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The Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) and the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) are hosting an Academic Conference on “Africa’s fiscal space, fragility and conflict” from Tuesday, 22 February to Thursday, 24 February 2022 at 9:00am  – 12:00pm (EST).

The conference is being co-organized as part of OSAA’s extra-budgetary project on “Strengthening the capacity of African countries to design and implement policies that promote the interlinkages among humanitarian, development, peace and security for an accelerated implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Agenda 2063”, which is funded through the UN Peace and Security Trust Fund.

Building on the call for papers on the same theme, the conference aims to provide a global platform for experts, scholars and academics to interact with African Member States, UN entities, and African Union institutions around the interlinkages between fiscal space, fragility and conflict, in particular, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and more specifically, the potential implications of the pandemic on fiscal space, stability and conflict.

The Conference is expected to result in concrete policy recommendations from selected papers and discussions on how to expand the fiscal space, advance sustainable development, avert deterioration of fragility and prevent conflicts on the continent, in the context of recovery and building back better from the pandemic.

Read the Concept note in EN or FR

Programme

Presenters' Bios

Academic papers

1. Back to the Well? Untangling the New Debt Accumulation, COVID-19 and Social Crisis in Africa Presented by Samuel Oloruntoba on 22 February
2. The Intersections of Gender Inequality, Regional Economic Integration and State Fragility Presented by Adryan Wallace on 22 February
3. An Assessment of Fiscal Space, Fragility and Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa Presented by Gibson Chigumira on 22 February
4. Is Africa's Fiscal Space Undermined by Debt related Illicit Financial Flows? A case Study of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Member States Presented by Lyla Latif on 23 February
5. Overcoming Shrinking Fiscal Space and Fragility in Africa: Recapturing Ungoverned Social Spaces for Post-COVID-19 Recovery and Social Protection Presented by Lennart Fleck on 23 February
6. African Solutions To African Problems: A Pathway To The Region’s Recovery In A Post-COVID World Presented by Dr. Olajumoke (Jumo) Ayandele and Dr. Yvan Yenda Ilunga on 23 February
7. A real deal or an unworkable framework? Agenda 2063, SDG Goals and the Challenges of Development in 21st Century Africa Presented by Adedeji Ademola on 24 February
8. The Context Of Fragility And Conflict In The Time Of COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges And implication for Africa Presented by Prince Amadichuku on 24 February

Academic Presentations

1.  Presentation of Samuel Oloruntoba on 22 February
2. Presentation of Adryan Wallace on 22 February
3. Presentation of Gibson Chigumira on 22 February
4. Presentation of Lyla Latif on 23 February
5. Presentation of Lennart Fleck on 23 February
6.  Presentation of John Agbonifo on 23 February
7.  Presentation of Adedeji Ademola on 24 February
8. Presentation of Prince Amadichuku on 24 February