This page provides links to a wide variety of sites and documents relevant to these themes. Go to the quick-start for exploring resources on the web, look at the documents selected for distribution in 1999 and 1998 by the Africa Policy Information Center, or review recent statements by African states and NGO coalitions, and the background papers and draft plans of action being debated in the U.S. National Summit on Africa process.
Quick-Start for Exploring Web Resources | Documents distributed by APIC in 1999 | National Summit Documents
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Economy and Development corresponds to two of the themes being debated in the National Summit on Africa
(www.africasummit.org) process. Regional Summits were
held in Atlanta (May, 1998) and Chicago (September, 1998). Regional Summits are scheduled for San
Francisco (June 4-5, 1999), Baltimore (September 10-11, 1999) and Denver (September 24-25, 1999).
The National Summit will take place in Washington, DC on February 17-20, 2000.
Background material on the themes provided by the summit secretariat and available in HTML format includes:
Economic Development, Trade and Investment, and Job Creation
Sustainable Development, Quality of Life, and the Environment
Summit working papers were prepared by groups of experts as background, in 1998. The Economic Development Expert
Group consisted of Mr. Robert Browne (Twenth-First Century Foundation), Dr. Tetteh Kofi (University of San Francisco), and Dr. Nicolas van de Walle (Michigan State University). Mr. Browne was the chairperson and Dr.Kofi the writer for the group. The Sustainable Development Expert Group consisted of Dr. John Bruce (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo (Ncediwe/Brits Solidarity and Exchange Program), Dr. Christopher Delgado (International Food Policy Research Insitute), Dr. Amy Auerbacher Gimbel (formerly with American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sub-Saharan Africa Program), and Dr. Meredeth Turshen (Rutgers University). Dr. Coleman-Adebayo was the chairperson and Dr. Turshen the writer for the group.
Synopses of the working papers and draft plans of action were prepared by the summit secretariat.
The draft plans of action are being considered, amended, and voted on by participants at each of the regional summits and at the national summit. (Note: The full plan of action from Atlanta and the rules for the deliberative process are available on the summit web site, but only in Adobe Acrobat format.) |
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Quick-Start for Exploring Web Resources: Economy and Development in Africa
These "quick-start" links include key web sites and pages
we have found to be generally helpful in searching for web resources on economy
and development in Africa. They do not include sites focusing on only one country or region.
For links to country-specific sites, see the regional pages elsewhere on this site:
For more comprehensive listings on these themes, see the "meta-sites" section below.
If you wish to suggest a link for inclusion in this listing of key links, please send a message to
links@africapolicy.org.
Key Reference Sites on Africa's Economy and Policy Issues
Africa Recovery
http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec
Additional APIC Pages
Africa Trade and Investment Resources
http://www.africapolicy.org/featdocs/tradinfo.htm
Meta-Sites with Additional Links
Columbia University: Business & Economic Information
http://www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/Africa/bus.html |
Africa Policy Electronic Distribution List in 1999, on themes of Economy and Development. Documents highlighted in red are original documents produced by APIC. Other documents are reposted from other original sources.
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