Participant List (Ghana, July 2013)


Ms. Jane Karonga (CV)
Program manager officer, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Ethiopia
Paper: Analysis of Chinese Investment in the ECOWAS Region: Trends, Impact, and Future Implications


Ms. Tolulope Olutayo Odetola (CV)
Senior Research Assistant, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Abuja, Nigeria
Paper: Contribution of Agriculture to Economic Growth in Nigeria


Dr. Reham Rizk (CV)
Faculty of Business, Economics and Political Science, British University in Cairo, Egypt
Paper: Poverty, Governance and Sustainable Development: A Panel Data Study


Dr. Nancy Mwange (CV)
Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, Nairobi, Kenya
Paper: Does Exporting Matter for Poverty Reduction: The Case of Kenyan Manufacturing


Dr. Eugenie Maiga (CV)
Economist, African Center for Economic Transformation, Accra, Ghana
Paper: Skills development and competitiveness in Africa


Dr. Eme Dada (CV)
Senior Economist, Office of the Chief Economic Adviser, Abuja, Nigeria
Paper: Resource Management and Food Insecurity in Nigeria


Dr. Oluyemisi Kuku-Shittu (CV)
Post-Doctorate Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Abuja, Nigeria
Paper: An Econometric Analysis of Rice Demand in Nigeria


Ms. Asia Adlan Mohamed (CV)
Researcher and Lecturer, the Institute of Environmental Studies (IES), University of Khartoum, Sudan
Paper: Gum Arabic Producers’ Contracting Preferences in Sudan: Agency and Transaction Costs Perspectives


Dr. Dolapo Enahoro (CV)
Scientist, International Livestock Research Institute, Accra, Ghana
Paper: Resource-based sustainable development – an energy planning model for Nigeria


Dr. Felicia Oluwafunmilola Adesiyan
Department of Agricultural Economics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Paper: Effects of Policies on Yam Production and Consumption in Nigeria


Dr. Nadège Désirée Yameogo (CV)
Senior Research Economist, African Development Bank, Tunisia
Paper: Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform, a Mean of Poverty Reduction in Africa: Evidence from Senegal