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AfDB launches African Economic Outlook 2015 report in Nordic capitalsAfrican Development Bank, 16 October 2015
African Economic Outlook 2015 - Unlocking the potential of local economies for inclusive growth
Thu, 8 October 2015
African Development Bank, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, and UNU-WIDER cordially invite you to a seminar discussion on the recently published ‘African Economic Outlook 2015: Regional development – spatial inclusion’.
The African Economic Outlook 2015 puts the continent’s demographic changes and spatial dynamics into the broader debate of generating quality employment opportunities for the youth population. The report highlights the factors accounting for widening disparities and the policies required to address them.
The AEO 2015 report is the product of close collaboration between the African Development Bank, the OECD Development Centre and the United Nations Development Programme.
Programme
| 9.30-10.00 |
Registration and coffee |
| 10.00-10.05 |
Welcome and introduction Amadou Boly, Research Fellow, UNU-WIDER |
| 10.05-10.25 |
Opening words Pekka Puustinen, Director General, Department of Development Policy, MFA-Finland Introducing AfDB as a knowledge bank and policy partner Heikki Tuunanen, Executive Director, AfDB |
| 10.25-10.55 |
African Economic Outlook 2015 Abebe Shimeles, Manager of Development Research Division, AfDB Anthony Simpasa, Principal Research Economist, AfDB |
| 10.55-11.25 |
Comments Nadia Ouedraogo, Research Fellow, UNU-WIDER Sinikka Antila, Ambassador, Senior Adviser on Trade and Development, MFA-Finland |
| 11.25-11.50 | Questions and answers |
| 11.50-12.00 |
Concluding remarks Amadou Boly, Research Fellow, UNU-WIDER |