| Description |
1 online resource (5 pages) : color illustrations (digital, PDF file) |
| Series |
Policy brief ; 7 |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Economic development -- Democratic governance -- Regional integration -- External actors |
| Summary |
The Nigeria-based African Centre for Development and Strategic Studies (ACDESS) held a high-level Millennium Symposium from 18 to 20 December 2010 in Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria. The Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), Cape Town, South Africa, participated actively in the meeting. The seminar focused on strengthening Africa's regional integration efforts and had three important goals: to review the continent's socio-economic and political condition and consider the development paradigms that are being implemented in Africa; to address commitments made by African leaders to lay the national, sub-regional, and continental foundations for socio-economic and political transformation that will enable Africa's development to outpace that of other developing regions; and, to assess objectively Africa's security, governance, regional integration, and development challenges. The seminar coincided with the 80th birthday, celebrated on 21 December 2010, of Professor Adebayo Adedeji, ACDESS's Executive Director and a CCR board member. Professor Adedeji, who has been acknowledged as one of Africa's most illustrious public servants, had earlier announced his retirement from public life at an African Union (AU) summit held in Uganda in July 2010 after five decades of dedicated service to the continent. The high-level symposium provided an opportunity for a review of the key public and intellectual contributions made by Professor Adedeji, who is also widely regarded as the "Father of African integration" after he was instrumental in creating the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in 1975; the Preferential Trade Area (PTA) of 1981, which later became the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA); and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) in 1983 |
| Notes |
Title from PDF title page (viewed on September 9, 2011) |
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"Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria, 18-20 December, 2010." |
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Adedeji, Adebayo -- Influence -- Congresses
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| SUBJECT |
Adedeji, Adebayo. fast (OCoLC)fst00012784 |
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Economic history.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Politics and government.
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Social conditions.
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Africa -- Economic conditions -- Congresses
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Africa -- Social conditions -- Congresses
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Africa -- Politics and government -- Congresses
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Africa.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Otitodun, Elizabeth
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Adebajo, Adekeye, 1966-
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Paterson, Mark
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University of Cape Town. Centre for Conflict Resolution.
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African Centre for Development and Strategic Studies (Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria)
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