The African Development Week is just a few days away. To participate in riveting discussions concerning Africa’s future and growth, among other issues, including witnessing the launch of critical reports on corruption, the continent’s economy and regional integration.Please click here to register.
About the African Development Week:
The inaugural Africa Development Week is being hosted by the Economic Commission for Africa and the African Union from 31 March to 5th April. Close to thirty side events on topical issues including migration, industrialization, regional integration, and recent global agreements such as the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals, will also be convened during the week. The annual high-level joint ECA-AU ministerial Conference, bringing together AU Ministers of the Economy and Finance and the ECA Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, will also take place during the week under the theme Towards an Integrated and Coherent Approach to Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation of Agenda 2063 and the SDGs.
Over 1000 high level delegates, including Heads of State, former heads of state, member States, civil society, media and experts in various sectors of industrialization, energy, statistics, banking, and climate change, are expected.
Highlights of the development week include the Annual Adedeji Lecture. Renowned Development Economist Ha-Joon Chang and author of many popular policy books, most notably Kicking Away the Ladder and 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism, and Economics, will deliver the 2016 edition of the lecture. Chang teaches Economics at the University of Cambridge.
Other major events include the launch of ECA’s flagship Economic Report on Africa. The 2016 edition looks at Greening Africa’s Industrialization. The ECA will during the week also launch 20 Country Profiles which are meant, among other things, to provide a quality assessment of economic forecasting for the featured countries and help them in policy formulation, planning and other issues. Other publications to be launched include the Africa Governance Report IV on Measuring Corruption in Africa; a report on Investment Policies & Bilateral Investment Treaties in Africa.
The Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa (RCM-Africa) will also hold its 17 th session to discuss UN support for implementing Agenda 2063 and the Sustainable Development Goals. While the Caucus of Governors of African Central Banks will hold their annual meeting to address their role in Africa's transformation amidst turbulent times.
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