Conference Agenda

26 March: Opening Roundtable

18:00-19:30: Recent Developments in the Franc Zone and the futureof African Economic Integration.

Speakers: Aminata Traoré, Hippolyte Fofack, Ali Zafar, Peter Doyle, Ndongo Samba Sylla.

Moderator: Amara Enyia

27 March: Africa’s Sovereign Debt Crisis

Welcome speeches and Keynote address

Chair: Dzodzi Tsikata

8.30 – 9.00 – Cultural performance

9.00  – Welcome and Acknowledgements – Chair

– Setting the Scene – Conference Context. Purpose and Expectations  –  Executive Director, IDEAs

– Opening Address-= The Hon Minister for Finance and Economic Planning/Director General, NDPC

– Keynote Address: Prof  Adebayo Olukoshi

Theme “The African Debt  Crisis – Past, Present and what the future holds”

10:30-11:00: Coffee-break

11:00-12:30: Panel Discussion: African External Debt and the Obstacles to Sovereign Debt Restructuring

Chair: Godwin Murunga

Hanan Morsy, Jomo K. Sundaram,  Grieve Chelwa, Bright Simmons

12:30-13:30: Lunch-break

13:30-14:30 : Keynote Address: Jose Antonio Ocampo:

Theme: “A global perspective on sovereign debt restructuring”

14.30 – 15.—Break

15:00-16:00 : Panel on Debt and the International Financial Architecture

Session Chair: Jason Braganza

Jayati Ghosh; Hippolyte Fofack

16:00-16:30 : Coffee-break

16:30-17:30: Keynote Address Jan Kregel: “Debt and development finance in Challenging times”

28 March: Sovereign Debt Restructuring in Practice

Chair: C.P. Chandrasekhar

9:00-10:30:  Panel – Case studies (1)

Mma Ekeruche, Horman Chitonge, Brian Kampanje, Ali Zafar, Alemayehu Geda.

10:30-11:00: Coffee-break

11:00-12:00: Panel – Case studies (2)

Yan Liang, Howard Stein, Raymond Frempong

12:00 -13:30: Panel: Default and restructuring in Asia and Latin America

Session Chair: Souad Aden-Osman

Noemi Levy, Andrea Molinari, Ahilan Kadirgamar, John Cajas Guijarro

13:30-14:30: Lunch-break

Chair: Dzodzi Tsikata

14:30-16:00: Panel on Debt, Gender and Social Policy

Amira Mahmoud Othman, Nkumbu Nalwimba, Samuel M. Mwangi, Emmanuel A. Cudjoe & Kofi T. Asante. Discussant: Michael Kpessa-Whyte.

16:00-16:30 Coffee-break

16:30-18:00: Moderated Discussion: How did Ghana come to the current crisis and how to get out of it. (Ghanaian speakers t.b.c.)

Cocktail and music

29 March: Ways Forward

9:00-10:30:  Panel: Towards an Alternative External Debt Restructuring Template

Chair: Jomo Kwame Sundaram

Chandrasekhar, Yuefen Li

1030-11:30 Critical Perspectives on Alternative Debt Restructuring

Chair: Maha Ben Gadha

Redge Nkosi, Peter Doyle, Thegeya

11:30-12:00 Coffee Break

12:00-13:30  Panel: Addressing Trade and Capital Account Vulnerability

Chair: Crystal Simeoni

Yao Graham

Ndongo Samba Sylla

13:30-14:30 : Lunch break

14:30-16:00 : Roundtable with policymakers.

Media moderated

16:00-16:30: Wrap up & conclusion