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B ildi K l d Sh i K l d Building Knowledge, Sharing Knowledge

The Chief Economist Complex The Chief Economist Complex 2008

INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION

Objectives

Th B k k t b K l d B k f Af i (KBA) The Bank seeks to be a Knowledge Bank for Africa (KBA). The office of the Chief Economist, ‘ECON Complex’ was established whose objectives are: j Give greater visibility to knowledge generation, its dissemination, and management; g Brand the Bank as a first port of call for knowledge on the African continent; B ild i t l h it d h Build internal research capacity and encourage research collaboration; Help to close the data and statistics gap on Africa; and Help to close the data and statistics gap on Africa; and Contribute to research and statistical capacity development of RMCs.

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INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION

The Chief Economist Complex (ECON) The Chief Economist Complex (ECON)

CHIEF ECONOMIST CHIEF ECONOMIST ECON

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT

• Learning

Modules

• Provide economic

intelligence for Senior Management

• Operations
• RMCs

COMPLEX (6)

3 Operations, Finance and Corporate Services

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (EADI)

UNIT

Modules

• Operations

Training

• Joint African

Institute (JAI)

DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH (EDRE)

STATISTICS (ESTA)

ECONOMIC &

RESEARCH

DEPARTMENTS

• Knowledge

generation

• Statistical

STATISTICAL CAPACITY BUILDING (ESTA.2) ECONOMIC & SOCIAL STATITICS (ESTA.1)

NETWORKING & RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS (EDRE.2) RESEARCH (EDRE.1)

DIVISIONS

• Knowledge

dissemination

• Knowledge

support to country and sector operations database

• Knowledge

measurement

• Statistical

capacity building

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( )

departments

Development Challenges, Priorities and Focus Areas Development Challenges, Priorities and Focus Areas -

• 2008/10

2008/10 2008/10 2008/10

Critical Development The Bank’s The Bank’s Focus Challenges for Africa Strategic Priorities The Bank s Focus Areas Hi h l l f d

F A 1 Growth dynamics and inequity in RMCs; Population and urban poverty in Africa;

High levels of poverty and inequality Need for high economic Infrastructure investment Creation of capable t t

Focus Area 1: Poverty reduction and equity Population and urban poverty in Africa; Measurements for results framework China, Africa and global trade

growth rate over extended periods High population growth states Skills Development Regional integration d Aid f T d

Focus Area 2: Enhancing the competitiveness and productivity of African economies China, Africa and global trade dynamics; Competitiveness in land-locked countries; nfrastructure, regional integration and th

Insecure livelihoods (e.g., disease, food insecurity, environmental degradation) and Aid-for-Trade Governance and public sector management

Focus Area 3: Improving the quality of institutions and economic growth; Productivity in SANE African financial markets; remittances. Institutions and economic growth;

Integration into the global economy Attainment of MDGs Results measurement

Emerging issues and

institutions and economic management Institutions and economic growth; Assessment of the Performance-Based (PBA) Formula; Governance data base

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Emerging issues and standing commitments

Development challenges in fragile and post conflict states.

Operational Relationships

Strategic Pillars Focus Areas Implementation and Outreach Knowledge Outputs and Delivery

• 1. Poverty

reduction and equity

ESW/ Key publications Bank Operations

• Policy
• Programs
• I. Strengthen the generation
• f knowledge

equity

Databases

• II. Leverage knowledge

through partnerships Activities

• 2. Com
• 3. Instituti

man

Analytical models Regional and Field Offices III E h di i ti s under the Pil

mpetitiveness ions & econo nagement

Training workshops RMCs

• Policy dialogue -

Programs

• III. Enhance dissemination

and sharing llars

mic

Technical assistance Programs

• IV. Enhance the

application of knowledge

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feedback, lessons, policy dialogue

DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH

2 Divisions (8 Professionals each) Undertakes selected research Produces the African Economic Outlook, the African Development Report and the African Development Review p p p and related reports and disseminate their findings Undertake economic intelligence analyses and studies Develops technical and financial cooperation arrangements Develops technical and financial cooperation arrangements with other research related institutions

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DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH

Completed and ongoing studies include;

Migration and remittances study, Debt relief and social service expenditure, Oil d i Af i Oil and gas in Africa, Oil policy simulation model, O po cy s u

• de ,

The future of smallholder agriculture in a changing African economy, Growth poverty and inequality in MICs etc

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Growth, poverty and inequality in MICs, etc.

NETWORKING EMPHASISED NETWORKING EMPHASISED

Emphasis on networks and external collaboration Emphasis on networks and external collaboration

Internal network (AfDB Network of Economists, ANE; Project Analysis Network, PANE; Monitoring and Evaluation Network, MEN & Poverty Network, PEN)

A framework for support to research and capacity b ildi i tit ti building institutions The possible establishment Knowledge Management The possible establishment Knowledge Management Trust Fund (KMTF) is being discussed.

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EXTERNAL NETWORKING EXTERNAL NETWORKING

The Bank provides support to Research and Capacity Building Institutions and these are part of the knowledge network, Some these institutions include:

African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) p y g ( ) Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) C lt ti G I t ti l A i lt l R h (CGIAR) Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) African Livestock Platform (ALIVE) African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) INDEPTH Network (… ?)

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St ti ti Statistics Department Department

Social and Economic Social and Economic Statistical Capacity Statistical Capacity Social and Economic Social and Economic Statistics Division Statistics Division Statistical Capacity Statistical Capacity Building Division Building Division

Databases & Support to O ti Operations Support to Countries 4 Professionals 5 Professionals

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4 Junior statisticians 5 Professionals 2 Junior statisticians

Supporting Countries Through Supporting Bank’s Supporting Countries Through Supporting Bank’s Operations Operations Supporting Countries Through Supporting Bank’s Supporting Countries Through Supporting Bank’s Operations Operations Operations Operations Operations Operations

R-

• B CSP

B CSP

• Meet Data Needs at All

Stages of Cycle (M&E)

• Missions (incl. Review)
• Discuss with Government

Project Cycle Project Cycle

scuss Go e e

• Ad hoc surveys

L f

Policy Based Lending Policy Based Lending

• Log-frames
• Remedial statistical

PRSP PRSP

measures

Institutional Support Institutional Support

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Way Forward Way Forward

Activities

Work Programme Work Programme

• Submission to Board by year end

Work Programme Work Programme

2009 2009 – – 2010 2010

• Seed funding from the Bank
• Donor funding to be solicited
• Improve social & poverty statistics

p p y

• In addition to economic statistics
• Build on independent evaluation
• Continue current activities
• Improve social & poverty statistics

Main Components Main Components

p p y

• Improve statistics on ADF-XI focal

areas

• Agriculture and rural development;

Agriculture and rural development; governance; infrastructure; gender; environment; and climate change

• Data development, archiving, and

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Data development, archiving, and dissemination

STATCOM-Africa Working Groups

STATCOM-Africa Working Groups

STATCOM Africa Working Groups

STATCOM-Africa Working Groups

1. Gender ECA 2. Data Management ECA/AfDB 3. National Accounts AfDB 4. Informal Sector AFRISTAT 5. Development Indicators ECA

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KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION

Seminars and Conference Seminars and Conference

African Economic Conference (AEC) 2008 Title →

Globalization, Institutions and Economic Development of Africa p

2007 Title →

Opportunities and Challenges of Development for Africa in the Development for Africa in the Global Arena

Monthly Knowledge Seminars y g Contributed to the debate in external conferences

• discussants chair sessions presenting papers

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discussants, chair sessions, presenting papers

PUBLICATIONS PUBLICATIONS PUBLICATIONS PUBLICATIONS

African Economic Outlook (AEO) ( ) African Economic Outlook is an annual publication jointly produced by the African Development Bank and the OECD Development Centre since 2001/02. It reviews recent i d l t i Af i b d ti ti economic developments in Africa by adopting a comparative approach and a common analytical framework. It provides forecasts for key macroeconomic variables. The 2006/07 AEO covers 31 countries and the theme is ‘Access to AEO covers 31 countries and the theme is Access to Drinking Water and Sanitation’. African Development Report (ADR) African Development Report is an annual publication which started in 1989. It has become an important source of p analysis and information on developments in Africa. The ADR provides an in-depth analysis of emerging development topics that discuss prospects for Africa’s development.

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PUBLICATIONS PUBLICATIONS PUBLICATIONS PUBLICATIONS

African Competitiveness Report (ACR) The Bank, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum and the World Bank, started yearly assessment of the competitiveness of African economies. This will be published in the African Competitiveness Report (ACR) on a yearly basis The ACR is complemented by an in depth Investment

• basis. The ACR is complemented by an in-depth Investment

Climate Assessment for South African, Algeria, Nigeria and Egypt (the SANE economies). African Development Review The African Development Review is a professional development economics journal that provides a platform for i l ti l d t l i d i expressing analytical and conceptual views, and encouraging debate among development specialists, policy makers, scholars and other professionals on African economic and developmental issues. The journal publishes articles that reflect innovative thinking and analysis of key developmental reflect innovative thinking and analysis of key developmental challenges and policy issues facing Africa. The journal is published three times a year in April, September and December, and encourages submissions both from within and outside the Bank.

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and outside the Bank.

Publications

By the Statistics By the Statistics

• African Statistical Journal

ub cat o s

By the Statistics By the Statistics Department Department

• Gender, Poverty &

Environmental Indicators

• Selected Statistics on African

Countries

• Compendium of Statistics on

Bank Group Operations a G oup Ope at o s

• The ADB Statistics Pocketbook
• The Wall Chart on MDGs

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PUBLICATIONS PUBLICATIONS PUBLICATIONS PUBLICATIONS

Economic Research Working Papers (ERWP) The Economic Research Working Papers (ERWP) report preliminary findings of research relevant to African development policy issues. The ERWP has been published since 1983. Since inception, 86 papers have been published. Authors of the ERWP are encouraged to further develop their Authors of the ERWP are encouraged to further develop their ideas and findings in their papers to the standard of journal articles, which would be submitted to the African Development Review, or published elsewhere. Development Research Briefs The Development Research Briefs highlight recent research k f th B k i f t d l t work of the Bank, or summaries of recent development issues relevant for Africa. The target audience for the four- page Development Research Briefs is policy makers, politicians and development practitioners who cannot be reached through journals articles and other Bank reached through journals articles and other Bank publications.

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