Report on Regional Cooperation: Statement by Mr K.Y. Amoako, executive secretary of ECA

Statement by Mr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of ECA to ECOSOC on Item 10: Report on Regional Cooperation. Mr. Amoako, on his remarks highlighted that, Conflict and the Promotion of Durable Peace and Sustainable Development in Africa" and the development challenges underlying the ECA programmes. ECA has articulated these challenges, as well as its responses, in a new publication entitled The ECA and Africa: Accelerating a Continent’s Development. An important outcome of the Conference was the Ministerial Debate, which was informed by top researchers and practitioners in this field. the need to foster a new donor beneficiary relationship whereby multi-donor programmes focus on an African-driven agenda. Globalization and liberalization of the world economy, greater integration of financial and capital markets, and a shift towards the creation of large trading and economic blocs are realities Africa has to face. Regional economic integration as a fundamental pre-requisite for Africa’s development.

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Format: Speech biblioteca
Language:eng
Published: 1999-07
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10855/47472
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