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Akerson, Lisa
Country Gender Analysis for Angola
Stockholm, Sweden: Swedish International Development Authority (Asid), 1993

This report provides a comparison of the Angolan women and men's socio-economic conditions, reflecting the heavy burden carried by women in the nation. Angola has been at war for 30 years now and the profile analyses all sectors of the society during this period. Information about education, agriculture, industry and commerce, environment, media and the activities of government, political parties, and women activist groups is provided, and how NGOs are trying to relieve these problems.

Source: Swedish International Development Authority, Sweden

Da Rocha, Alves
Institutional Restructuring and Its Effects on Economic Restructuring in Angola
Luanda, Angola: Ministry of Planning, 1997

This is a workshop presentation of the economic and social crisis in Angola and the institutional framework in existence. Angola is portrayed by the author as a global crisis, with a particular crisis that separates it from crises in Africa and the World. The crisis covers political and economic aspects. The author also analyses the existing institutional setup and recommends starting points for economic reconstruction.

Keywords:Structural Adjustment; Economic Conditions
Source: Ministry of Planning, 92 Fredrick Engels Street, Luanda, Angola.

De Andrade, Henda Ducados Pinto
Women, Poverty and the Informal Sector in Luanda's Peri-Urban Areas
Luanda, Angola: Development Workshop, November 1994

This document is designed to encourage governmental and non-governmental agencies in identifying issues such as women's needs for the development of their micro-entrepreneurial activities. The thematic topics covered in the document include: women, poverty and the informal sector of the peri-urban areas of Luanda. An overview of the Angolan economic context is presented and characteristics of the informal sector are described.

Keywords: Women; Entrepreneurship
Source: Development Workshop, C.P.3360, Luanda.

De Sousa Couto, Fernando Gilberto
Kandegues Unidos - Training and Support to Street Children Project in Luanda Province (Education)
Luanda, Angola: Kandengues Unidos, September 1995 [Portuguese]

Overall information report on the state of the Angolan educational system, with a focus on the Luanda Province, in 1995. It highlights critical problems of the primary education level, such as low academic standards, ramshackle classrooms, and lack of resources, dropouts and low enrolment for basic primary education. There's an increasing demand for teachers and new schools due to the demographic growth and rural exodus, but due to the war and economic hardships, the Ministry of Education has not been able to implement programmes to renovate the deteriorated educational system. The document does not present any project focused on street children, but mentions some initiatives to improve education services in Angola that are not likely to reach street children.

Keywords: Education; Children
Source: Kandengues Unidos, Luanda, Angola.

Dos Santos, Naiole Cohen; Ducados, Henda
Beyond Inequalities: Women in Angola
Luanda and Harare: Development Workshop and SARDC-WIDSAA, 2000 [ English and Portuguese]

The profile is part of the 13 book series titled Beyond Inequalities outlining the status of women in southern Africa. The series documents and analyses information along themes drawn from the critical areas of concern identified in the Beijing Platform for Action (PFA). The analysis provides the historical and current situation of the economic, political and social spheres in the country, highlighting that Angola faces more serious problems than any of the SADC countries as a result of civil war. Peace is what most women are longing for. Internal displacement, poverty, food security, violence against women, education and health systems are the major problems facing Angolan women. Human and financial resources are being directed to military activities instead of the education and health sectors. Included in the profile are the eight national priority areas identified by Angola. Development Workshop is involved in development work with an emphasis on water and sanitation, primarily in Luanda. ADRA is involved in work related to rural conservation, agriculture and environment.

Keywords:Equal Rights; Human Rights
Source: ADRA, Praceta Farinha Leitao - No. 27, IDTO, C.P. 3788, Luanda, Angola, Development Workshop Rua Rei Katyavala 113, C.P. 3360, Luanda Angola and SARDC-WIDSAA, P.O. Box 5690, Harare, Zimbabwe.
E-mail: adra@ebonet.an; sardc@sardc.net;
widsaa@sardc.net; dwang@ebonet.net

Shea, Philip; Ducados Pinto de Andrade, Henda;
Fernandes, Emilia Dias
Participatory Sub-Sector Report on the Commercialization of Fish
Luanda, Angola: Development Workshop,1996

The authors indicate that the Angolan informal sector is large, provides most employment compared to the formal sector and is an essential component of family survival strategies. The sector however, gets little assistance and recognition from government, despite becoming increasingly more important as a source of employment and livelihood during the rehabilitation of the economy.

Keywords: Education; Informal Sector
Source: Development Workshop, Rua rei Katyala 113, C.P. 3360, Luanda, Angola.

Vicente Sao
Reanimation of Supply in Angola
Luanda, Angola: UNICEF, 1994

It is noted that Angola has initiated a political and economic transformation from a single party system planning and a centralised bureaucracy to a pluralist democracy with an open market economy and free competition. The open market economy and free competition has resulted in changes on supply and demand patterns. The author identifies the need to correct the distortions in relative prices in the equilibrium between supply and demand. There is need to reorganize the core business structure so that it can respond to market prices stimuli. Finally, there is need to discipline public finances and avoiding budget deficit to be financed purely by monetary means. The author also indicates that for these transformations to occur, the country needs political leadership and national cohesion. Khadidia E. Diabi translated the document into English.

Source: UNICEF- Monitoring and Evaluation, P.O. Box 2707, Luanda, Angola.