Papers and Presentations
Day 1: 25 October 2011 |
Opening Ceremony |
Welcome Address: Mr Abdoulie Janneh, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) |
Remarks: Mr Tegegnework Gettu, Assistant Secretary General and Director of the Regional Bureau for Africa, UNDP |
Remarks: Mr. Mthuli Ncube, AfDB Chief Economist |
Remarks: Mr Jean Ping, Chairperson, African Union Commission (AUC) |
Keynote Address and Official Opening: H.E. Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia |
Day 2: 26 October 2011 |
Plenary Session 1 - Promoting the Green Economy for Africa's Structural Transformation |
Greening Africa: Public Expenditure for Agriculture |
Promoting the Green Economy for Africa’s Structural Transformation |
Green Economy for Africa’s Structural Transformation |
1.1.1 Structural Transformation and Industrial Policies |
Does green investment raise productivity? |
Credit Constraints and Productive Entrepreneurship in Africa |
Energy Use and Sustainable Development: Evidence from the Industrial Sector in Nigeria [ Paper ] [ Presentation ] |
1.1.2 Human Development |
The Impact of Mother’s Education on Child Health and Nutrition in |
Human Capital Development in Africa: Agents, Drivers and Implications for Growth and Structural Transformation [ Paper ] [ Presentation ] |
Public education spending and poverty in Burkina Faso: A Computable General Equilibrium Approach [ Paper ] [ Presentation ] |
1.1.3 Issues in Climate Change |
Climate Variability and Livelihood Vulnerability in the Rural Areas of Lagos |
Quelques aspects socio-économiques des aménagements hydro-agricoles en réponse aux impacts des changements climatiques dans les départements du Mono-Couffo (Benin, Afrique de l’Ouest) [ Paper ] |
To What Extent Are African Countries Made Vulnerable to Climate Change? |
Plenary (Special) Session 2- Sustainabale Growth in North Africa: Lessons for the Continent |
1.2.1 Households and Market Competition |
Market Competition in Export Cash Crops and Farm Income |
The role of loans and remittances in Consumption and Investment decisions in Urban Ethiopia [ Paper ] [ Presentation ] |
Agricultural Sector Investment, Outsourcing and Political Risks: The Case of Kenya’s Flower Trade With the EU [ Presentation ] |
1.2.2 Renewable Energy and Environmental Issues |
Determinants of Renewable Energy Deployment – Evidence for Developing Countries 1980–2008 [ Paper ] [ Presentation ] |
Social Capital and the Willingness to Pay for Environmental Good in African Countries [ Paper ] [ Presentation ] |
1.2.3 Role of the Private Sector in Promoting Green Technology |
DAY 3: 27 October 2011 |
Plenary Session 3 - Natural Resource Management, Bio-Fuels, Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture |
THE AFRICA MINING VISION - A Tool for Structural Transformation? |
Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture In Africa - Experiences From The ATMS Project |
Price volatility, food security, sustainable agriculture: a misunderstanding to be avoided |
Natural resource management, food security, biofuels and sustainable agriculture |
Africa benefits from climate change via access to affordable, reliable and clean energy |
1.3.1 Sustainable Agriculture and Land Use |
Agricultural primary commodity export and environmental degradation: what |
Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Assessing the Impact of Agro-pastoral Projects on the Productivity of Farmers Organisations: The Case of Cameroon [ Paper ] [ Presentation ] |
EXTENSIFICATION versus INTENSIFICATION: Revisiting the Role of Land in African Agricultural Growth [ Paper ] [ Presentation ] |
Fuzzy Indicator of Sustainable Land Management and Its Correlates in Osun State, Nigeria [ Paper ] [ Presenation ] |
1.3.2 Sustainable Development and Attainment of the Millenium |
Do Climatic shocks matter for Food Security in Developing Countries? |
1.3.3 The Critical Role of the State in Promoting the Green Economy |
Plenary Session 4 - Role of Resource Mobilisation and Institutions in Structural Transformation |
Resource Mobilization and Structural Transformation |
Resource mobilization, institutions and structural transformation |
Institutions and Economic Transformation: A Review of Nigerian and Indonesian Experience |
The role of institutions and resource mobilisation in structural transformation |
1.4.1 Poverty Reduction |
Assessing Capacity Building and Good Governance Indicators in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Implications for Poverty Reduction |
Determinants of Income Poverty in Rural Africa: A Comparative Study of Kenya and Nigeria [ Paper ] [ Presentation ] |
Livelihood strategies in rural South Africa: implications for rural Development |
1.4.2 Household Wellbeing and Food Prices |
Subjective well-being, comparisons and reference groups in post-apartheid South Africa [ Paper ] [ Presentation ] |
Monitoring Household Coping during Shocks: Evidence from Kenya and the Philippines [ Paper ] [ Presentation ] |
The Food Price Spikes of 2008/09 and 2010/11: Country-Level Impacts and Policy Responses in Africa[ Paper ] [ Presentation ] |
1.4.3 Economic Growth and Financial Markets |
Recent African Growth: What Changed, What's Matter? [ Paper ] [ Presentation ] |
Econometric Determinants of Liquidity of the Bond Market: Case Study of South Africa [ Paper ] [ Presentation ] |
FDI and Financial Market Development in Africa [ Paper ] [ Presentation ] |
DAY 4: 28 October 2011 |
Plenary Session 5 - Inclusive Growth and Food Security in Africa |
Gender, human development and food security in Africa |
Demographic Change, the Impact Model, and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa |
How Inclusive is Africa’s Growth? |
Long-Term Trends in Food Security: Africa’s Turnaround |
1.5.1 Trade Issues |
The impact of high and volatile commodity prices on public finances in developing countries [ Paper ] [ Presentation ] |
The Impact of Trade Facilitation Mechanisms on Export Competitiveness |
The Implications of HO and IRS Theories for Bilateral Trade Flows within |
1.5.2 Foreign Direct Investment |
Revisiting the Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: The Role of |
Investment Climate and Foreign Direct Investment in Africa |
Investssements Directs Chinois et Exportations des Etats Subsahariens |
1.5.3 Transitioning and Structural Transformation Issues |
Transitioning in and out of Formal Status: A Look at the Determinants of Informality among New Enterprises [ Presentation ] |
Structural Transformation in SubSaharan Africa: The Regional Growth Poles Strategy [ Paper ] [ Presentation ] |
Resilient Human Capital: A precondition for Structural Transformation |