Call for Papers: African Economic Conference 2021
The 2021 African Economic Conference (AEC), jointly organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the African Development Bank (AfDB), and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will be held in Cabo Verde, as well as virtually, from 2 to 4 December 2021. Since its inception in 2006, the AEC series has fostered dialogue and the exchange of knowledge on a variety of issues and challenges facing Africa. The theme of this year’s conference is: “Financing Africa’s post COVID-19 Development”. Three sub-themes are particularly considered:
1. Domestic Public and Private Resource Mobilization in the age of the digital revolution: considering the taxation system in Africa in different dimensions (tax base, fiscal space, efficiency, natural resource management, informal sector, digitalization, AfCFTA, etc.), national financial sector (regulation, efficiency, innovative financial tools, capital market, PPP), monetary policy, and the mobilization of natural resource revenue;