African least developed countries have made progress over last decade, says ECA's Abdalla Hamdok
Stating that the least developed countries (LDCs) in Africa had embraced democratic and economic governance as pre-requisites for development over the last decade, the Director of Governance and Public Administration Division at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Abdalla Hamdok, said today in Istanbul that important progress had been made by the countries and that “the cup remains half full” for the continent. Mr Hamdok joined Maxwell Mkwezalamba, African Union’s Commissioner for Economic Affairs as panelists at a side event on “Good governance at all levels” held at the margins of the Fourth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries, according to ECA’s Information and Communication Service (ICS) at the conference. Hamdok said while efforts and outcomes had been uneven across the countries, African LDCs made meaningful progress in adopting democratic constitutions, ratifying international conventions, pursuing institutional reforms, drafting new legislation, increasing women’s representation in government, setting up legal frameworks against corruption, and embarking upon decentralization processes and public sector reforms.
| Format: | Press release biblioteca |
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| Language: | eng |
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2011-05
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/33063 |
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