October 26, 2011
- 09:00-11:00 1st Plenary (Special) Session - Promoting the Green Economy for Africa's Structural Transformation
- Moderator: - Josue Dione, Director, Food Security and Sustainable Development, UNECA
- Presenter: Desta Mebratu, Deputy Director, Regional Office for Africa, UNEP, Nairobi
- Panelist: Ben Kaluwa, Professor of Economics, University of Malawi, Malawi
- Panelist: Afeikhena Jerome, Coordinator, State Peer Review Mechanism, Governor's Forum, Abuja
- Panelist: Augustin Fosu, Deputy Director, United Nations University, WIDER, Helsinki, Finland
- 11:00-11:15 Tea/Coffee Break
- 14:00-16:00 Concurrent Seminars
- Session I.1.1 Structural Transformation and Industrial Policies
- Chair: Désiré Vencatachellum, Director, Development Research Department, African Development Bank
- Paper 1 - Energy Use and Sustainable Development: Evidence from the Industrial Sector in Nigeria - Fidelis O. Ogwumike and Omo Aregbeyen, Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
- Paper 2 - Does Green Investment raise Productivity? - Salifou Issoufou and Nama Outtara, Universite Paris 11, France
- Paper 3 - Credit Constraints and Entrepreneurship in Africa: The Impact of Policies - Mina Baliamoune, Zuzana Brixiova and Leonce Ndikumana, University of North Florida, USA / UNDP / University of Massachusetts, USA
- Session I.1.2 Human Development
- Chair: Samuel Bwalya, Economic Advisor, UNDP Country Office, Ethiopia
- Paper 1 - The Impact of Mother's Education on Child Health and Nutrition in Developing Countries: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Burkina Faso - Eugenie Maiga, African Centre for Economic Transformation
- Paper 2 - Human Capital Development in Africa: Agents, Drivers and Implications for Growth and Structural Transformation - Harry Sackey, Department of Economics, Vancouver Island University, Canada
- Paper 3 - Public Education Spending and poverty in Burkina Faso: A Computable General Equilibrium Approach - Lacina Balma, W. Francine Alida Ilboudo, Adama Outtara, Romeo Kabore, Kassoum Zerbo and T. Samuel Kabore, IFPRI.
- Session I.1.3 Issues in Climate Change
- Chair: Adebayo Olukoshi, Director, African Institute of Economic Planning and Development, UNECA, Dakar, Senegal
- Paper 1 - Climate Variability and Livelihood Vulnerability in the Rural Areas of Lagos State - Ganiyu Akolade, Department of Agricultural Extension and Management, Lagos State Polytechnic, Lagos
- Paper 2 - To What Extent are African Countries Vulnerable to Climate Change? Lessons of a New Indicator of Physical Vulnerability to Climate Change - Patrick Guillaumont and Catherine Simonet, CERDI / Universitie d'Auvergne
- Paper 3 - Quelques Aspects Socio-Economiques des Amenagements Hydro-Agricoles en reponse aux impacts des changements climatiques dans les Departements du mono-couffo au Benin - Yabi Ibouraima, Afouda Fulgence et Boko Michel, Universite d'Abomey-Calavi (UAC)
- 13:00-14:30 Lunch Break
- 14:30-16:15 2 nd Plenary Panel - Sustainable Growth in North Africa: Lessons for the Continent
- Chair: Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank
- Moderator: Farid Ayari of Radio France International
- Panelist: H.E. Sid Ahmed Ghozali, Former Prime Minister of Algeria
- Panelist: Ms. Ouided Bouchamaoui, Présidente Union Tunisienne de l’Industrie, du Commerce et de l’Artisanat
- Panelist: Brice Lalonde, Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Co-ordinator of Rio+20 (UNCSD 2012)
- Panelist: Dierik Vanderwalle, Visiting Professor, London School of Economics
- 16:15-16:30 Tea/Coffee Break
- 16:30–18:15 Concurrent Seminars
- Session I.2.1 Households and Market Competition
- Chair: Xiaoning Gong, Chief, Economic Statistics and National Accounts Section, UNECA
- Paper 1 - Household Credit, Consumption and Asset Growth in Urban Ethiopia - Abbi Kedir and Gamal Ibrahim, Department of Economics, University of Leicester, UK / UNECA
- Paper 2 - Market Competition in Export Cash Crops and Farm Income - Nicholas Depetris Chauvin and Guido Porto, Dubai School of Government / Universidad de la Plata
- Paper 3 - Agricultural Sector Investment, Outsourcing and Political Risks: The Case of Kenya's Flower Trade with the EU - William Amponsah and Andrew Muhammad, School of Economic Development, Georgia Southern University, USA / US Department of Agriculture
- Session I.2.2 Renewable Energy and Environmental Issues
- Chair: Kupikile Mlambo, Senior Advisor to the Chief Economist, African Development Bank
- Paper 1 - Determinants of Renewable Energy Technology Adoption in Developing Countries - Birte Pohl, Michael Jakob and Steffen Schlomer, German Institute of Global and Area Studies
- Paper 2 - Social Capital and the Willingness to pay for Environmental Goods in African Countries - Urbain Thierry Yogo, University of Yaounde-II, Cameroon
- Special Session I.2.3 Role of the Private Sector in Promoting Green Technology
- Chair: Pedro Conceicao, Chief Economist, Regional Bureau for Africa, UNDP
- Presenter: Tom Nagle, World Resources Institute
- Panelist: Ouseman Kane, Chair, Commission of Relations, National Academy of Sciences annd Technology of Senegal
- Panelist: Genevesi Ogiogio, Executive Director, Centre for Institutional Development, Harare
- Panelist: Chinedum Nwajiuba, Executive Director, Nigerian Environmental Study/ Action Team
- 18:15-19:15 Book Launch -"Africa's Odious Debts" - By Leonce Ndikumana and James K.Boyce
- Chair: Pedro Conceicao, Chief Economist, Regional Bureau for Africa, UNDP
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