The event took place on 3 April 2014 at the OECD.
The premise of the African Transformation Report is that African economies need more than growth if they are to transform; they need growth with DEPTH. That is, they need to Diversify their production, make their Exports competitive, increase the Productivity of farms, firms, and government offices, and upgrade the Technology they use throughout the economy all to improve Human well-being.
The presentation of the report brought together local and international organizations and institutions with interest in Africa’s development to discuss this report that is gaining serious attention:
Read the report
Press release
web site of Acet : http://acetforafrica.org/fr/
11:00 Welcome address Erik Solheim, DAC Chair
11:10 Introduction - Setting the scene
K.Y. Amoako, ACET President
Patrick Guillaumont, Président, Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international
11:25 Video
11:35 Presentation of the “Africa Transformation Report”
Yaw Ansu – ACET Chief Economist
11:50 Panel discussion
Moderated by Jaime de Melo, Professor emeritus, University of Geneva and Senior Fellow Ferdi
Panelists:
Yaw Ansu - Chief Economist, ACET
Mario Pezzini, Director, OECD Development Centre
Vanessa Jacquelain, Economist, Africa Department, Agence française de développement
Stephen Decam, Director, Conseil français des investisseurs en Afrique
12:30 Questions and answers session
13:00 Closing remarks
The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) is an Accra-based economic policy institute supporting Africa’s long-term economic growth through transformation. Founded by K.Y. Amoako, former Executive Secretary of the UN’s Economic Commission for Africa, ACET’s team of roughly 30 core staff have come from every sub-region of the continent, including from Burkina Faso, DRC, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, and Uganda. More at www.acetforafrica.org
