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Researchers Focus on Policy and Institutions during the African Economic Conference
13-Nov-2008 - More on the Conference As part of the African Economic Conference taking place from November 12-14, 2008, in Tunis, a two-part workshop was held on Wednesday on Policy and Institutions. The first part focused on Economic Success Stories in Africa, with Tunisia serving as a central example, and the second part on the definition and measurement of economic emergence.The African Economic Conference Opens in Tunis, alongside the Ministerial Conference on Financial Crisis
13-Nov-2008 - More about the Conference The African Economic Conference opened on November 12, 2008, in Tunis alongside the Ministerial Conference on Financial Crisis. Jointly organized by the African Development Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the conference’s objectives included:Weathering the Storm: Sustaining Africa’s Economy in a Global Financial Crisis
13-Nov-2008 - More about the Conference Tunis, 13 November 2008 – The African Economic Conference (AEC) went into the second day on Thursday, November 13, 2008, in Tunis, where the prevailing global economic crisis continued to dominate discussions after African finance ministers and central Bank governors adopted a wide-ranging resolution on how to tackle the crisis.Financial Crisis Could Put Africa’s Efforts to Meet MDGs at risk – Janneh
13-Nov-2008 - Statement by Abdoulie Janneh UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA, at the Ministerial Conference on the Financial Crisis (Video)Chief Economist Delivers Lecture at the Islamic Development Bank
13-Nov-2008 - The African Development Bank Group Chief Economist, Louis Kasekende, on October 28, 2008, delivered a lecture at the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) on Outlook for Sustained Economic Growth in Africa: the Case of IDB African member States under the IsDB Group Economic Lecture Series. The Lecture Series is an initiative of the IsDB under which distinguished experts and scholars are invited to share their knowledge and perspectives on current economic issues, global developments, challenges and prospects.Conférence régionale préparatoire sur l’enseignement supérieur à Dakar
12-Nov-2008 - Une conférence régionale sur l'enseignement supérieur en Afrique préparatoire à la Conférence mondiale sur l'enseignement supérieur prévue en juillet 2009 à Paris, s'est ouverte, le lundi 10 nove;bre à Dakar, en présence de nombreux chercheurs, décideurs politiques dont les Premiers ministres du Sénégal et de la Namibie MM.
La réponse du continent africain à la crise financière
12-Nov-2008 - Plus de 50 ministres des finances, gouverneurs de banques centrales et représentants d’institutions financières à Tunis pour la Conférence ministérielle sur la crise africaine (12 novembre 2008) Tunis, le 11 novembre 2008 – Plus de 50 ministres africains des finances, de gouverneurs de banque centrale et de responsables d’institutions financières internationales ont convergé à Tunis pour définir une position de riposte africaine à la crise financière internationale.Des autorités attentives aux dimensions de la crise financière
12-Nov-2008 - Pour la plupart des ministres et gouverneurs de banques centrales réunis à l’initiative de la BAD lors de la Conférence ministérielle sur la crise financière, cette nouvelle crise survient à un bien mauvais moment. Déjà fortement sollicités par la crise alimentaire et la hausse des produits pétroliers, les dirigeants financiers des Etats africains voient leur marge de manœuvre passablement réduite, dans certain cas devenir quasi inexistante. Les prévisions de croissance économique sont réduites de manière significative, dans une fourchette...We are trying to play a counter-cyclical role to avoid a credit crunch, says AfDB Private Sector Department Director, Tim Turner
12-Nov-2008 - At a time when international banks that have been active in the continent are either fully or partially withdrawing from Africa, contributing therefore to a credit crunch, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group private sector operations are trying to play a counter-cyclical role, AfDB Private Sector Department Director, Tim Turner.
Africa Confronts the Financial Crisis in Tunis
12-Nov-2008 - The African ministerial conference on the global financial crisis opened on Wednesday, November 12, 2008, with some 300 participants in attendance. Jointly organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union (AU)and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the event has brought together African finance ministers, central bank governors and finance experts from across the continent to reflect on the impact of the global financial crisis on the African economy.African Countries Endorse Measures to Mitigate Impact of Global Financial Crisis
12-Nov-2008 - "Financial Crisis Could Not Have Come at a Worse Time for the African Continent" Tunis, 12 November 2008 – African finance ministers and central bank governors rose from a day-long meeting on Wednesday in Tunis after the adoption of a communiqué on what their countries would do individually and collectively as well as the type of support they expect from the international community to cushion the likely negative impact of the global financial crisis on their economies.Impact de la crise financière
12-Nov-2008 - La croissance économique perdra entre un demi- point et un point en 2008 et 2009, selon l’économiste en chef de la BAD. La crise financière grugera presque un demi-point de croissance en 2008 et plus du double en 2009, signale l’économiste en chef de la BAD, Louis Kasekende. Ainsi, d’une croissance de l’économie africaine initialement prévue de 5,9 % en 2008, la BAD prévoit un niveau de 5,5 %. Pour 2009, cette croissance, prévue au départ à 5,9 %, est ramenée à 4,9 %.AfDB Calls For Global and Inclusive Solution to Financial Crisis African GDP Growth Revised Downwards
12-Nov-2008 - Tunis, 12 November 2008 - Although African countries have, so far, not witnessed huge losses occasioned by the prevailing global financial crisis, the phenomenon is likely to diminish the considerable economic progress made in the region over the last decade, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, said on Wednesday in Tunis.AfDB Hosts High-Level Forum on Africa and Global Financial Crisis
11-Nov-2008 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will host a high-level forum of African Finance Ministers and African Central Bank Governors on the global financial crisis in Tunis, Tunisia, on 12 November 2008. Determined to help find a solution to the crisis, these leaders will dedicate a day to discussions on the impact of the crisis on the continent. They will also propose possible solutions to the crisis, as it affects the continent.