| dc.description | African Development Forum (ADF-VIII) was held on 23 – 25 October 2012 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The African Development Forum (ADF), an Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) flagship biennial event created in 1999, is a multi-stakeholder platform for debating, discussing, and initiating concrete strategies for Africa's development. ADF aims to present the key stakeholders in Africa’s development with the results of current research and opinions on key development issues to formulate shared goals, priorities, and programs, and define the environment that will enable African countries to implement these programs. The Conference endorsed the decision to focus the theme of ADF-VIII on “Governing and harnessing natural resources for Africa’s development”. The platform offers as much an opportunity to build partnerships as for the occasion to further deepen discussions on the implementation of the Africa Mining Vision (AMV); the AU Declaration on Land; the Framework and Guidelines for Land Policy in Africa (F&G); the Implementation Strategy for the Accelerated Industrialization Development for Africa (AIDA); Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests; and other frameworks for best practices in the management of mineral, land, fisheries and forest resources. The Executive Secretary of ECA Mr Carlos Lopes's opening statement at the African Development Forum considered the ownership of mineral resources invested in the states nearly all mining operations are foreign-owned with marginal local ownership. Indeed, the current mining model is essentially that of an enclave industry with very weak links with other economic and social sectors. Firms import nearly all their inputs and export nearly all output without processing. Associated export earnings seldom entered the national economy, and the most important tasks were performed by expatriate labor. A sector that exists in this form is surely not sustainable in the long run and it cannot underpin Africa's long-term social and economic transformation. | en |
| dc.title | Statement by Mr Carlos Lopes UN Undersecretary General and Executive Secretary of ECA at the African Development Forum VIII | en |
| dc.title.alternative | Governing and Harnessing Natural Resources for Africa’s Development | en |
| ags.publisherPlace | Addis Ababa | en |
| ags.publisherName | UN. ECA | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-17T08:08:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-04-17T08:08:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-10-23 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10855.1/4144 | |
| uneca.workflow.processed | true | |
| uneca.language.supported | en | |
| dc.relation.isPartOf | African Development Forum VIII 2012 | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | AFRICA | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | ANGOLA | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | ETHIOPIA | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | MOZAMBIQUE | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | SOMALIA | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | CANADA | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | AUSTRALIA | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | SWITZERLAND | |
| dc.format.extent | 21:17 | |
| dc.format.medium | MP4 | |
| dc.language | en_US | |
| dc.type | Video | |
| dcterms.accessRights | UNECA | |
| ags.creatorCorporate | United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa | |
| ags.creatorConference | UN. ECA African Development Forum VIII (8th: 2012, Oct.23 - 25: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) | |
| ags.subjectThesaurus | NATURAL RESOURCES | |
| ags.subjectThesaurus | MINERAL RESOURCES | |
| ags.subjectThesaurus | AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS | |
| ags.subjectThesaurus | MANPOWER | |
| ags.subjectThesaurus | MINING | |
| ags.subjectThesaurus | ECONOMIC GROWTH | |
| ags.subjectThesaurus | COMMODITY PRICES | |
| ags.subjectClassification | 03.02.00 RESOURCES (GENERAL) | |
| ags.subjectClassification | 03.09.00 MINERAL RESOURCES | |
| ags.descriptionNotes | Conference | |
| ags.rights.TermsOfUse | Public | |
| ags.availabilityLocation | ECA-HQ | |
| ags.creatorConferenceCategory | Other Conferences | |
