
series of publications available at ECA’s Trade and Regional
Integration Division. |
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Trade
Liberalization and Development
This paper argues that trade policies must be dynamic,
adaptable and differentiated between sectors in order
to contribute effectively to development efforts. |
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Trade
Liberalization under the Doha Development Agenda: Options
and Consequences for Africa
This
publication provides a quantitative estimate of the potential
economic consequences of multilateral trade reform for
Africa and draws policy conclusions for African negotiators.
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Regional
Integration Assessed !
TRID
News - July 2004
Monthly Newsletter of the Trade and Regional
Integration Division of ECA.
ECA launched the first comprehensive major study of regional
integration in Africa, titled Assessing Regional Integration
in Africa (ARIA). The report
examines efforts made by African peoples, governments
and other institutions from the early years up to the
establishment of the African Union in 2000. This edition
of TRID News discusses the report and other trade related
issues. |
ECA
Holds Workshop on Market Access
By
Andrew Allimadi, ECA, 04 August 2004
 The
Trade and Regional Integration Division (TRID) of ECA
is currently conducting a three-day training workshop
on market access issues. Santiago Fernandez de Cordoba,
an economist working with the Trade Analysis Branch (TAB)
of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD) is leading the workshop. |
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 Expanding
the TradeNet Experience
By Andrew Allimadi, Communication Officer, ECA, 29
July 2004.
In its efforts to inform Member States on best practices
and success stories that exist in Africa, ECA organized
a series of one-day meetings in six West and Central African
countries where Tunisia TradeNet (TTN) made a presentation.
Read full story. |
 The
Role of ECA in Strengthening the Process of Political
Integration in the East African Community (EAC)
Statement By Joseph Atta-Mensah, Senior Economic Affairs
Officer in the Trade and Regional Integration Division
(TRID) of the ECA.
26 July 2004, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. |
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of regional integration to ambassadors based in Addis
Ababa on Friday 23 July. The presentation was chaired
by Lalla-Ben Barka, the deputy executive secretary of
ECA, and also attended by Elizabeth Tankeu, the African
Union’s (AU) Commissioner for Trade and Industry.
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ECA
Briefs Ambassadors on Regional Integration
By Andrew Allimadi, Communication Officer |
ECA
launches report assessing regional integration in Africa
ECA Press Release No. 16/2004, 14 July 2004
- ARIA
website |
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Gallery of the Launch in Addis Ababa |
ECA
to Study the Impact of Economic Partnership Agreements
(EPAs) on Africa
Unlocking
Africa’s Trade Potential in the Global Economy
The Trade and Regional Integration Division (TRID) of the
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) participated in the deliberations
of the Second Ordinary Session of the Conference of the African
Union Ministers of Trade, which took place in Kigali, Rwanda
from the 24th to 28th May 2004. 
Tunis,
Tunisia on 30 April 2004. The aim of the meeting was to bring
together several international agencies working on trade issues
in Africa, national and sub-regional users of trade support
services, and donor agencies to review activities of the Centre
and discuss synergies between various programmes. 
2004. The four day workshop is being attended by African representatives
and officials responsible for trade negotiations in ministries
of Trade, Agriculture and at African embassies accredited
to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva. 
ECA and UMA discuss Multilateral Trade Negotiations
Africa
Prepares for the Resumption of WTO Talks
The
Doha Round and African Development: 
