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To conclude therefore, Japan was the pioneer of some of the most successfuldevelopment and cooperation models and used its knowledgeand experience to mutual advantage in its relations with Asia. Thereis no reason why it should not do so in upscaling its relations with anemergent Africa.174 Part Three
Enhancingcapacities fordevelopmentresultsLaunch of theAfrica Platform for DevelopmentEffectiveness (APDev)27 March 2011,Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThe Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness (APDev) is acommendable and bold initiative that will add value to Africa’sdevelopment landscape and complement various efforts being madeto actualize the Continent’s development objectives.The United Nations remains committed to the partnership with theimplementation of the African Union goals through support for therealization of the African agenda. In particular, the regional integrationagenda of the African Union provides a firm basis for this partnershipwith regional mechanisms such as the Africa Platform are atthe core of the systems and processes required to drive the continent’sreform agenda.As a strategic partner of the African Union, ECA is proud to be associatedwith the conceptualization, design and the programmaticwork of the Platform, along with other UN agencies and key Africaninstitutions including the African Development Bank.Africa today is a continent on the move. Political and economic reformsare being consolidated at national and regional levels, towardsachieving sustainable growth and development.The theme “Governing Development in Africa” at the ongoing AU/ECA Joint Conference of Ministers of Finance, Economic Develop-Integrating Africa175
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Abdoulie JannehIntegrating AfricaEc
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forewordBy Jean Ping, Chairperson o
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global forums including climate cha
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IntroductionOn account of the weigh
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Strengtheningpeace andsecurity fort
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their GDP to research and developme
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Achieving theMillenniumDevelopment
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national agreed development goals,
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The suspension of the Doha Round of
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and statutory matters that we have
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We have also promoted the establish
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As Africa’s leading development f
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African States but also of interest
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into poverty reduction strategies.
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KeepingAfrica’s improvedeconomicp
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Another matter of immediate concern
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the leadership of the continent thr
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Workingcollectively toachieve Afric
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tematically develop the value chain
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UNICEF estimates that meeting the M
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Steps towardsachievingsustainablegr
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ternational financial system and ar
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across key service lines such as kn
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social development areas, with some
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While Africa has chalked some miles
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The economic and financial crisis i
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necessary technological and organis
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Productivecapacities,economicgrowth
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Other examples of ECA activities in
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stance, NEPAD highlights agricultur
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area is the role of the private sec
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NEPAD andAfrica’s regionalintegra
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opment results. In this regard, the
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IntroductionRegional integration, a
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He stresses that in order to collec
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As we know, Africa’s recent good
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The African Peer Review Mechanism (
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ally, existing non-tariff barriers
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Let me conclude by assuring you tha
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the recommendations made at the mee
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ing will therefore be deliberating
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The RegionalEconomicCommunities asE
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port communications and navigation
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Your deliberations at this Summit a
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eing seen as the most advanced REC
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the economies of ASEAN and ALENA ar
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the countries of the sub-region are
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Reaping thebenefits of theEconomicP
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from the interim EPAs was not encou
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On thecapacity needsof the Regional
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Today’s meeting is very important
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aims of this Free Trade Area as wel
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Using goodgovernance topromoteregio
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a good track record of governance a
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tary, the shared commitment of its
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Deepening regionalintegrationto sus
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Next, I would posit that more trans
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TransformingAfrica into adestinatio
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including through adoption of democ
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The United Nations system remains c
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ates. Macroeconomic imbalances in s
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Trade as thebedrock ofAfrica’s ec
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the challenges of ensuring justice,
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Both ClimDev-Africa and ACPC have r
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straints; expanding range and preva
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enable African countries that are t
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Facing theclimate changeand securit
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y grazing animals. In Turkana, nort
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Taking action ongender equality,wom
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As this Forum demonstrates, ECA con
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heartening. This is evidence of the
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The countries represented here have
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• The Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao
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Strengthening R&D is one of such ou
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ECA continues to support countries
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mation in Africa, we will provide s
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Powering Africawith ICT andentrepre
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Indeed, I see a potential link betw
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Many factors, such as the transform
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land. These systems are however und
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We must also bear in mind that the
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Achieving better UNcoherence insupp
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These are just few practical sugges
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the lack of a model in other parts
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Involvingthe youthin Africa’sdeve
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of Africa’s young to other corner
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I was very encouraged by the interv
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Using knowledgeand peer learningto
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There is perhaps another answer, no
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ECA, based on information distilled
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Good governancefor achieving theMDG
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This, in the context of our theme,
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• Fourthly, and most importantly
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We have made some worthwhile progre
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There are other questions, of cours
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making progress towards the targets
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The second category of challenges r
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civil unrest. The new UN Peacebuild
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There is abundant evidence that mos
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For our part, let me assure you of
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gress has been at the expense of th
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The role oflegislation and policyde
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No individual is to blame but colle
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tional Year of the Youth 2010-2011
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that will lead to tangible results,
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ments - to the extent possible - sh
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Similarly, across the globe, we con
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Exploringhydropower forsustainabled
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of hydropower resources are in the
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Green growthand sustainabledevelopm
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There are also legitimate concerns
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Let me end by reiterating ECA’s c
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