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A related set of considerations that inform the task force are (a) the many disappointing results of nearly a quarter century of adjustment and conditionality; (b) the view that the policy debate on Africa had often been confined within too narrow a set of parameters; and (c) that in particular policy analysis and prescriptions had not been adequately informed by the lessons of success in countries that were “catching-up”, above all in Asia. Convening again in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on July 10-11, 2008, we will expand and deepen previous conversations and present the remainder of the inputs to what will ultimately become a policy-oriented edited volume. A set of papers to be presented at the meeting will benefit from and build upon the discussions in earlier meetings, either as revised and expanded versions of papers present previously or as new papers commissioned in the light of the earlier discussions.
One set of papers will pertain to the broad, cross-cutting themes of development strategy: the policy options for accelerated, sustained, equitable growth and structural transformation in the light of lessons of success, especially in East Asia. Another set of papers will broaden or supplement this important conversation to cover selected sectoral and other issues of particular salience to Africa, drawing from the topical challenges in African development.
Partners
- Ethiopia Development Research Institute
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Japan International Cooperation Agency
Tokyo, Japan
- Akinwumi Adesina
Task Force Member
Vice President
Policy & Partnerships
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa - Yaw Ansu
Task Force Member
Chief Economist
African Center for Economic Transformation - Shinji Asanuma
Task Force Member
Visiting Professor
Hitotsubashi University - Michael Atingi-Ego
Task Force Member
Executive Director
Central Bank of Uganda - Barbara Barungi
Task Force Member
Regional Program Advisor
United Nations Development Programme - Kwesi Botchwey
Task Force Chair
Professor of Practice in Development Economics, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Tufts University - Michael Chege
Task Force Member
Director, Center for African Studies
University of Florida at Gainsville - Mamadou Diouf
Task Force Member
Leitner Family Professor of African Studies
Columbia University - Augustin Fosu
Task Force Member
Deputy Director
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) - Ato Newai Gebre-Ab
Task Force Member
Economic Adviser to Prime Minister;
Government of Ethiopia - Mulu Gebreeyesus
Task Force Member
Researcher
United Nations University - Aime Gogue
Task Force Member
Professor
Universite de Lome Togo - Atsushi Hanatani
Task Force Member
Senior Advisor
Japan International Cooperation Agency
- Pierre Jacquet
Task Force Member
Chief Economist
Agence Française de Développement - Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Task Force Member
Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development
United Nations - Louis Kasekende
Task Force Member
Chief Economist
African Development Bank - Mushtaq Khan
Task Force Member
Senior Professor in Economics
The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London - William Kingsmill
Task Force Member
Senior Adviser, Policy and Research Division
The World Bank - Masafumi Kuroki
Task Force Member
Vice President
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) - Thandika Mkandawire
Task Force Member
Director
UN Research Institute for Social Development - Kevin Morrison
Task Force Member
Assistant Professor, Department of Government
Cornell University - Takuya Murata
Task Force Member
Master’s Student in Public Administration
Columbia University - Akbar Noman
Task Force Chair
Senior Policy Fellow
Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD) - Yaw Nyarko
Task Force Member
Professor
New York University - Izumi Ohno
Task Force Member
Professor
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies - Kenichi Ohno
Task Force Member
Professor
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
- Takaaki Oiwa
Task Force Member
Executive Advisor
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) - Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka
Task Force Member
Director, Monitoring and Research Division
United Nations University - Padmashree G. Sampath
Task Force Member
Research Fellow
United Nations University - Ajit Singh
Task Force Member
Professor of Economics
University of Cambridge - Charles C. Soludo
Task Force Member
Division for Sustainable Development
Central Bank of Nigeria - Howard Stein
Task Force Member
Professor, School of Public Health
University of Michigan - Joseph Stiglitz
Task Force Chair
President
Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD) - Christine Thompson
Task Force Member
Policies Issues Manager
SABMiller - Shujiro Urata
Task Force Member
Professor, Department of Economics
Waseda University - Francis Wilson
Task Force Member
Professor in Economics
University of Capetown - Nimrod Zalk
Task Force Member
Deputy Director-General
Department of Trade and Industry, Republic of South Africa - Meles Zenawi
Task Force Member
Prime Minster
Ethiopia