DAY 1: 15 November 2007 | DAY 2: 16 November 2007 | DAY 3: 17 November 2007

Saturday 17 November 2007

3rd Plenary Session Panels (CR2)

Chair: Josué Dioné, ECA

• Commodity Prices, Growth, and the Natural Resource Curse: Reconciling a Conundrum
  Paul Collier , Oxford University, United Kingdom

• Rethinking industrial policy in low income countries
  Robert Wade , London School of Economics, United Kingdom

• Knowledge Management and Sharing - UNECA Case Study
  Talla Kebe, ECA

Discussant: John Page, World Bank

General Discussion

Concurrent Sessions

Session G1: Gender and Poverty (CR2)

Chair: C. Ojukwu, African Development Bank

1. Child Malnutrition in Senegal: Does Access to Public Infrastructure Really Matter? A Quantile Regression Analysis
Presenter: Léandre Bassolé, University of Auvergne, France

2. Growth, Gender and Equity - NEPAD and the Renaissance: Myth or Reality?
Presenter: Sheila Bunwaree , University of Mauritius

Session G2: Investment Climate and Capital Flows (CR5)

Chair: Ocailap Patrick, Director Budget, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Finance Headquaters Building, Uganda

1. Analyzing the Impact of ICT Investments on Productivity Growth in Developing Countries: Evidence from Cameroon
Presenter: Arsene Honore Gideon Nkama , University of Yaounde II, Cameroon

2. Domestic Constraints, Firm Characteristics, and Geographical Diversification of Firm-Level Manufacturing Exports in Africa
Presenter: Yutaka Yoshino , World Bank

3. Exchange Market Pressure in African "Lusophone" Countries
Presenter: J. Braga de Macedo , L. Brites Pereira and A. Nendonça Reis , Tropical Research Institute (IICT), Nova University (Lisbon), Portugal

Session G3: Corruption (CR6)

Chair: Joseph Atta-Mensah, Economic Commission for Africa

1. Effects of Corruption and Economic Reforms on Economic Growth and Development: Lessons from Nigeria
Presenter: Obayelu Abiodun Elijah , University of Ibadan, Nigeria

2. Corruption and Growth in African countries: Exploring the Investment Channel
Presenter: Mina Baliamoune-Lutz and Leonce Ndikumana , Economic Commission for Africa

Session G4: Convergence in Africa (LBR)

Chair: Mahamat Abdoulahi, Economic Commission for Africa

1. Macroeconomic Convergence in Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Presenter: David Maleleka , Central Bank of Lesotho

2. Does Macroeconomic Convergence Lead to Growth? The Case of Africa
Presenter: Hakim Ben Hammouda, Stephen Karingi, Angelica E. Njuguna and Mustapha Sadni Jallab , Economic Commission for Africa

 

Closing Session (CR2)

Louis Kasekende, African Development Bank

Hakim Ben Hammouda, Economic Commission for Africa

Lunch