ADF VIII discusses why Africa must benefit from its natural resources

Abstract

The Eighth African Development Forum (ADF VIII) would seek to discuss the issues and chart the way on how Africa can harness its natural resources to benefit its people. The concept paper states that the Forum will build on the outcome of the Fifth Joint African Union Conference of African Ministers of Economy and Finance and ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development held under the theme “Unleashing Africa’s potential as a pole of global growth” and the analytical work carried out in the Economic Report on Africa 2012 under the same theme.The overall objectives of the Forum are to raise awareness and cultivate deeper understanding of the role of Africa’s natural resource governance in its economic transformation. It will also provide an opportunity to discuss frameworks, policy options and strategies to better integrate mineral, land, fisheries and forest management into national resource management programs, strategies and policies.