United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Programme of Work : Day 3


DAY Three:	9th May 2009
09:00 -11:30	Session 9: Inter-governmental transfers, National Development Plans and MDG attainment
	Chair: Abie Elizabeth Kamara, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development of Sierra Leone Rapporteur: Emile Ahohe (UNECA) Discussant: Saul Kaye (NEPAD Secretariat) The APRM-NPoA and the PRSP Processes: Working Together to Achieve the MDGs at the Sub-National Level, Kojo Busia, UNECA [Format: ] [Presentation] Restoring confidence and increasing responsiveness in State and Local Governments through Conditional Grants: The Experience of Nigeria, OSSAP-MDG [Format: ] [Presentation] Fine-Tuning the system of inter-governmental transfers to Achieve the MDGs, Kasirim Nwuke, UNECA [Format: ] [Presentation] General Discussion
11:30:13:00	Session 10:Closing Session
	Chair : Oumar Boukar Gana, Secrétaire d’Etat chargé du budget, République du Tchad Rapporteur: Kasirim Nwuke, Emile Ahohe (UNECA), Oumar Diallo (UNECA) and Tsega Belai (UNECA) Discussions on the recommendations of the Conference Closing Hajiya Amina az Zubair, Senior Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on MDGs; Ben Kiregyera, Director, African Centre for Statistics (ACS), UNECA); [Format: ] [Speech] Shantayanan Devarajan, The World Bank