Programme

Safari Court Hotel and Conference Centre
« Zambezi » Conference Room

Guide for Discussion

May 10, 2000

0850-0900:
Registering of Participants

0900-0915:
Welcome Remarks by Mr. Kyialla, Namibian National Planning Commission

0915-0930:
Opening remarks by UNCTAD followed by comments from ICTSD on methodology and expected outcomes of the Dialogue

FIRST SESSION:
“Globalisation, Liberalisation and SHD in the African context”

Chairperson: Permanent Secretary, Mr. Shlettwein

Roundtable:
The relationship between SHD and the dynamic effects of regional agreements and trade liberalisation

0930-1000 :
30 min presentation by discussion leader Dr. Ademola OYEJIDE
“How can expanded intra-regional trade and trade with non-regional partners strengthen SHD, in particular how could they contribute to alleviating Africa’s food security problems and improve conditions for the rural poor?”

1000-1010:
Commentator: Dr. Jean-Luc SENOU
Trade Director, UEMOA, Ouagadougou.

1010-1100:
Open dialogue

Roundtable:
An assessment of the impact on SHD of harmonising Lomé I with WTO’s GSP or liberalising Regional Economic Partnership Agreements

1100-1120:
20 min presentation by discussion leader, Dr. Henri-Bernard SOLIGNAC LECOMTE
"ACP-EU Trade Arrangements in a Post-Lomé World: What is in Store?"

1120-1130:
Commentator: Dr. Moses TEKERE
Director, Trade and Development Studies Centre Trust, Harare

1130-1300:
Open dialogue

1300-1500:
Lunch

SECOND SESSION:
“Globalisation, Liberalisation and SHD in the African context”

Chairperson: Permanent Secretary, Mr. Shlettwein

Roundtable:
Export development and export-led growth strategies: export processing zones (EPZs) and the strengthening of SHD

1500-1530 :
30 min presentation by discussion leader Dr. Moses TEKERE
“An assessment of the performance of EPZs in terms of SHD: backward linkages with domestic industry, human capital development, technology/knowledge spillovers, and women employment.”

1530-1540 :
Commentator: Honourable Minister Sithembiso NYONI
Minister of State for Economic Ministries, Office of the President, Harare

1530-1630:
Open dialogue

Roundtable:
Costs and benefits of Special and Differential Treatment (S&DT) for developing countries in GATT/WTO: new African perspectives

1630-1650:
20 min presentation by discussion leader Mr. Hesham YOUSSEF
“Special and Differential Treatment for Developing Countries in WTO”

1650-1700:
Commentator: Dr. Ademola OYEJIDE
Director, Trade Policy Research and Training Programme, University of Ibadan, Ibadan

1700-1830:
Open dialogue

May 11, 2000

SECOND SESSION:
“Globalisation and the Social and Financial Impacts”

Chairperson: Permanent Secretary, Mr. Shlettwein

0900-0910:
Kick-off by ICTSD on methodology and expected outcomes

Roundtable:
Foreign Direct Investment: employment, technological, and environmental spillover effects

0910-0930:
20 min presentation by discussion leader Dr. Yash TANDON
“An assessment of the impact on SHD from the current trend of rapid economic, private sector, and FDI regulatory framework reforms”

0930-0940:
Commentator: Ms. Rosalind THOMAS
Development Bank of Southern Africa, Gauteng.

0940-1100:
Open dialogue

Roundtable:
Foreign Direct Investment for SHD

1100-1120:
20 min presentation by discussion leader Dr. Yash TANDON
“Macroeconomic policy responses to increasing capital flows and, commodity price fluctuations:
the role of fiscal policies and safety nets, design of economic growth and SHD policies.”

1120-1130:
Commentator: Dr. Kennedy MBEKEANI
Senior Research Fellow, Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis, Gaborone.

1130-1300:
Open Dialogue

1300-1500:
Lunch

1500-1630:
Open Dialogue:
I. Measures for attracting development-oriented and SHD-oriented private flows. New IMF and HIPC
II. An assessment of SALs and the enhanced HIPC from an SHD initiatives: perspective
(30/36 countries eligible for HIPC are in Sub-Saharan Africa; in a shift from stabilization and growth to poverty reduction, the IMF has renamed the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (ESAF) the ‘Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility).

THIRD SESSION:
“Challenges Ahead”

1630-1800:
Open Dialogue:
What guidance can this Regional Policy Dialogue provide to trade and sustainable development policy-making in terms of promoting African developing country interests, including SHD objectives, in the multilateral system and other international governance frameworks?

May 12, 2000