African trade forum: opening remarks by Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, UN under secretary general and executive secretary of ECA Addis Ababa, 22 November 2011
Opening Remarks by Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA at the African Trade Forum. Mr. Janneh, on his remarks highlighted that, Rapid growth in emerging economies has increased demand for such products to the extent that price effects rather than a supply response accounts for two thirds of the increase in African export values. There are several reasons why this situation is a cause for concern. Since most of the change in export values is coming from price effects it is evident that our continent has not taken full advantage of the situation to increase its productive base. There is however cause us to be more upbeat about Africa’s trade prospects if we look at developments at the sub-regional and national levels. We at the ECA are very excited by Africa’s trade prospects and will accordingly continue to invest our resources to scale up the trade and integration agenda in the continent working very closely with the African Union Commission, the African Development Bank and the regional economic communities.
| Format: | Speech biblioteca |
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| Language: | eng |
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2011-11
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/47045 |
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