October 28, 2011

09:00–10:15 5^thPlenary Session - Inclusive Growth and Food Security In Africa
- Chair: Bernadette Dia Kamgnia, Professor of Economics, University of Yaounde II, Cameroon
- Presenter: Abebe Aemro Selassie, Assistant Director, International Monetary Fund
- Presenter: Bola O. Akanji, Research Professor, NISER, Ibadan Nigeria / Scholar-In-Residence, University of Rhode Island, USA
- Presenter: Kevin Thomas, Assistant Professor of African-American & Diaspora Studies, Pennsylvania State University, USA
- Presenter: William A. Masters, Professor of Food and Nutrition Policy, Friedman Scool of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, USA

10:30-12:00 Concurrent Seminars
Session 1.5.1 Trade Issues
- Chair: Joseph Atta-Mensah, Director, Office of Strategic Planning and Programme Management, UNECA
- Paper 1 - The Impact of high and volatile commodity prices on public finance in developing countries - Helene Ehrhart and Samuel Guerineau, Banque de France / CERDI, University of Auvergne
Discussant: Abdul Kamara, Resident Representative, Sudan Country Office, African Development Bank
- Paper 2 - Impact of Trade Facilitation Mechanisms on Export Competitiveness in Africa - Malcolm D. Spence and Stephen Karingi, UNECA, Addis Ababa
Discussant: Afeikhena Jerome, Coordinator, State Peer Review Mechanism, Governor's Forum, Abuja
- Paper 3 - The Implications of HO and IRS Theories for Bilateral Trade Flows within Sub-Saharan Africa - Julie Lohi, Department of Economics, West Virginia University, USA
Discussant: Alan Kyerematen, Coordinator, African Trade Policy Centre, UNECA

Session 1.5.2 Foreign Direct Investments
- Chair: Ndubisi Nwokoma, Chief, Finance, Industry and Investment Section
- Paper 1 - Revisiting the Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: The Role of Institutions and Policy Reforms - Gamal Ibrahim, Adam El-Hiraika and Abbi Kedir, UNECA, Addis Ababa / University of Leicester, UK
Discussant: Babatunde Adeoye, Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Lagos, Nigeria
- Paper 2 - Investment Climate and Foreign Direct Investment in Africa - Emmanuel Nnadozie and Angelica Njuguna, UNECA, Addis Ababa
Discussant: Haile K. Taye, Director, BIDPA, Botswana
- Paper 3 - Investssements Directs Chinois et Exportations des Etats Subsahariens - S. J-A Tapsoba and Dzifa Kpetigo, Centre d'Etudes sur la Chine et Contemporaine (CECMC) / International Monetary Fund
Discussant: Luc-Joel Gregoire, Economic Advisor, UNDP Country Office, Mali

Session 1.5.3 Transitioning and Structural Transformation Issues
- Chair: Shimeles Abebe, Manager, Networking and Research Partnership Division, African Development Bank
- Paper 1 - Transitioning in and out of Formal Status: A Look at the Determinants of Informality among New Enterprises - Ousman Gajigo and Mary Hallward-Driemeier, African Development Bank / World Bank
Discussant: Samson Kwalingana, Economic Affairs Officer, FIIS, EDND, UNECA
- Paper 2 - Structural Transformation in SubSaharan Africa: The Regional Growth Poles Strategy - Eric Ogunleye, Office of the Chief Economic Adviser to the President, Abuja, Nigeria
Discussant: Kaleb Demeksa, Development Officer, Governance and Public Administration Division, UNECA
- Paper 3 - Resilient Human Capital: A precondition for Structural Transformation -Adrian Gaucci and Chrystelle Tsafack Temah, UNECA
Discussant: Damiano Manda, Research Manager, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi, Kenya

12:00-13:30 6^th Plenary (Round Table) - Green Growth and Climate Financing: Policy Options for Africa
- Moderator: Yvonne Ndege, Chef bureau Afrique de l’Ouest, Al Jazeera International
- Panelist: Muthuli Ncube, Chief Economist, African Development Bank
- Panelist: Kurt Lonsways, Manager, Climate Change & Energy, African Development Bank
- Panelist: David B. Brooks, Director, Water Soft Path Research, POLIS Project on Ecological Governance, Canada
- Panelist: Paul Malherbe, Chief Executive Officer, African AMSCO
- Panelist: Sylviane J. Guillaumont, Professor of Economics, France
- Panelist: Bassary Toure, Vice President, West African Development Bank, Lome, Togo
- Panelist: Miheret Debebe, Chief Executive Officer, Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation

13:30–15:00 Lunch/Side Event
- Side Event (13:30 - 14.30) - by AfDB
- Moderator/Chair: - Mthuli Ncube, Chief Economist and Vice President, African Development Bank
- Panelist: African Development Report, Desire Vencatachellum, Director, Development Research Department, African Development Bank
- Panelist: Domestick Resource Mobilization, Gabriel Negatu, Director, East Africa, African Development Bank
- Panelist: Making Finance Work for Africa, Issa Faye, Principal Economist, Development Research Development, African Development Bank
- Panelist: Growth Diagnostic, Shimeles Abebe, Manager, Networking and Research Partnerships Division, African Development Bank

15:00-15:30 Closing Session
- Chair: Jennifer Kargbo, Deputy Executive Secretary, UNECA
- Speaker: Pedro Conceicao, Chief Economist, Regional Bureau for Africa, UNDP
- Speaker: Mthuli Ncube, Chief Economist, African Development Bank
- Speaker: Emmanuel Nnadozie, Director, Economic Development and NEPAD Division, UN Economic Commission for Africa