Programme of Work

First Day, 7 October

9:30: - 10:00	Registration and Opening
	Presentation: Mr. Patrick Asea
10:15 - 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 - 13:00	Theme: Institution, Decentralization and Growth
10:30 - 11:30	Presentation: Institutions, Decentralization and Growth, Nehemiah Osoro, Department of Economics, University of Dar-es-SalaamPresented by Adrian Gauci, ESPD
11:30 - 12:30	Presentation: Institutional inefficiency, income inequality and fiscal policy, Fabrizio Carmingani, ECA
12:30 – 13:00	Discussion
13:00 - 15:00	Lunch
15:00 - 16:00	Theme: Economic Consequences of Decentralization
15:00 - 15:45	Presentation: Tax Reforms in Selected African Countries, Jean K. Thisen, ECA
15:45 - 16:30	Presentation: The Economic Consequences of Decentralization in Namibia, Esau Kaakunga, Bank of Namibia
16:30 - 16:45	Coffee Break
16:45 - 17:00	Discussion

 

Second Day, 8 October

9:30 - 10:15	Theme: Theories of Federalism and Decentralization
	Presentation: Theories of Federalism and Decentralization, Ademola Ariyo, Centre for Public-Private Cooperation, Nigeria
10:15 - 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 - 13:00	Theme: Tax Incidence, Growth and Development in Africa
10:30 - 11:30	Presentation:Optimal Commodity Taxation – Efficiency and Equity Aspects, J. Levin, Örebro University, and Jean K. Thisen, ECA
11:30 - 12:30	Presentation: Tax incidence: A micro-simulation approach using a computable general equilibrium model, J. Levin, Örebro University
12:30 - 13:00	Discussion
13:00 - 14:30	Lunch Break
14:30 - 16:00	Theme: Country Studies on Federalism and Decentralization, Part I
14:30 - 15:15	Presentation: The Ghanaian Experience, John Cofie-Agama
15:15 – 16:00	Presentation: Fiscal Decentralization in Africa: A Review of Ethiopia’s Experience, Derrese Degefa, ECA
16:00 - 16:15	Coffee Break
16:15 - 17:30	Discussion

 

Third Day, 9 October

09:00 - 10:30	Theme: Country Studies on Federalism and Decentralization, Part II
9:00 – 9:45	Presentation: Theoretical and Practical Issues in Decentralization and Fiscal Devolution: Lessons for and from Kenya, Stephen Karingi
9:45 – 10:30	Presentation: The Nigerian Experience, Ayodele Jimoh
10: 30 - 10:45	Coffee break
10:45 - 13:00	Breakout sessions to discuss the various themes
13:00 - 14:30	Lunch Break
14:30 - 16:00	Plenary Session
16:00	Closure