adminJOHANNESBURG. – Top policy-makers, heads of state, leading researchers and experienced development practitioners from Africa and around the world will next week converge in Johannesburg, South Africa, for the eighth African Economic Conference. The event is scheduled for October 28-30, 2013 under the theme, “Regional Integration in Africa”.
The conference will examine the efforts being made in different sectors and areas, including finance, road transport, power pools, water resource management, fiscal convergence and labour mobility.
Discussions will focus on issues specific to middle-income countries and those peculiar to fragile states.
The 2013 AEC will also be discussing the constraints effective integration faces – the poorly developed network of regional infrastructure, especially in transport, energy and communications, and the unsuitable array of legal, institutional and regulatory frameworks, all of which cannot be ignored.
Finally, delegates will look into solutions to facilitate regional integration.
Stakeholders will discuss issues arising from African countries’ efforts to pool resources and integrate their economies for the development of their regional and individual economies.
The conference will examine the efforts being made in different sectors and areas, including finance, road transport, power pools, water resource management, fiscal convergence and labour mobility.
Discussions will focus on issues specific to middle-income countries and those peculiar to fragile states.
The AEC will also provide a unique forum for in-depth presentations of policy-oriented research by both established academics and emerging talents from the continent.
The African Development Bank, the Economic Commission for Africa and the United Nations Development Programme organise the annual event. – CAJ News.
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