OPENING SESSION: Panel Discussion

  • Role of government in industrial development – Zukiswa Kimani [Chief Director Industrial Policy, South African Department of Trade, Industry and Competition] Presentation * Please note: The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic).

SESSION 1:

  • Resilient Industrial Development in Africa: Urban Planning Responses to Climate and Economic Risks [Noha Salah Mahmoud] Presentation
  • Uneven Urban-Industrial Development in Apartheid South Africa: A Geographical Political Economy Perspective [Jason F. Bell] Presentation
  • Effects of foreign direct investments on structural transformation in WAEMU countries: the role of corruption and democracy [Abdoulaye Savadogo, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Mahamadou Diarra] Paper | Presentation

SESSION 2:

  • Estimating Labor Demand using a Dynamic Framework: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms in Ethiopia [Eyayu Tesfaye Mulugeta] Presentation
  • Institutional quality, human capital and structural transformation in sub-Saharan Africa [Valentin Sawadogo, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Youmanli Théodore Ouoba] Paper | Presentation
  • Financial Inclusion and Entrepreneurial Willingness of Youth in Nigeria [Oluwaseun Blessing Adetutu, Chukwuemeka Onyebuchi Onyimadu] Presentation