October 27, 2010
- 08:00-9:00 Registration of participants
- 9:00-10:30 Opening Remarks
Room: Sidi Bou Saïd- Master of Ceremony:
- Cecilia Akintomide, African Development Bank (AfDB)
- Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank (AfDB)
- Abdoulie Janneh, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
- Tegegnework Gettu, Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Regional Bureau for Africa, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- Official Opening: H.E. Mohammed Ghannouchi, Prime Minister, Tunisia
- Keynote address: Pascal Lamy, World Trade Organization (WTO)
- Master of Ceremony:
- 10:30-10:45 Tea/Coffee Break
- 10:45-12:45 1st Plenary Panel - Harnessing Global Partnerships for Africa’s Development (old and new)
Room: Sidi Bou Saïd- Moderator: Buchizya Mseteka, Leriba Risk Services
- Panelist: Mthuli Ncube, Chief Economist and Vice President, AfDB
- Panelist: Fantu Cheru, The Nordic Africa Institute
- Panelist: H.E.Njuguna Ndungu, Central Bank of Kenya
- Panelist: Zephirin Diabre, AREVA
- 12:45–14:00 Lunch
- 14:15 - 14:45 Press Conference
Room: Didon III
- 14:00-16:00 Concurrent Seminars
- Session I.1.1 Poverty Analysis
Room: Top Hat- Chair: Margaret Kilo, AfDB
- Analyzing Pro-Poor Growth in Southern Africa: Lessons from Mauritius and South Africa / Jean-Yves Duclos, University Laval and Audrey Verdier-Chouchane, AfDB
Discussant: Asha Kannan, UNDP - Exploring differences in national and international poverty estimates: Is Uganda on Track to Halve Poverty by 2015? / Sebastian Levine, UNDP
Discussant: Barbara Barungi, AfDB - An African Demand System? Welfare Analysis Using Data from the ICP for Africa 2005 / Abebe Shimeles, AfDB
Discussant: Foday Turay, AfDB
- Session I.1.2 Enhancing Economic Growth
Room: Didon II- Chair: Adam Elhiraika, UNECA
- Explaining African Growth Performance: A Production-Frontier Approach / Oleg Badunenko, University of Cologne, Daniel J. Henderson, State University of New York and Romain Houssa, University of Namur
Discussant: Guy Blaise Nkamleu, AfDB - Industrial Strategies for Economic Recovery and Long-Term Growth in Africa / Arne Bigsten and Måns Söderbom, University of Gothenburg
Discussant: Alex Mutebi Mubiru, AfDB - External Debt Reduction and Economic Growth in Low-Income African Countries / Samir Abdelhafidh, Université de Sousse
Discussant: Ahmed Moummi, AfDB
- Session I.1.3 Regional Integration
Room: Didon I- Chair: Joseph Atta-Mensah, UNECA
- Developing Professional Services in Africa through Regional Integration / Nora Dihel, Ana M. Fernandes and Aaditya Mattoo, The World Bank
Discussant: Mamadou Diagne, AfDB - The Cross Border Expansion of African LFCIs : Implications for Regional Financial Stability and Regulatory Reform / Inutu Lukonga and Kay Chung, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Discussant: Thierry Kangoye, AfDB
- 16:00-16:15 Tea/Coffee Break
- 16:15–18:15 Concurrent Seminars
- Session I.2.1 Financial Development
Room: Didon I- Chair: Ndubisi Nwokoma, UNECA
- ICT, Financial Inclusion, and Growth: Evidence from African Countries / Mihasonirina Andrianaivo, RandD Orange Labs - France Telecom and Kangni Kpodar, IMF
Discussant: Tanja Gabriele Faller, AfDB - An African Type “MIGA” and Infrastructure-indexed Bonds: Potential Means for Financing Africa’s Infrastructure Agenda / Joseph Atta-Mensah, UNECA
Discussant: Henri Ngoa Tabi, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche en Economie et Gestion (CEREG) - African Development Bank Group's Financial Sector Strategy and Action Plan (FSSAP) / Gabriel Negatu, AfDB
- Session I.2.2 Private Sector Development
Room: Didon II- Chair: Timothy Turner, AfDB
- Informality and Productivity in West Africa: A Firm-Level Analysis / Nancy C. Benjamin, The World Bank and Ahmadou Aly Mbaye, University Cheikh Anta Diop
Discussant: Peter Ondiege, AfDB - Impact of the Business Environment on Output and Productivity in Africa / El-hadj Bah, The University of Auckland and Lei Fang, The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Discussant: Mohamed Hassan, Egyptian Center for Economic Studies
- Session I.2.3 Domestic Resource Mobilization and Remittances
Room: Top Hat- Chair: Mohammad Kisubi, AfDB
- The Effectiveness of Remittances and Foreign Aid in Promoting Savings and Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa / Yéro Baldé, Université de Limoges
Discussant: Olivier Manlan, UNDP - The Imperatives for Domestic Resource Mobilization for Sustained Post-Crisis Recovery and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa / Eric Kehinde Ogunleye, African Center for Economic Transformation and Desire Adebimpe Fashina, Nigeria
Discussant: Barfour Osei, AfDB
- Special Session I.2.4 Making Finance Work for Africa
Room: Didon III- Chair: Muthuli Ncube, AfDB
- Presenter: Issa Faye and Thouraya Triki, AfDB / Financing Africa: Evidence from North Africa
- Panelist: Stefan Nalletamby, AfDB
- Panelist: Mohammed Omran, The Egyptian Stock Exchange (tbc)
- Panelist: Ghada Waly, Egyptian Financial Authority (EFSA) (tbc)
- Panelist: Ismail Douiri, Attijariwafa Bank (tbc)
- Panelist: Ziad Oueslati, Tuninvest Finance Group
- Panelist: Khaled F. Zentuti, Libyan Investment Authority - Long-term Investment Portfolio
- Panelist: Choaib El Hassar, Bank of Algeria
- 18:30 - 19:30 Initiative Launch: "Gender and Economic Policy Management Initiative-Africa (GEPMI-Africa)" / UNDP, United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (UNIDEP) and AfDB
Room: Sidi Bou Saïd- Chair: Donald Kaberuka, President, AfDB
- Chair: Tegegnework Gettu, Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Regional Bureau for Africa, UNDP
- Presenter: H.E. David Phiri, Deputy Minister of Finance and National Planning, Zambia
- Presenter: Pedersen Mogens, AfDB Administrator and Executive Director
- Presenter: Winnie Byanyima, Director UNDP Gender Team
- 19:30 Cocktail
