text: national level to alleviate the crisis through an effective system of international consultations and co-operation, and the need to establish permanent African machinery for the regular monitoring of developments in money and finance, - 94 - Noting that the Lagos Plan of Action called for rationalization of distribution in domestic trade and structures in order to ensure internally generated, self-sustaining growth, Mindful of the fact that despite the establishment of subregional economic groupings, no measurable achievements have been made towards the liberalization and expansion of intra-African trade and that the growth of intra-African trade remains too small to ensure collective self-reliance, Conscious of the need to develop adequate intra-African monetary and financial institutions, where they do not exist, or to strengthen the existing ones, as a means of ensuring adequate domestic resources to sustain economic development efforts at the subregional and regional levels, Having considered the Report of the Regional Ministerial Meeting on Africa's External Indebtedness and the Addis Ababa Declaration on Africa's External Indebtedness annexed to the Special Memorandum by the ECA Conference of Ministers on Africa's Economic and Social Crisis adopted at the nineteenth session of the Commission held in Addis Ababa from 24 to 22 May 1984, Deeply concerned by the magnitude of external debts and the increasing debt servicing costs experienced by many African countries especially during the past ten years which are seriously eroding their meagre foreign exchange resources, thereby slowing down growth prospects, Recognizing that the solution to these problems lies in the ability of African Governments to make effective structural adjustments to their economies, A. National level 1. Calls upon African countries to envisage the possibility of setting up, where they do not exist, permanent national units to monitor external debt and advise Governments on effective debt management; 2. Recommends that all African countries take measures for develop­
analysis: The text appears to be discussing economic issues and challenges facing African countries, particularly with regards to external debt, trade, and economic development. It highlights the need for effective management of external debt, liberalization of intra-African trade, and establishment of permanent African machinery for monitoring developments in money and finance. These themes suggest that the category is likely to be related to economic development and international trade.