Africa Growth Forum 2015

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1 ** DRAFT ** PROGRAMME Africa Growth Forum 2015 Conference Room 2 United Nations Conference Center (UNCC) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Programme Day 1 Monday 29 June PUBLIC LECTURE Lalibela Ballroom 3, Sheraton Addis Chair: H.E. Ato Newai Gebreab (Executive Director, Ethiopian Development Research Institute) Presenter: Professor John Sutton (LSE) Discussants: Mr Fitsum Arega (Director General, Ethiopian Investment Commission) Mrs Juliet Kairuki (Director, Tanzania Investment Centre) TBC WELCOME RECEPTION Lalibela Ballroom 2, Sheraton Addis REGISTRATION (UNECA Gate No. 2) OPENING SESSION Keynote speech: H.E. Dr Arkebe Oqubay (Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, Ethiopia) Speakers: Dr Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse (Country Director, IGC Ethiopia) Professor Jonathan Leape (Executive Director, IGC) FRAMEWORK SESSION: FIRMS Framework Presenter: Professor Rocco Macchiavello (University of Warwick) Professor Sunday Nicholas Olwor (Principal Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Uganda) TBC H.E. Dr. Mebrahtu Melese (State Ministry, Ministry of Industry, Ethiopia) TBC Ato Ahmed Nuru (Special Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Industry, Ethiopia) TBC 1. What are the major constraints and drivers of productivity growth in farms and firms? 2. How can governments help increase firm productivity through policy action? TEA & COFFEE - 1 -

2 FRAMEWORK SESSION: INCREASING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY IN AFRICA Presenter: Professor Jakob Svensson (Professor of Economics, Stockholm University) Ato Khalid Bomba (CEO, Agricultural Transformation Agency, Ethiopia) TBC Ato Berhanu Woldemichael (Food Security Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture, Ethiopia) TBC LUNCH SESSION 1: MOBILE MONEY Professor Pedro Vicente (Lead Academic, IGC Mozambique & Universidade Nova de Lisboa) Professor William Jack (Associate Professor of Economics, Georgetown University) Mr Tomás Mabulambi (Head of the Operations Division, Department of Payments System, Mozambique) Dr Adam Mugume (Executive Director Research, Bank of Uganda) TBC Ato Yohannes Ayalew Birru (Vice Governor, National Bank of Ethiopia) TBC 1. What are the major implications for macroeconomic policy of the rapid spread of mobile money? 2. Does mobile money increase financial inclusion of the poor and if so what are its main benefits? 3. What types of regulations are need to spur development, and to spur competition between the telecommunication companies and banks? TEA & COFFEE PANEL DISCUSSION: THE GLOBAL ENERGY AND GROWTH CHALLENGE Presenter and Moderator: Professor Robin Burgess (Director, IGC & LSE) Anjani Kumar Singh (Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, India) Dr Robert Sogbadji (Deputy Director, Nuclear and Alternative Energy; Renewable and Alternative Energy Directorate, Ministry of Power, Ghana) TBC Ato Getahun Moges (Head, Ethiopian Electric Agency) TBC Ato Gosaye Mengiste Abayneh (Director, Energy Study and Development, Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy, Ethiopia) TBC Ato Mekuria Lemma (Head of Strategy and Investment, Ethiopian Electric Power) TBC 1. In what ways can demand-side policies complement supply side investments in power? 2. What are the obstacles preventing governments from attracting more private capital into the power sector? 3. Can new policies and public investments spur development off-grid power so as to raise rural productivity? - 2 -

3 1900 CONFERENCE DINNER Chair: TBC Keynote Speech: Professor Tony Venables (Steering Group Member, IGC & University of Oxford) FRAMEWORK SESSION: IMPROVING THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES Chair: Hugh Cole (IGC) Framework Presenter: Professor Oriana Bandiera (Research Programme Director, State & LSE) - via skype Professor Andrew Zeitlin (Lead Academic, IGC Rwanda & Georgetown University) Dr Rachel Glennerster (Lead Academic, IGC Sierra Leone & MIT) Chanchal Kumar (Secretary to the Chief Minister, Government of Bihar, India) Mr Serge Kamuhinda (Deputy Head of the Unit, Strategy and Policy Unit, Office of the President, Rwanda) TBC Mr Foday Sawi (Deputy Minister I of Health and Sanitation, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone) TBC 1. How can governments improve the systematic recruitment of public servants? 2. How can governments improve and incentivise the performance of public servants? 3. Are there ways to harness private monitoring efforts to improve public services? 4. How can governments use private firms to spur service delivery? TEA & COFFEE SESSION 2: TAXATION Professor Nada Eissa (Lead Academic, IGC South Sudan & Georgetown University) Dr Adnan Khan (Research and Policy Director, IGC) Agnes Kanyangeyo (Deputy Commissioner for Research and Planning, Rwanda Revenue Authority) Ezekiel Phiri (Director, Zambia Revenue Authority Research and Planning Department) Ms Mary Maganga (Director of Planning and Modernisation, Tanzania Revenue Authority) 1. What are the key deficiencies to tax policies limiting buoyancy, equity, and the tax base? 2. How can tax administration improve revenues both by improving collections and widening the tax net? 3. How much are tax holidays to promote industry and other activities contributing to the unusually wide disparity in Africa between statutory revenue projections and actual collections? - 3 -

4 LUNCH SESSION 3: BUILDING RESILIENT ECONOMIES: LESSONS FROM EBOLA Dr Rachel Glennerster (Lead Academic, IGC Sierra Leone & MIT) Herbert McLeod (Country Director, IGC Sierra Leone) Dr Sheka Bangura (Director of Planning, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Sierra Leone) H.E. Ato Getachew Adem Tahir (Deputy Commissioner, National Planning Commission, Ethiopia) TBC 1. How can research help shape policy in a crisis? 2. Drawing from the research lessons, what are the feasible options for building back better? TEA & COFFEE PANEL DISCUSSION: CITIES AND URBANISATION IN AFRICA Chair: Ato Abuye Aneleye (Chief Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Urban Development, Housing and Construction) TBC Framework Presenter: Professor Gharad Bryan (Research Programme Director, Cities & LSE)) Mr Zefania Chitsungo (National Director, Department of Housing, Ministry Of Public Works, Housing And Hydric Resources, Mozambique) Mr Patrick Musoke (Deputy Director Strategy Management, Kampala Capital City Authority, Uganda) 1. How should sanitation infrastructure be financed and delivered? 2. How can governments encourage firm agglomeration and the benefits of increased density? 3. How can governments attract private investment for city infrastructure? PANEL DISCUSSION: KEY TRANSFORMATIONAL CHALLENGES IN AFRICA Chair: Professor Tony Venables (Steering Group Member, IGC & University of Oxford) Dr Luka Biong Deng (Executive Director, Kush Inc) TBC Dr Adam Mugume (Director of Research, Bank of Uganda) TBC H.E. Ato Newai Gebreab (Chief Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister & Executive Director, EDRI, Ethiopia) TBC H.E. Ato Mekonnen Manyazewal (Commissioner, National Planning Commission, Ethiopia) TBC H.E. Dr. Abraham Tekeste (State Minister, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Ethiopia) TBC - 4 -

5 CLOSING SESSION/THANKS Chair: Professor Jonathan Leape (Executive Director, IGC) 1845 CONFERENCE DINNER - 5 -