The Fifth International
Conference on the Ethiopian Economy which was held from
More than 69 papers were
presented in the 20 parallel and 7 plenary sessions. Nine of these sessions
were co-organized by collaborating organizations, namely:
ADB (Dissemination of ‘AFRICAN Economic Outlook, 2006/07);
World Bank (Rural Development, Urban Labour Market in
UNECA (Challenges and Opportunities for
IFPRI (Agricultural Price Policy and Marketing);
ILRI (Livestock Marketing);
Future Agriculture (Future Agricultures in
PANE (Social Accountability);
FSS (Poverty and Social Process);
EDRI (Poverty, Livelihood and Achieving MDGs
in
In addition
Keynote speech was delivered by Prof. Dr. Joachim Von Braun, Director
General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), on Rural-Urban
Linkages for Growth, Employment, and Poverty Reduction
Main speakers at the Panel Discussion on the
H.E. Ato Neway Gebreab
(Director, EDRI and chief Economic Advisor to PM)
Ishac Diwan, World Bank, Country Representative to
Geni Kulgman, World Bank Lead Economist
Mulat Demeke, Economics Department, AAU
Haile Kibret, EEA/EEPRI, Macro Division
The Conference presentations and the discussions thereof covered diverse
themes. These included: growth and development, finance and development,
export, private sector, poverty, education, health, agriculture (livestock,
extension, crop production, conservation, land, irrigation, plant resources, role of agricultural professionals), cooperative, food
security, competitiveness, privatization, employment and labour market, gender,
culture, informal sector, public service delivery, institutions, tax, and
remittance.
Some of the papers presented at the conference can be found at the
link: http://www.eeaecon.org
Following this experience and success, the Ethiopian Economic Association
is pleased to announce that the 6th International Conference on the
Ethiopian Economy, which will be held during the first week of June 2008 .
Accordingly, the EEA is seeking
papers to be presented at the conference from all interested individuals. It
particularly encourages Ethiopian economists living in the country and abroad
and non-Ethiopian economists doing research on the Ethiopian economy to present
their papers. The papers could be on any topic related to the performance and/or
development of the Ethiopian economy and lessons that can be drown to
Prospective participants should send, by email, fax or
post before December 15, 2007, a notification of interest to the EEA that
contains:
Their complete
address (Full Name, Telephone, email and institutional affiliation included);
Their area of interest; and
A short (no more than one page in
length) description of what their paper is about (≈Abstract)
The Organizing Committee will select from among the
submitted proposals (abstract) and will promptly communicate its decision to
all concerned.
Authors, whose proposals are selected, are kindly requested to send the
first draft of their paper (not more than 40 pages) by email, fax or post by
Given the limited resources of the Association, participants are expected
to cover their own transportation cost to and from Addis Ababa. EEA will cover
accommodation, lunch and transportation to and from the Conference venue and
hotel only for paper presenters coming outside of Addis Ababa.
For more information about the conference, please contact:
Demirew Getachew, Head, EEA Secretariat.
P.O. Box 34282, Addis Ababa
Tel: +251-(0)11-4162121
Fax. +251-(0)11-4160967
Email: eea@ethionet.et or dgetachew@eeaecon.org
Website: http://www.eeaecon.org