Presentations
 
 Presentations - 13 November 2009
Session III.1.1 Development Financing  
Understanding the Growth of African Financial Markets
Mihasonirina Andrianaivo
Debt Sustainability and the Ongoing Financial Crisis: The Case of IDA-Only African Countries
Fernando Leonardo Hernandez,
Session III.1.2 Private Sector Development
Determinants of Inter-Country Variations in Industrial Performance in Africa: Evidence from Cross-Country Regressions
Stephen Onyeiwu
Public institutions and the private sector at a time of economic crisis in Africa
Hilary Nwokeabia
Session III.1.3 Health Issues
Risk management strategies and labour productivity in rural Africa
Taro Boel 
Demand for health services in Ethiopia: exploratory analysis from welfare monitoring surveys
Abebe Shimeles
Session III.2.1  Agricultural Growth Strategies
New incentives for new agricultural technology development in Africa
William Masters
The role of agriculture in growth in Africa revisited
Stefan Dercon
Climate change and its implications for agricultural strategies in Africa: the case of Ethiopia
Alemu Mekonnen
Agricultural technology, rural transportation infrastructure, and economic growth
Douglas Gollin
Session III.2.2  Protecting the Growth Agenda: Macroeconomic Perspectives

Transforming Africa:   From Natural Resource Dependence To Sustainable Growth And Development
Ernest Aryeetey
 
 Presentations - 12 November 2009
Session II.1.1 Poverty and Inequality 
Growth, Poverty and Inequality in Ethiopia: Which Way for Pro-Poor Growth?
Alemayehu Geda, Abebe Shimeles
Aid and poverty in Africa. Do well-being measures understate the progress?
Yele Maweki Batana
Session II.1.2 Foreign Direct Investment
On Determinants of SMEs in Ethiopia, Which Incentives Matter?
Zuzana Brixiova
Session II.1.3 Fiscal and Monetary Policy
Revenue mobilization in African Countries: Does Natural Resource Endowment Matter?
Léonce Ndikumana and Kaouther Abderrahim
Session II.2.1  Assessing Progress towards Regional Integration in Africa
Towards an EAC, COMESA and SADC Free Trade Area: Issues and Challenges
Tsidiso Disenyana, Nkululeko Khumalo, and Gilberto Biacuana
EU-ECOWAS Economic Partnership Agreement: The role of Nigeria to ensure Development Focus and Regional Integration
Chibuzo N. Nwoke, Nigerian
Session II.2.2 Remittances in Africa
Migration and Remittances of Skills and Knowledge in Sub-Saharan Africa: Impacts of the current Financial Crisis
Yaw Nyarko
Remittances and Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Ghana
Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong
Session II.2.3 Competitiveness of the Financial Services Sector in Africa
Competitiveness and Efficiency of the Banking Sector and Economic Growth in Egypt
Sunil Poshakwale and Victor Murinde
Efficiency of the Banking Sector in South Africa
Mthuli Ncube
Session II.3.1 Banking Sector Performance
Bank Efficiency and Financial Sector Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Issues and Future Challenges
Hiroyuki Kiyota
Short versus Long Term Credit and Economic Performance: Evidence from the WAEMU
Kangni  Kpodar, Kodzo Gbenyo
Session II.3.2 Aid Effectiveness 
Aid and Income Stabilization
Tapsoba S. J-A. and Guillaumont Jeanneney S.
The Impact of Project Cost on Aid Disbursement Delay: The Case of the African Development Bank 
Gaston Gohou and Issouf  Soumaré
Session II.3.3 Regional Integration
Impact of FDI on Poverty Reduction: Are there Regional Differences in Africa
Gaston Gohou and Issouf  Soumaré
Beyond Political Rhetoric – the Meaning of the Grand Eastern and Southern Africa FTA
Stephen Karingi
 
 Presentations - 11 November 2009
1st Plenary Session

« Caught in a trap » Identifying the LDCs… and beyond
Patrick Guillaumont

Rural Entrepreneurship for Women: A Case for Wealth Creation by Africa’s Rural Poor amidst Global Financial and Economic Crises
Baharul Islam
2nd Plenary Session

The External Debt-Servicing Constraint and Public Expenditure Composition in Sub-Saharan Africa
Augustin Fosu
Session I.1.1 Asia - Africa
China-Africa Economic Relations: Insights from AERC Scoping Studies
Olu Ajakaiye

David V. Goliath: Mauritius Facing Up to China
Vinaye Ancharaz

Session I.1.2 Capital Flows in Africa

The Global Financial Crisis and Sub-Saharan Africa: The Effects of Slowing Private Capital Inflows on Growth
Isabella Massa, Jose Brambila Macias

Capital Flows and Capital Account Liberalisation in the Post-Financial Crisis Era: Challenges, Opportunities & Policy Responses
Victor Murinde

Cross-border bank lending versus FDI in Africa’s growth story
Jose Brambila Macias, Isabella Massa, Victor Murinde
Session I.1.3 Global Financial Crisis
Impact de la crise sur l’économie marocaine et réponse des autorités
Mme Loubna M’HAMDI ALAOUI et M. Khalid KENSI
Session I.2.3 Agriculture Sector Development
Community Based Health Insurance Scheme (Mutuelles) in Rwanda: an evaluative note using household surveys
Abebe Shimeles
Facing the financial crisis: The imperative of regional action for agriculture in Africa
Detlev Puetz
Session I.2.1 Trade relations
Dhow to Airplane : Trade and Development between the Gulf and Africa
Mwangi wa Gĩthĩnji
Trade relations between the GCC and South Africa
Mina Baliamoune-Lutz
 
 Documents

Concept Note

The Global Financial Crisis: Impact, Responses and Way Forward, 16 April 2009, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Draft Communiqué of the meeting of the Committee of African Ministers of Finance and Planning and Governors of Central Banks, 16 January 2009, Cape Town

Africa and The Global Financial Crisis: Towards A “Just Bargain” at the G20 Summit, March 2009

Communiqué of the Meeting of African Ministers of Finance and Planning and Governors of Central Banks, 12 November 2008, Tunis

The Current Financial Crisis: Impact on African Economies, 12 November 2008, Tunis