Keynote Speaker: Justin Lin, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics, World Bank.

Draft Conference Programme

Saturday, 5 December 2009

14:00–19:30 hrs: Registration

Sunday, 6 December 2009

PLENARY SESSIONS (Mara Room)

Opening session: 09:00– 11:00

Opening Remarks: Chair: TBC
Welcome remarks: William Lyakurwa, Executive Director, AERC
Keynote Address: Justin Lin, World Bank Chief Economist & Senior Vice President for Development Economics

11:00–11.30: Tea/Coffee Break

SESSION 1

11:30–13:00: Growth and Development Paradigms: Challenges Posed by the Global Economic and Financial Crisis

Chair: TBC
Presenter: Sam Wangwe, Daima Associates
Discussant: TBC

Floor Discussion

13:00–14:30 Lunch Break

SESSION 2

14:30–16:00: Global Economic and Financial Crisis: Transmission Channels & Impacts on African Economies

Chair: TBC
Presenter: Ernest Aryeetey, Brookings Institution
Discussant: TBC

Floor Discussion

16:00–16:30: Tea/Coffee Break

SESSION 3

16:30–18:00: Response by African Governments to the Crisis and Lessons

Chair: TBC
Presenter: Louis Kasekende, African Development Bank
Discussant: TBC

Floor Discussion

17:30–22:00 Cocktail

Monday, 7 December 2009

SESSION 4

08:30–10:00 The Political Economy of Policy Responses to the Global Economic and Financial Crisis

Chair: TBC
Presenter: Shanta Devarajan, The World Bank
Discussant: TBC

Floor Discussion

SESSION 5

10:00– 11:30 Policy Response in Europe, North America and China: What Lessons for Africa?

Chair: TBC
Presenter: Dirk Willem te Velde, ODI
Discussant: TBC

Floor Discussion

11:30–12:00 Tea/Coffee Break

SESSION 6

12:00– 13:30 The Long term Human Development Impact of the Crisis

Chair: TBC
Presenter: Barbara Barungi & Shatanu Mukherjee, UNDP
Discussant: TBC

Floor Discussion

13:30–14:30 Lunch Break

SESSION 7

14:30– 16:00 Challenges in the Global Financial and Aid Architecture: Implications for Africa

Chair: TBC
Presenter: Finn Tarp, UNU-WIDER
Discussant: TBC

Floor Discussion

16:00–16:30 Tea/Coffee Break
16:30–18:00 Break-out Session one

Tuesday, 8 December 2009

08:00–10:00 Break-out Session two

10:30–11:30 Break-out Session three

11:30–12:00 Tea/Coffee Break

12:00–13:30 Break-out Session four

13:30–14:30 Lunch Break

14:30–16:00 Break-out Session five

16:00–17:30 Policy Roundtable

17:30–18:00 Wrap-up

19:00–23:00 Closing Dinner