URL: http://chernobyl.undp.org/english/
This website "is part of an overall UNDP efforts to raise awareness about the many challenges facing the region affected" by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in April 1986. Features "UN official documents on Chernobyl nuclear accident as well as the updates from UN Coordinator of international cooperation on Chernobyl," and links to related sites. Available in several languages. From the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23634Source: World Bank Policy Research Working Papers (More)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa has released the 2007 Economic Report on Africa. Entitled Accelerating Africa's Development through Diversification, the ECA flagship publication reports that African economies continued to grow with an overall real GDP growth rate of 5.7% in 2006. Learn more from the press release, read key facts, or download the report in full or in parts.