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Sustainable Development Report on Africa: Sustainable Consumption and Production for Sustainable Gro

This third issue of the Sustainable Development Report on Africa (SDRA) is a joint report of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the United National Environment Programme (UNEP),

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

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Sustainable Development Division (SDD), has been involved in the promotion of a number of policy instruments and analytical tools aimed at demonst

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2005 African Governance Report I ?Striving for good governance in Africa?

This report is a synopsis of the first major continent-wide study to measure and monitor ?Progress towards Good Governance in Africa,? undertaken by the Economic commission for Africa (ECA). The study

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2007 Relevance of African Traditional Institutions of Governance

A number of studies have affirmed the resiliency, legitimacy and relevance of African traditional institutions in the socio-cultural, economic and political lives of Africans, particularly in the rura

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African Women?s Report 2009: Measuring Gender Inequality in Africa: Experiences and Lessons from the

The development of an index that best suits the needs and aspirations of the continentis timely as the region takes stock of progress in gender equality through the accountability processes of ICPD +1

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A Fifteen-Year Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in Africa (BPfA) +15

The accountability process of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) developed and agreed upon in 1995 requires member States of the United Nations to meet on a five-yearly basis to review their imple

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Assessing progress in Africa toward Millennium Development Goals, 2010. MDG Report 2010

The 2010 Assessing Progress toward the MDGs in Africa report is based on the latest updated and harmonized data from United Nations agencies and OECD statistics databases. UNSD is the official reposit

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Millennium Development Goals Report 2011: Assessing Progress in Africa toward the Millennium Develop

This report continues the tradition of excellent collaboration among the Pan African institutions ? the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the Afr

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Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness in Africa Report 2009: Promise and Performance

Following the adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000, both African governments and their development partners entered into a series of mutual commitments designed to promote the a

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2010 Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness in Africa

This is the third Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness, undertaken jointly by the UN Economic Commission for Africa and the OECD. Its purpose is to assess what has been done by Africa and its de

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Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness in Africa

The Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness is an exercise in mutual accountability undertaken jointly by the UN Economic Commission for Africa and the OECD following a request of NEPAD Heads of St

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2011 Interim Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness in Africa

The Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness is an exercise in mutual accountability undertaken jointly by the UN Economic Commission for Africa and the OECD following a request of NEPAD Heads of St

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Africa Consensus Statement to Rio+20

We, Ministers of African States, recalling UN Resolution 64/236 calling for the convening of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, otherwise referred to as Rio+20, to be held in Ri

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Economic Report on Africa 2010: Promoting High-level Sustainable Growth to Reduce Unemployment in Af

While many African countries witnessed notable commodity-driven growth before the global financial and economic crises of 2008 and 2009, that growth was highly volatile given its vulnerability to exte

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Economic Report on Africa 2011: Governing development in Africa - the role of the state in economic

Sustainable economic growth and social development constitute the primary goals of economic policy in Africa. It is expected that solid advances towards these goals will not only result in rising livi

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Economic Report on Africa 2012: Unleashing Africa?s Potential as a Pole of Global Growth

The first decade of the twenty-first century has been characterized as the ?decade of Africa?s economic and political renewal?. The continent achieved remarkable progress in economic growth while at t

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2010 «Assessing Regional Integration in Africa» (ARIA IV): Enhancing intra-African trade

Africa is increasingly focusing on regional integration as a strategy for achieving sustainable economic growth as there is a consensus that by merging its economies and pooling its capacities, endowm

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Assessing Regional Integration in Africa III: Towards Monetary and Financial Integration in Africa

African nations are vigorously pursuing an integration agenda in order to participate effectively in the globalization process. African leaders therefore view regional integration as a conduit for ach

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The African Gender and Development Index 2011: Promoting gender equality in Africa African Women?s R

After over 15 years of implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, African States have certainly become more aware of the need to eliminate gender inequality. This is evidenced from the numerou

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The African Social Development Review 2010: Advancing the Social Development Priorities of ECA, AUC

THIS INAUGURAL ISSUE of Africa?s Social Development Review (ASDR) focuses on the social development priorities of ECA, the African Union Commission and the AU New Partnership for Africa?s Development

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The African Social Development Review 2011: Advancing the Social Development Priorities of ECA, AUC

THIS THE SECOND issue of Africa?s Social Development Review (ASDR). Like its predecessor, this issue focuses on the social development priorities of the African Union Commission and the AU New Partner

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African Youth Report 2011: Addressing the youth education and employment nexus in the new global eco

The majority of Africa?s population is below the age of 30 years. This poses peculiar challenges, including the nature and level of education provision for young people and their quality employment wi

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International Migration and Development in Africa: The Migration and Climate Nexus

This is the third report on international migration and development in Africa. It focuses on the migration and climate nexus as an important theme for development policy in Africa. Like its predecssor

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Investing in education as a means and as an end: exploring the micro foundations of the Millennium D

Investing in education is regarded as one of the centerpieces of development. At the height of this recognition, the Millennium Development Goals have set universal primary education as one of the eig

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Achieving Health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa: The Role of National Health Insuranc

The report identifies proven interventions for achieving health MDGs in Africa. Next, it links the interventions to health outcomes through a health production function. Effective mechanisms for finan

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Economic Commission for Africa Policy Paper: Mainstreaming Mineral Wealth in Growth and Poverty Redu

Many studies claim that mineral resources impact negatively on economic growth particularly in developing countries. This paper briefly reviews this argument (the natural resources curse hypothesis) a

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

Concerns over the food security situation in sub-Saharan Africa are reflected in the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to reduce the number of food insecure by half by 2015. Given that land plays an i

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Africa Review Report on Drought and Desertification

The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) at its Sixteenth Session (CSD-16) to be held in 2008, will focus on the assessment of the progress made in implementing programs and acti

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Green Growth and Climate Resilience - National Strategy for Climate Change and Low Carbon

The Rwanda National Strategy on Climate Change and Low Carbon Development was developed over a period of nine months, from November 2010 to July 2011, as a collaborative effort between the Government

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Farmers in Transitioning to a Green Economy

A UNEP publication series that presents views from Major Groups and Stakeholders of Civil Society or about issues that are relevant for them. PERSPECTIVES is coordinated by UNEP?s Major Groups and Sta