Deadline: 30 June 2018
The African Union Commission (AUC), through the Department of Economic Affairs is seeking applications for its Sixth Congress of African Economists which aims to analyze economic issues that are critical to Africa’s economic and social transformation in order to design and propose optimal solutions.
The Sixth edition is expected to attract prominent African Economists within the continent and its Diaspora to deepen the understanding of the role of Public Policies and Governance for Africa’s Economic Transformation.
Theme
- The Sixth edition will be held under the theme: “Public policies, Governance and structural Transformation in Africa”
- This theme will examine, inter alia, the following sub-themes:
- Understanding structural transformation in Africa (drivers, dynamics, comparative analyses etc.);
- Build strong institutions for structural transformation in Africa;
- Informality, rural-urban migration, labour markets and Structural Transformation in Africa;
- The role of agricultural development policies in promoting Africa’s Structural Transformation Industrial policies for Africa’s Structural Transformation: challenges and emerging solutions;
- Financing the Africa’s Structural Transformation: domestic resource mobilization, Illicit Financial Flows, Public finance management and corruption;
- Policies and incentives to support entrepreneurship and innovation for Africa’s development;
- Policies and incentives to support entrepreneurship and innovation for Africa’s development;
- Governance, growth and development in Africa;
- Youth and governance;
- Social policies for structural transformation in Africa;
- Governance, productivity and structural transformation;
- Regional integration policies and globalization to accelerate structural transformation in Africa;
- Effective public policies (financial, monetary and fiscal) for structural transformation in Africa;
- Evaluation of public policies in Africa: key to new governance;
- State of public policy in Africa: how to make progress?
- Public policies as tools to eradicate inequality, poverty and unemployment;
- Regional public policies: a new dynamic for creating growth and jobs for young people;
- Policy coherence for Africa’s structural transformation.
Eligibility
- All African Economists within the continent and the Diaspora,
- All economists across the world interested to discuss the theme of the Sixth Congress of African Economists, as well as all the development partner institutions are invited to this important scientific event whose date and
location will be announced in due course.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
For further information, please visit African Union Commission.