What’s New
  • High-Level Policy Forum on Regional Infrastructure Constraints to Africa’s Growth

    At the 2011 Annual Meetings of the African Development bank (AfDB) on June 7th, 2011, the African center for Economic Transformation (ACET) and the Growth Dialogue held a high-level policy forum that brought together about 120 policy makers and experts to discuss “Regional Infrastructure for Africa’s Transformation and Growth”. Lack of infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa has often been identified as a binding constraint to economic growth and transformation in Africa by many experts,....
  • Dialogue on Infrastructure Development – China’s Experience

    ACET, with the support of the World Bank, hosted a Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) Video Conference on September 7, 2010. This event involved 15 high level policy makers from 7 countries sharing their experiences on infrastructure development focusing on four main areas:
    1. How has investment in infrastructure brought about economic growth and poverty reduction in China and to what extent can these experiences provide useful examples for Africa?
    2. What are the key obstacles to in....
  • Consultation on Agricultural Development

    Policy makers and researchers from Ghana, Mali, Kenya, Liberia, India, and China participated in a consultation that ACET convened on April 13, 2010 to discuss the role of China-Africa partnerships in promoting agriculture, food security and rural development for growth and poverty reduction in Africa. Conducted by video conference and moderated by Edward Brown, ACET’s Director of Policy Advisory Services, participants at the consultation discussed Chinese and African experiences with agricu....
  • Conference for African Policy-Makers on Africa-China Partnerships

    In collaboration with the OECD-DAC Secretariat and the World Bank, ACET convened a Conference on October 20th, 2009 to discuss China’s growing partnerships with African countries. Convened through the Global Development Learning Network (a video conferencing facility), that workshop brought together policy makers from Ghana, Liberia, and Uganda, representatives from China, the World Bank and the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD to share their perspectives and lessons on the....