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Economic Commission for Africa

Economic Commission for Africa

5.1
A United Nations group that helps African countries develop their economies
  • proper noun
  • Formal
translation icon : Comisión Económica para África
  • The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), along with the OAU member states, has held that economic development on the continent can best be achieved through economic integration.
  • Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

Examples

  • The Economic Commission for Africa's (ECA) commodity price index of 1988 showed that the wholesale prices for Africa's key exports stood at 54.2 percent of their 1980 levels.

    Academic text (1995)

  • And the decade-long standoff between the World Bank and the Economic Commission for Africa, concerning structural adjustment and self-reliance, has not really resolved anything.

    Academic text (1990)

  • As the former Executive Secretary for the Economic Commission for Africa, Professor Adebayo Adedeji stated:

    Academic text (1995)

  • This view has been most vigorously rejected by the OAU ministers, and in particular, the Economic Commission for Africa, headed by Adebayo Adedeji, who says that Africa must reform but go beyond the IMF/World Bank formula for structural adjustment.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The Economic Commission for Africa works to enhance economic development policies for African nations.

  • In 2021, the Economic Commission for Africa launched initiatives to address climate change impacts on the continent.

  • Many African leaders met with the Economic Commission for Africa to discuss strategies for increasing regional trade.

Surface Forms

Economic Commission for Africa main

Morphology

economic + commission + for + Africa

The noun phrase meaning — a commission concerned with economic matters for Africa — is directly and transparently derivable from the constituents 'economic' + 'commission' + 'for' + 'Africa'. This is a regular compositional structure (adj. + noun + prepositional phrase) and a B1 learner who knows the words would understand the institution's basic purpose even if they do not know its formal UN affiliation.

Etymology

Economic Commission for Africa was set up by the United Nations to help countries in Africa with money, trade and growth. The name joins Economic meaning 'about money and business', Commission meaning 'a group chosen to study and advise', and Africa meaning the region, so it is a UN group that works 'to promote economic development' in African countries.