Promoting the contribution of economics knowledge to African development: Opening Address by Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, UN under-secretary general and executive secretary of the ECA Addis Ababa 15-17 November 2007

Abstract

Opening Address by Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the ECA at African Economic conference. Mr. Janneh, on his remarks highlighted that, this conference therefore presents us with the forum to exchange ideas as policymakers, academic economists and researchers and to contribute new ideas. The conference should facilitate improvement in access to information and research on economic issues, and as consequence, the quality of economic policy-making in Africa. Incentives are important for sustaining efforts to promote the creation of economics knowledge and for enhancing the contribution of that knowledge to Africa's development.