Opening Remarks by Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, UN Under secretary general and executive secretary of ECA: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 28 March 2011
Opening Remarks by Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA at the Conference of African Ministers. Mr. Janneh, on his remarks highlighted that, Economic and social prospects for Africa as a whole remain encouraging. The continent also made steady if varying progress in achieving the MDGs, further details of which are in the 2011 MDG Progress Report. There will be further opportunity to discuss some of these issues at the Plenary Session on ‘Leveraging Opportunities for Accelerated Growth’. This positive outlook will be affected by risks and uncertainties. Just like in Cote d’Ivoire and North Africa, political events will continue to impact on economic performance while the challenge of jobless growth remains. The governance of development in Africa also requires a good mix of economic and social policies. Flexible and sound macroeconomic policies are essential to enable adjustments and to underpin growth. High levels of investment are required to upscale production and build up infrastructure and human capital. Mastering, adapting and improving technologies and skills acquisition are needed for decent employment. A key role of the state is to coordinate economic activities including through a disciplined but inclusive visioning and planning process. This means that we must move quickly to restore planning frameworks in our countries as well as competent and merit based bureaucracies.
| Format: | Speech biblioteca |
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| Language: | eng |
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2011-03
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/47063 |
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