TUNIS, Tunisia, October 21, 2013/ — The eighth African Economic Conference
will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from October 28-30, 2013
under the theme “Regional Integration in Africa”. The conference is
organized each year by the African Development Bank (AfDB) (
http://www.afdb.org), the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
This year’s African Economic Conference will bring together top
policy-makers, heads of state, leading researchers and experienced
development practitioners from Africa and around the world to 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 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.
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.
What: 8th African Economic Conference
When: Monday, October 28 – Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Where: Montecasino Entertainment Complex, Johannesburg, South
Africa
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Development Bank (AfDB).