Day 3 - Wednesday, 6 December 2017

Wednesday, 6 December 2017

9:00 – 11:00 Concurrent Session 3 (Research Paper Presentations)

Session 3.1: Financing Africa’s development – session 1

Room: Caucus Room 11 
Chair: Radhika Lal, UNDP

Paper Presenters:

• Financial literacy and household investment choices in Uganda. Fred Kasalirwe, Makerere University, Uganda and Razack Lokina, University of Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania 
Discussant: Allan Mukungu, ECA

• Finance and firm productivity in Africa. [PPT ] Grace Onubedo, Centre for the Study of the Economics of Africa, Nigeria 
Discussant: Lucas Monge Roffarello, UNDP

• Economic growth and FDI nexus does democracy matter. [ PPT  ] Moheeldenn Atif, United Arab Emirates 
Discussant: Habiba Ben Barka, ECA

• Impact of Community-Based Health Insurance on Child Health Outcomes? Evidence on Stunting from Rural Uganda.[PPT   - PDF  ] Emmanuel Nshakinda Rukundo and Nicholas Gerber, University of Bonn, Germany 
Discussant: Xuan Che, ECA

Session 3.2: Financing Africa’s development – session 2 – tax and illicit financial flows

Room: Conference Room 3 
Chair: Ernest Bamou, UNDP

Paper Presenters:

• Corruption, illicit financial flows and political stability. Emmanuel Orkoh, Carike Claassen and Derick Blaauw, North-West University, South Africa 
Dicsussant: Ibrahima Aidara, Open Society Initiative West Africa

• Determinants of Tax Revenue in Ethiopia (Johansen Co-Integration Approach) Workineh Ayenew Mossie, Wachemo University, Ethiopia 
Discussant: Fitsum Abraha, UNDP

• Does the Implementation of Tax-Related Reforms and Institutions-Related Reforms Offer Scope for Sustained Tax Revenue Mobilization in Senegal? [PPT ] Ameth Saloum Ndiaye, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal 
Discussant: William Lochi, European University Institute

Session 3.3: Financing Africa’s development – session 3 – remittances and natural resources

Room: Conference Room 5 
Chair: Bartholomew Armah, Chief, Renewal of Planning Section, ECA

Paper Presenters:

• Impact of remittances on food consumption and nutrition. [PPT  ] Rapahel Olanrewaju Babatunde, University of Ilorin, Nigeria 
Discussant: Becaye Diarra, UNDP

• Remittances, institutional quality and economic growth in SSA. [ PPT  ] Taiwo Ojapinwa, University of Lagos, Nigeria 
Discussant: Wilmot Reeves, UNDP

• Africa’s financial development exploring the role of natural resources. Abiodun Adewale Adegboye and Fisayo Fagbemi, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria 
Discussant: Prof. Malcolm Sawyer, University of Leeds, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Session 3.4: Inclusive governance of natural resources as a driver of structural transformation

Room: Conference Room 6 
Chair: Francis Ikome, Chief, Governance and Public Sector Management Section, ECA

Paper Presenters:

• Impact on oil exploitation on wellbeing in Chad. [ PPT  ] Gadom Djal Gadom, University of N’Djamena, Chad, Armand Mboutchouang Kountchou, University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon and Abdelkrim Araar, Université Laval, Canada 
Discussant: Kevin Lumbila, AfDB

• Governance in the mineral dependent economy. Ita Mary Mannathoko, Formerly Senior Economist, Adviser to the Executive Director, IMF, Botswana 
Discussant: Yao Graham, Third World Network – Africa

• Energy sector governance and cost reflective pricing. Obindah Gershon, Covenant University and Alex Ezurum, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria 
Discussant: Frederick Mugisha, UNDP

11:00 – 11:30 Tea / coffee break

13 11:30 - 13:00 Plenary Session 5: Institutions, Competitiveness, and Industrial Policy in the age of Global Value Chains: Lesson from China (AfDB)

This session focuses on how China’s industrial development model can provide inspiration to Africa, which has faced major constraints to the growth of its industrial sector. A systematic overview of China’s industrial development mechanisms will highlight how the interplay of well-designed institutions, sound competitiveness, and industrial policy has been decisive in ensuring China’s formidable advances. The institutional framework for innovation policymaking has been instrumental in formulating a broad spectrum of support, and associated legislation at the macro and State Council levels. This framework enables definition of innovation policies, covering a wide spectrum of R&Drelated activities. These, complemented with other policy instruments such as regulation of markets, taxation, and infrastructural development, have played a critical role in remedying market failures, building innovation networks, creating a fertile innovation environment, and improving innovation capacity. At the same time, China adopted an export-oriented strategy that has encouraged private and overseas investment in labor-intensive manufacturing.

Room: Conference Room 2 
Session chair: • Dr. Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI-Addis Ababa

Presenters:

• Prof. Fang Xia, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China

• Prof. Zhongxiu Zhao, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China

• Dr. Bart Minten, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

• Prof. Xiaobo Zhang, Peking University, Beijing, China and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

13:00-14:00 Presentation of the Best Paper Award

Room: Conference Room 2

Presentation by ECA

Closing remarks

• ECA

• AfDB

• UNDP

 14:00 – 15:30 Lunch