The United Nations African Institute
for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) and the African Finance and
Economics Association (AFEA) have made a strategic decision to jointly
promote and facilitate active collaboration between African researchers
in the Diaspora and those based in Africa. Consequently, IDEP and AFEA
sponsored and organized their first joint conference on "NEPAD and
the future of Economic Policy in Africa" in November 2005. A volume
by the same title is forthcoming from Africa World Press in 2007. Now,
AFEA and IDEP are ready to announce their second conference on economic
policy in Africa. The theme of this conference is: "Sector-led
Growth in Africa and Implications for Development." The Conference
will be held November 8-11, 2007 in Dakar, Senegal.
Over the last few years there has been some resurgence in the growth of
African economies. While growth is welcome there remain questions on its
sustainability; the nature of employment creation and distribution from
growth; the sectors responsible for the resurgence; its impact on poverty
eradication; the kinds of economic policy that would lead to sustained
growth; and the relationship between sectoral policy and NEPAD. These
are some of the issues that will be addressed in this conference. Successful
papers will be those that have substantial policy applicability.
Authors should submit an abstract for each paper which explicitly states
how the work is related to the conference theme, identifying paper title,
authors' names, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, and fax
numbers to Dr. Sylvain H. Boko- conference co-chair (bokosh@wfu.edu)
by March 15, 2007. Authors will be informed
of the Selection Committee's decision by April 1st,
2007. To participate in the conference complete drafts of each
accepted paper must be circulated by August 31st, 2007. Papers written
jointly by African economists in the Diaspora and on the continent are
particularly encouraged. Some partial support for travel and attendance
may be available. Please indicate whether you require any support for
attendance.