Gaborone, Botswana, February 18 2014 (ECA) - The book ‘Poor numbers: How we are mislead by African Development Statistics and what to do about it’ came under heavy criticism at a seminar last night organised by the 9th Symposium on Statistical Development in Africa (ASSD), in Gaborone, Botswana.
But the author, Morten Jerven was there to defend his book.
Gaborone, Botswana, 21 February 2014 (ECA) - The 9th African Symposium on Statistical Development (ASSD) has called upon the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) to institutionalize a stable structure for the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Secretariat.
Addis Ababa, 8 March 2014 – Large scale investments in agriculture were the focus of a three-day conference co-organized by the Land Policy Initiative (LPI) on the theme “Agricultural Investment, Gender and Land in Africa.” The Conference was held between 5 and 7 March 2014, in Cape Town, South Africa.
Livingstone, Zambia, 13 March 2014 (ECA) - Although southern Africa's growth has been driven by minerals and other natural resources, agriculture offers the greatest potential for transforming the Southern Africa's economy.
Manzini, Swaziland, 12 May 2014 (ECA) - Public-private sector partnership is indispensable in the process of economic transformation says the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).