Friday, November 14, 2008
[IWS] AfDB: 2008 AFRICAN ECONOMIC CONFERENCE-- PAPERS [14 November 2008]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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African Development Bank (AfDB)
2008 African Economic Conference
http://www.afdb.org/portal/page?_pageid=473,8814271&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
AFRICAN ECONOMIC CONFERENCE 12-14 November 2008, Tunis, Tunisia
SESSION PAPERS
http://www.afdb.org/portal/page?_pageid=473,30752692&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
Click on the Sessions Links to Download the Papers and Get Additional Details.![[]](cid:6.2.1.2.2.20081114092752.058ffbf8@postoffice8.mail.cornell.edu.0)
DAY 1 : 12 NOVEMBER 2008
08:45-10:00 Opening remarks
10:45-12:30 1st Plenary Session Panels
14:00-15:30 Session I.1.1: Migration and Remittances
Session I.1.2: Public-Private Role in Institution Building
Session I.1.3: Policy and Institutions
Session I.1.4: Financial Development and Growth
15:30-17:00 Session I.2.1: Climate Change
Session I.2.2: Micro-Finance
Session I.2.3: Trade and Financial Integration
Session I.2.4: Rural Development Issues
17:30-19:00 Session I.3.1: Trade and Regional Integration
Session I.3.2: Household Behaviour
Session I.3.3: Developing a 2050 Vision for Africa
Session I.3.4: Aid and Human Development
DAY 2 : 13 NOVEMBER 2008
08:00-09:45 2nd Plenary Session Panels
10:30-12:00 Session II.1.1: Aid and Development Effectiveness
Session II.1.2: Agriculture and Food Security
Session II.1.3: Policy Reform and Decentralization
Session II.1.4: Development of Stock Markets in Africa
13:00-14:30 Session II.2.1: Labor Market Issues
Session II.2.2: Macroeconomic Policy Space
Session II.2.3: Agriculture Issues
Session II.2.4: Financial Integration
14:30-16:00 Session II.3.3: Monetary Unions and Currency Areas
Session II.3.1: Aid Allocation and Development Strategy
Session II.3.2: Challenges of Globalization
Session II.3.4: Investment Climate
16:30-18:00 Session II.4.1: Resource Management and Infrastructure
Session II.4.2: Economic Partnership Agreements
Session II.4.3: Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Session II.4.4: External Account and Debt
19:30-22:00 Conference Dinner
DAY 3 : 14 NOVEMBER 2008
08:30-10:00 3rd Plenary Session Panels
10:45-12:15 Session III.1.1: Gender and Poverty
Session III.1.2: Banking and Financial Development
Session III.1.3: Corruption and Public Finance Management
Session III.1.4: Remittances and Poverty Reduction
13:30-15:00 Closing Session
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
African Development Bank (AfDB)
2008 African Economic Conference
http://www.afdb.org/portal/page?_pageid=473,8814271&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
AFRICAN ECONOMIC CONFERENCE 12-14 November 2008, Tunis, Tunisia
SESSION PAPERS
http://www.afdb.org/portal/page?_pageid=473,30752692&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
Click on the Sessions Links to Download the Papers and Get Additional Details.
DAY 1 : 12 NOVEMBER 2008
08:45-10:00 Opening remarks
10:45-12:30 1st Plenary Session Panels
14:00-15:30 Session I.1.1: Migration and Remittances
Session I.1.2: Public-Private Role in Institution Building
Session I.1.3: Policy and Institutions
Session I.1.4: Financial Development and Growth
15:30-17:00 Session I.2.1: Climate Change
Session I.2.2: Micro-Finance
Session I.2.3: Trade and Financial Integration
Session I.2.4: Rural Development Issues
17:30-19:00 Session I.3.1: Trade and Regional Integration
Session I.3.2: Household Behaviour
Session I.3.3: Developing a 2050 Vision for Africa
Session I.3.4: Aid and Human Development
DAY 2 : 13 NOVEMBER 2008
08:00-09:45 2nd Plenary Session Panels
10:30-12:00 Session II.1.1: Aid and Development Effectiveness
Session II.1.2: Agriculture and Food Security
Session II.1.3: Policy Reform and Decentralization
Session II.1.4: Development of Stock Markets in Africa
13:00-14:30 Session II.2.1: Labor Market Issues
Session II.2.2: Macroeconomic Policy Space
Session II.2.3: Agriculture Issues
Session II.2.4: Financial Integration
14:30-16:00 Session II.3.3: Monetary Unions and Currency Areas
Session II.3.1: Aid Allocation and Development Strategy
Session II.3.2: Challenges of Globalization
Session II.3.4: Investment Climate
16:30-18:00 Session II.4.1: Resource Management and Infrastructure
Session II.4.2: Economic Partnership Agreements
Session II.4.3: Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Session II.4.4: External Account and Debt
19:30-22:00 Conference Dinner
DAY 3 : 14 NOVEMBER 2008
08:30-10:00 3rd Plenary Session Panels
10:45-12:15 Session III.1.1: Gender and Poverty
Session III.1.2: Banking and Financial Development
Session III.1.3: Corruption and Public Finance Management
Session III.1.4: Remittances and Poverty Reduction
13:30-15:00 Closing Session
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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