Theme

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Statistics
Theme Accelerating Africas growth and
development to meet the MDGs Emerging Challenges
and the Way forward The Measurement Challenge
and Prospects Conference of African Ministers of
Finance Planning and Economic Development Fortieth
Session of the Commission Pali
Lehohla Statistician-General, South Africa ECA
Addis Ababa 29 April 2007
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Organistion of the presentation

• Key areas of ECA Repositioning and their
  character
• Promoting regional integration and Economic
  cooperation
• Meeting Africas special needs
• Statistics and relevance to issue papers
• Review of intergovernmental machinery
• Aid for trade Emerging issues and challenges
• Overview of economic and social developments in
  Africa 2006
• Prospects for the future and Recommendations
• Tools for understanding MDGs
• Tools for the management of trade

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Key areas of ECA Repositioning and their character

• Results area
• Regional integration and economic cooperation
• Food security and sustainable development
• Gender equality
• Economic development
• Social development

• Where it happens
• All regions of Africa
• North Africa
• West Africa
• Central Africa
• Eastern Africa
• Southern Africa

• Enablers
• Governance and public administration
• Information science and technology
• Trade
• Statistics

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Key Areas of ECA Repositioning Why does Africa
continue to live to eat and not eat to live? 47
of h/h expenditure

• Results area
• Regional integration and economic cooperation
• Food security and sustainable development
• Gender equality
• Economic development
• Social development

• Evidence or Statistics
• Africa does not trade within itself. Currently
  and historically earnings on oil and commodity
  booms are from outside Africa even when Africa
  produces and consumes such products
• Africa spends 47 of the rewards of its effort on
  food without even achieving food security. It
  has no time to focus on enablers
• Africa fails to deploy its human resources
• Africa is possibly three decades behind the world
  as far as MDG achievement is concerned
• Africa is possibly three decades behind the world
  as far as MDG achievement is concerned

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Key Areas of ECA Repositioning Should Africa
continue to live to eat and not eat to live?
Opportunities

• Results area
• Regional integration and economic cooperation
• Food security and sustainable development
• Gender equality
• Economic development
• Social development

• Evidence or Statistics
• Africa is home to almost 1 billion people
• Household Expenditure is about 4.3 trillion US
  equivalent. South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria
  account for 50 of hh expenditure and 30 of the
  population. Trading opportunities
• 2.1 trillion US equivalent is spent on food.
  Africa fails to deploy its human resources.
  Further production and trading opportunities
• Africa labour participation can be increased by
  taking advantage of production prospects from
  inter Africa trade
• Africa can accelerate achievement of MDGs by
  focusing on how it produces what it consumes and
  prospects for trade and increasing production

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Prospects for the future and RecommendationsStati
stics

• Results area
• Regional integration and economic cooperation
• Food security and sustainable development
• Gender equality
• Economic development
• Social development

• Evidence or Statistics
• Africa will need to use statistics to understand
  and deploy its resources optimally for achieving
  regional integration. The ICP and the
  compilation of PPPs and achieving universal count
  in 2010 round give good prospects and countries
  should fund these
• Africa should engage in more analysis of the data
  and information that countries are increasingly
  putting at its disposal
• Spatial analysis for understanding the impact of
  infrastructure on social and economic development
  as brought about by exchange in goods and
  services amongst individuals, business and states
  is crucial to keep Africa on track on these key
  results areas
• Africa must focus on enablers to achieve its
  development goals