| dc.description | The African Economic Conference 2017 was held from 04-06 December 2017 and was jointly organized by the Economic Commission for Africa, the African Development Bank, and the United Nations Development Programme.
The specific objectives of the Conference were to Promote knowledge management as an important driver of policy dialogue, good policy planning, and implementation; Foster dialogue that promotes the exchange of ideas and innovative thinking among researchers, development practitioners, and African policymakers; Encourage and enhance research on economic and policy issues relating to the development of African economies; Provide an opportunity for young African researchers, Africans in the diaspora and regional and subregional organizations to disseminate their research findings and share information with African policymakers on the work that they do in the region.
On the second day of the Conference, the presentation and the discussion were on Enhancing Agricultural Policies for Structural Transformation. Dr. Abdul Kamara, AfDB chaired it; the paper presenters were: - Targeting Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy Programme based on Efficiency: Big Pain, Small Gain? Solomon Asfaw and Andrea Cattaneo, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Giacomo Pallante, Ministry of Environment, Alessandro Palma, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy; The Discussants were:- Obindah Gershon, Covenant University, Nigeria, Transaction Arrangement Choices of Smallholder Coffee Growers along Coffee Supply Chains. The Case of South-Western Coffee Growing Areas of Ethiopia. Mebratu Alemu, Belaineh Legesse, and Jema Haji, Haramaya University and Moti Jaleta, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Ethiopia; Mark Eghan, AfDB, Assessing Government Policy for Targeted Reforms: The Case Of African Agriculture. Manitra A. Rakotoarisoa, Infinite-Sum Modeling Inc. USA and FOFIFA Madagascar, Madagascar; Mebratu Senbeta, Arba Minch University, Ethiopia | en |
