Time

Agenda and Speaker 

18:00-18:05

Practical Note

18:05-18:15

Opening Remarks:

by Mr. Rabah Arezki, Chief Economist and Vice President of The African Development Bank (AfDB)

18:15-18:20

Congratulatory Remarks:

by Mr. Atsushi Mimura, Deputy Director-General of the International Bureau, Ministry of Finance of Japan

18:20-18:35

Presentation:

“Debt transparency- what do we and don’t we know about? “ 

by Ms. Hanan Morsy, Director Macroeconomic policy, forecasting and research department, AfDB

18:35-19:25

Panel Discussion: “Dealing with the existing and emerging issues for debt transparency- policy and technical solutions”

Moderator: Mr. Abdoulaye Coulibaly, Director of the Governance Department, AfDB

·       Government Experts
Mr. Jacob Mkandawire, Assistant Director (Head of Domestic Market Operations), Financial Markets Department, Bank of Zambia
Mr. Babacar CISSE, Director of Public Debt (DDP),  Ministry of Finance and Budget, Senegal

·       Institutional/policy expert
Ms. Shakira Mustapha, Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Mr. Neil Cole, Executive Secretary, Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative (CABRI)

·       CSO representative 
Mr. Jason Braganza, Executive Director, the African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD)

19:25-19:45

Q&A to the panel:

Moderator: Mr. Abdoulaye Coulibaly, Director of the Governance Department, AfDB

19:45-19:50

Closing Remarks:

by Mr. Samuel Mugoya, Director Syndication, and Client Solutions, AfDB