1978, for presentation to ECA legislative organs. Studies were also conducted on the role of transnational corporations in banking and other financial institutions. Case studies were completed on Liberia and Nigeria together with an integrated regional study on the role of trans­ national banks and financial institutions in Africa's development process (E/ECA/UNCTC/43) which incorporated five other case studies on Egypt ,the Sudan, Ethiopia, the United Republic of Tanzania and the Ivory Coast carried out in previous years. Transnational activities in the other major sectors such as agriculture, food processing and mining were also studied. 10. Technical assistance, co-ordination and operations 77. Using funds from United Nations, multilateral and bilateral sources, ECA continued in 1984 to engage in diverse technical co-operation activities. 78. United Nations Regular Programme funds amounting to $US 1,481,000 provided support to ten regional advisers and to MULPOC regional and subregional services. The regional advisory services covered economic co-operation, statistics, social development, manpower, development of conventional and non-conventional sources of energy, public administration, public finance, transport and communications and socio-economic research. 79. UNDP funds amounting to $US 7,045,393 were used to finance projects in statistics, industry, national accounts, transport and communications and the integration of women in development. UNDP funds also provided support to the MULPOCs and to research centres, including the Eastern and Southern Africa Mineral Resources Development Centre, the African Regional Centre for Engineering Design and Manufacturing, the African Regional Centre for Services in Surveying and Mapping, the Institute for Development and Planning and the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute. 80. The amount of $US 3,275,373 made available by the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) during 1984 was used to support ECA's population infrastructure, regional advisory services in demographic statistics, national workshops on population and development, the Institut de formation et de recherche demographiques, the Regional Institute for 
**Analysis**
The text appears to focus on the economic and technical cooperation activities of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in 1984. It mentions various projects and studies related to banking, finance, industry, energy, statistics, and population development, which suggests a strong connection to economic development. Additionally, the text mentions technical assistance and coordination, which is a common theme in economic development.

**Category**
Economic development, Industry, Transport and communication