African Statistical Journal Vol. 4

The African Statistical Journal, Volume 4, May 2007

Contents

• Editorial
  
  Articles

  • International Comparison Program for Africa : Towards Economic Convergence Measurement
    Michel Mouyelo-Katoula, Adalbert Nshimyumuremyi, AfDB, Tunis Tunisia
    
    

  • Construction and Civil Engineering Work : Designing a Time-Space Index
    Michel Mouyelo-Katoula, Adalbert Nshimyumuremyi, AfDB, Tunis Tunisia
    
    

  • Estimating National Annual Average Prices within the ICP-Africa Framework : Back to Surveys
    Mathieu B. Djayeola & Michel Mouyelo-Katoula, AfDB, Tunis Tunisia
    
    

  • Elementary Purchasing Power Parities Computation Within the ICPAfrica Framework : CPD Method (French)
    Folly A. D. Adjogou, Mathieu B. Djayeola, AfDB, Tunis Tunisia
    
    

  • Comparative Consumption and Price Levels in African Countries : First Results of the International Comparison Program for Africa
    
    

  • New Challenges in Agriculture Statistics : FAO Initiatives (French)
    Haluk Kasnakoglu, Hiek Som, David Marshall, Naman Keita, Frank
    Schmitt, Kafkas Caprazli, François Fonteneau, FAO, Roma, Italy
    
    

  • Analysing Data from Participatory On-farm Trials
    Richard Coe, ICRAF, Nairobi, Kenya
    
    

  • Invigorating the Celebrations of the African Statistics Day : Lessons Learned from the 2006 Edition
    Miekael Menberu, Dimitri Sanga, ECA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    
    

  • Mentoring Young Statisticians : Facilitating the Acquisition of Important Career Skills
    Lehana Thabane, Marroon Thabane and Charles Harry Goldsmith, McMaster University, Canada
    
    

• Editorial Policy
  
  

• Notes to Authors
  
  

• Acknowledgements
  
  

• Highlights of the First Half of 2007
  Resolutions of the 2007 ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development
  
  

• The Importance of Statistics as a Basis for Effective Policy-making in Africa, Speech by His Excellency Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, at the 2nd Africa Symposium on Statistical Development, Kigali, 15 January 2007
  
  

• Upcoming Events