缅北禁地

UNGA2024
Crowded road in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: There are too few roads in Africa, and they are deteriorating.  Photo : ?缅北禁地/ Betty Press

Building an efficient road network

Public-private partnerships hold the key to regional infrastructure
  Producing more textiles and other manufactured goods can stimulate trade among African countries.  Photo : ?UNIDO

How to boost trade within Africa

Lower barriers and diversify production
  Kenyan delegation at WTO meeting in Doha: African negotiators presented "coherent, coordinated and forceful" arguments.  Photo: ?WTO

What Doha means for Africa

Compromises at WTO trade talks bring some gains, but at an uncertain cost
Unemployed line up for jobs in Tanzania: Not many PRSPs explicitly address job creation.   Photo: ?缅北禁地/ Betty Press

A new anti-poverty remedy for Africa?

Adjustment policies weaken PRSP goals, critics charge
Usine de transformation agricole en C?te d'Ivoire : pour que les pays africains puissent s'industrialiser, il leur faut des mesures de protection internes semblables à celles que les pays développés ont appliquées. Photo: ? AfricaPhotos.com

New WTO proposals stir controversy

“Singapore issues” could undermine local enterprises in Africa
Ms. Gertrude Mongella: An internationally known Tanzanian gender activist was elected to preside over the new parliament.  Photo : ?缅北禁地/ E. Schneider

Pan-African Parliament now a reality

'A sign of democratic maturity'
Three of the 39 women elected to Rwanda's legislature in September 2003. From left: Constance Rwaka, Solange Tuyisenge and Athanasie Gahondogo.

Women break into African politics

Quota systems allow more women to gain elected office

Women break into African politics

Quota systems allow more women to gain elected office

Pan-African Parliament now a reality

'A sign of democratic maturity'

South Africa sets pace on rural water

Government promises to reach all by 2008

Rough road to sustainable development

Water, sanitation and housing among Africa's environment priorities

'Golden leaf' loses its lustre

Gumisai Mutume
International tobacco controls spurring production shifts

'Golden leaf' loses its lustre

Gumisai Mutume
International tobacco controls spurring production shifts

Accords save trade talks from collapse

WTO hears pledges to remove agricultural subsidies

Africa strives to rebuild its domestic industries

Economic diversification to guard against unfavourable commodity prices

States call each other to account

New African peer review programme promotes rights, accountability

Beyond the ballot: widening African reform

Capable, responsive governments are a prerequisite for development

African women are ready to lead

But social beliefs and attitudes hinder their quest

Battling for equality on all fronts

Some progress since Beijing, but hurdles persist

Africa secures new Southern partners

Controversy over aid, investment from China and India

New trade pacts threaten regional unity

Africa and Europe haggle over trade arrangements

More policy freedom or belt-tightening?

New IMF programme targets ‘graduates’ of austerity plans

Africa aims for a scientific revolution

More funding needed for research institutes and universities

Organized crime targets weak African states

缅北禁地urges stronger police, anti-corruption action to fight crime networks

Africans fear ‘ruin’ in Europe trade talks

Opposition grows to more inequitable trade liberalization

‘Indigenous’ people fight for inclusion

Press for an end to discrimination and marginalization

Millions of activists for a day

Stand Up campaign seeks to garner public support to fight poverty

Wanted: jobs for Africa’s youth

Seeking urgent solutions for armies of young unemployed

Harnessing the Internet for development

African countries seek to widen access, produce content

African women are ready to lead

But social beliefs and attitudes hinder their quest

Loss of textile market costs African jobs

Diversification, efficiency hold key for economic recovery

African migration: from tensions to solutions

Migrants who leave their countries in search of work are currently not adequately protected by international law

New barriers hinder African trade

Health standards in rich countries limit continent’s ability to export

Industrial countries write off Africa's debt

But will the G-8 deal be hobbled by new conditions?

Workers’ remittances: a boon to development

Money sent home by African migrants rivals development aid

African women battle for equality

Some progress 10 years after Beijing, but major challenges remain

New urgency for cancelling Africa’s debt

G-8 powers consider full write-off of multilateral obligations
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