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FDI & TOURISM EAST SOUTH AFRICA

FDI and Tourism

The Development Dimension - East and Southern Africa

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UNCTAD Current Studies on FDI and Development
21 Jan 2009
Many developing countries are looking to tourism as a potentially promising avenue for economic and human development, and foreign direct investment (FDI) is one of the routes through which they can carry out tourism. The study highlights the main findings with respect to the development impacts ...
ACHIEVING MILL DEV GOALS AFRICA

Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Africa

Recommendations of the MDG Africa Steering Group - June 2008

15 Oct 2008
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and other internationally agreed development goals in Africa holds the promise of saving millions of lives, ending the scourge of hunger and malnutrition, and ensuring that Africa’s children are empowered through education and good health to lead p...
DEV ECON AFRIQUE RAPPORT 2008

Le développement économique en Afrique 2008

Résultats à l'exportation après la libération du commerce - Quelques tendances et perspectives

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Développement économique en Afrique, Le
14 Oct 2008
Ce rapport examine les résultats à l'exportation des pays africains après la libéralisation de leur commerce afin de tirer des enseignements pour l'élaboration de futures stratégies de développement. Il présente l'histoire de la politique commerciale en Afrique ainsi que la raison d'être et la ch...
EXAMEN POLITIQUE L

Examen de la Politique d'Investissement

Mauritanie

9 Aug 2009
Cet examen est le dernier d’une série d’examen de politique d’investissement réalise par la Conférence des Nations Unies sur le commerce et le développement (CNUCED), dans le cadre d’une mission exploratoire. Elle évalue le cadre de l’investissement en Mauritanie. L’examen décrit le flux et les ...
ECON DEV IN AFRICA RPT 2008

Economic Development in Africa 2008

Export Performance Following Trade Liberalization - Some Patterns and Policy Perspectives

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Economic Development in Africa Report
15 Sep 2008
This year’s report examines Africa’s export performance after trade liberalization in order to draw lessons for use in the design of future development strategies. It identifies Africa’s weak supply response as the most important impediment to the continent’s export performance, suggesting that f...
AFRIQUE ATLAS D

Afrique

Atlas d'un Environnement en Mutation

3 Oct 2008
Cet Atlas de 400 pages est une publication unique et riche qui met en lumière l'histoire des changements de notre environnement dans plus de 100 destinations africaines différentes. Avec plus de 300 photographies satellites, 300 images images prises au sol et 150 cartes, les graphiques et statist...
MIGRATION DEV & POVERTY REDUCTION

Migration, Development and Poverty Reduction

Report on the Workshop on Migration, Development and Poverty Reduction (Dakar, 8-10 August 2006)

22 Aug 2008
The report presents a review of the most important subjects on current migration dynamics in Africa and provides valuable policy recommendations. It summarizes the development of migration in the continent and its implications at different stages with the aim to identify future challenges. It con...
GAOR 63RD SUPP5K ICTR AUDIT

Financial Report and Audited Financial Statements and Report of the Board of Auditors: International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States

Biennium Ended 31 December 2007

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Financial Report and Audited Financial Statements and Report of the Board of Auditors: International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations on International Humanitarian Law Committed in the
18 Aug 2008
IRREGULAR MIGRATION FROM WEST AFRI

Irregular Migration from West Africa to the Maghreb and the European Union

An Overview of Recent Trends

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IOM Migration Research Series
18 Jul 2008
The media and prevailing policy discourses convey an increasingly apocalyptic image of the massive outflows of desperate Africans fleeing poverty and war at home. This study tries to achieve a more empirically and quantitatively founded understanding of the nature, scale and recent evolution of i...
TRENDS SUSTAINABLE DEV 2008/09

Trends in Sustainable Development

Agriculture, Rural Development, Land, Desertification and Drought

11 Jun 2008
The report highlights key developments and recent trends in agriculture, rural development, land, desertification and drought, five of the six themes being considered by the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) at its 16th and 17th sessions (2008-2009). It notes progress in a number of are...
ASSESS REG INTEG AFRICA #3

Assessing Regional Integration in Africa III

Towards Monetary and Financial Integration in Africa

Series:
Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA)
27 Jan 2009
This report finds that although there are some successes, African countries are still experiencing enormous difficulties in achieving the macroeconomic convergence criteria set by their RECs, such as targets on inflation, debt-to-GDP ratio, and deficit-to-GDP ratio. The assessment also indicates ...
PRESERVONS NORTE AVENIR RAPPORT

Préservons notre avenir

rapport de la Commission du VIH/sida et de la gouvernance en Afrique

10 Jun 2008
Ce rapport présente des conclusions et des recommandations qui traduisent le point de vue de plus de mille africains qui ont pris part à une consultation de plus de deux ans, notamment des décideurs, des groupes de défense d'intérêts, des organisations non gouvernementales, des organisations comm...
ECON RPT ON AFRICA 2008

Economic Report on Africa 2008

Africa and the Monterrey Consensus - Tracking Performance and Progress

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Economic Report on Africa
26 Aug 2009
Economic Report on Africa (ERA) is the key instrument through which African economic performance is tracked and assessed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC). One of the main goals of the ERA is to identify policy challenges that countr...
RAPPORT ECONOMIQ AFRIQUE 2008

Rapport économique sur l'Afrique
 2008

L'Afrique et le Consensus de Monterrey - Performance et Progrès du Continent

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Rapport économique sur l'Afrique
5 Sep 2009
Le rapport montre clairement, par une analyse approfondie, que les pays africains ont récemment pris la voie d'une forte croissance économique, mais que les progrès accomplis en matière de développement social et humain demeurent lents. Il préconise des stratégies économiques novatrices pour asse...
SECURING OUR FUTURE HIV/AIDS

Securing Our Future

Report of the Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa

10 Jun 2008
Across Africa, people in whom significant resources have been invested are dying prematurely from AIDS that continues to pose serious challenges to the ability of African States to maintain efficient public institutions and deliver sound policies and promote the rule of law. HIV infection pattern...
INTL CRIM TRIBUN RWANDA 1995/06 CD

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Basic Documents and Case Law 1995-2006 DVD-ROM

16 Jun 2008
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) was established in 1994 by the United Nations Security Council for the prosecution of persons responsible for genocide or other serious violations of international humanitarian law. The DVD-ROM contains the Tribunal's basic documents and case ...
AFRICA ATLAS OUR CHANGING ENVI

Africa

Atlas of our Changing Environment

17 Jul 2008
This stunning 400-page Atlas is a unique and powerful publication which brings to light stories of environmental change at more than 100 locations spread across every country in Africa. There are more than 300 satellite images, 300 ground photographs and 150 maps, along with informative graphs an...
ANN REVIEW OF DEV GLOBAL 2007 (A)

Annual Review of Developments in Globalization and Regional Integration in the Countries of the ECSWA Region, 2007 (Arabic language)

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Annual Review of Developments in Globalization and Regional Integration in the Arab Countries
10 Sep 2008
The sixth Annual Review of Developments in Globalization and Regional Integration in the Arab Countries, 2007, addresses efforts made by the Arab countries to keep up with the pace of globalization on the one hand, and to assess the extent to which regional integration of the economies of the Ara...
INVEST POLICY REV NIGERIA

Investment Policy Review - Nigeria

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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Investment Policy Reviews
16 Jun 2009
Nigeria is well known as a major oil producer. However, oil wealth has not been converted unto a comparable improvement in living standards, due to decades of economic mismanagement. The report provides an overview of foreign direct investment (FDI) trends and performance; analyses the investment...
WORLD INVESTMENT DIRECTRY V10 2008

World Investment Directory

Africa

2 May 2008
Volume X of the World Investment Directory series of UNCTAD covers 53 economies of the African region. Data are presented on both inward and outward flows and stocks of foreign direct investment (FDI), operations of transnational corporations (TNCs), and basic information on the largest TNCs in a...
IMPLEMENTING THE MILLENNIUM DEV

Implementing the Millennium Development Goals

Challenges and Responses for Public Administration - Contribution of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration

29 Sep 2008
The Committee of Experts on Public Administration of the UN looks at the ways in which public administration and institutional governance can be mobilized to most effectively implement the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). This report includes essays by some of the leading figures of the Commit...
ANN REVIEW OF DEV GLOBAL 2007

Annual Review of Developments in Globalization and Regional Integration in the Arab Countries, 2007

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Annual Review of Developments in Globalization and Regional Integration in the Arab Countries
13 Mar 2009
This sixth edition of the Annual Review addresses comprehensively the significant developments in globalization and regional integration in the Arab countries. It covers the progress made by Arab countries in integrating their economies into the world economy as well as their efforts in Arab regi...
INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEV

Innovation for Sustainable Development

Local Case Studies from Africa

16 May 2008
Africa faces daunting sustainable development challenges in coming decades, but also significant opportunities. The period since the beginning of this new millennium has been one of the strongest economic performance on the continent. This volume aims to highlight many exciting innovations for su...
AFRICAN STAT YRBK 2006

African Statistical Yearbook 2006

Series:
African statistical yearbook / Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique
24 Jan 2008
This newly revised edition of the African Statistical Yearbook published in one volume, presents data arranged on a country basis for 53 Economic Commission for Africa member states, generally for the years 1997 to 2005 or for the last nine years for which data are available. Published in Engli...
LAFIAS LOCAL AUTHORITIES FINANCIA

Local Authorities Financial and Institutional Management System

LAFIAS, A Support Tool for Decision-making

20 Jun 2008
Local Authorities Financial and Institutional Analysis System is a concerted approach that aims, through analytical tools, to grasp the problems linked to local management and governance and, in particular, the organizational operations of the authorities, their financing and the economic dimensi...
LOCAL DEV PRACTICES & INSTRUMENTS

Local Development Practices and Instruments in West Africa and their Links with the Millennium Development Goals

A Synthesis of Case Studies from UNCDF Programmes in Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Niger and Senegal

20 Jun 2008
This report presents an analysis of the political and legal contexts in which local development projects take place and explains how this environment influences their implementation. It highlights the difficulties United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and its development partners face i...
DEV ECON AFRIQUE RAPPORT 2007

Le développement économique en Afrique 2007

Retrouver une marge d'action - La mobilisation des ressources intérieures et l'etat développementiste

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Développement économique en Afrique, Le
31 Oct 2009
Ce rapport est fondé sur l'un des principaux objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement (OMD) adoptés en 2000 au sommet du Millénaire, qui était de réduire de moitié le niveau de la pauvreté absolue dans les Etats Membres d'ici 2015. Si certaines régions en développement ont bien progressé ver...