Seminars & Events
Co-hosted Seminar (official side event of TICAD VI)
Industrialisation, Private Sector Development and Economic Transformation in Africa: Challenge and Prosperity
TICAD VI will be held for the first time in African continent, Nairobi, Kenya on 27 th and 28 th of August 2016. IDE organises a seminar titled "Industrialisation, Private Sector Development and Economic Transformation in Africa: Challenge and Prosperity" in this occasion of "TICAD VI" on 28 th of August 2016 jointly with African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) and Overseas Development Institute (ODI) as following details.
In SSA countries, industrialisation is critically needed for economic transform. In this seminar the potential pathways toward the transformation will be discussed by experts from SSA, UK and Japan with a wide range of expertise from broader perspectives regarding industrialisation policy to empirical research in local contexts. The first half of the seminar will provide insightful reports by the experts and the second half will be devoted for a productive panel discussion.
Date&time:
August 28, 2016 (Sunday) 13:30-16:00 (Registration opens at 13:00)
Venue:
Amboseli
Room*,
Hilton
Nairobi
Hotel,
Mama
Ngina
street,
Nairobi,
00100,
Kenya
*The
venue
was
changed
from
"Residents
Lounge"
but
the
hotel
is
still
the
Hilton
Nairobi
Hotel.
Program:
| 13:00-13:30 |
Registration (Tea and coffee will be served) |
| Opening Session | |
|---|---|
| 13:30-13:35 |
Opening
Remarks Hiroshi Sato , Chief Senior Researcher, IDE |
| Session 1: Reports from Experts | |
| 13:35-14:00 |
Challenges
and
Opportunity
of
Private
Sector
Development
in
SSA
(tentative) Stephen Gelb, Senior Research Fellow, ODI |
| 14:00-14:25 |
Potential
and
Constraints
of
Manufacturing
Exports:
Garment
Industries
in
SSA
(tentative) Takahiro Fukunishi , Director, Africa Studies Group, IDE |
| 14:25-14:50 |
Pathway
of
Industrialisation
in
SSA
-
past,
present
and
future
(tentative) Gerrishon Ikiara, Professor, University of Nairobi |
| 14:50-15:10 | Coffee Break (20 min) |
| Session 2: Panel Discussion | |
| 15:10-15:55 |
Session
2:
Panel
Discussion 〈Moderator〉
|
| 15:55-16:00 |
Closing
Remarks Lemma Senbet, Executive Director, AERC |
Languages:
English only (simultaneous interpretation service will not be provided)
Organizer:
African
Economic
Research
Consortium
(AERC)
IDE-JETRO
JETRO
NAIROBI
Overseas
Development
Institute
(ODI)
(Alphabetical
order
of
the
name
of
institutions)
Participation fee:
Free
Brochures:
- Independent brochure (284KB)
- Collaborative brochure with JICA (618KB)
Contact:
Institutional
Cooperation
and
Networking
Division,
Research
Planning
Department,
IDE-JETRO
Tel:
043-299-9612 Fax:
043-299-9729
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