Political Sessions
STH-01| The Place Of Intermediary Cities In The Population Dynamics Of Africa
20 May
10:00 to 13:00
Venue: Room 1
LEAD ORGANIZER
PRESENTATION OF THE SESSION
PANEL
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Chairperson
Hon Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr
Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone
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Rapporteur
Dr Ibrahim Mayaki
CEO, New Partnership for Africa’s Development –African Union Development Agency (NEPAD-AUDA) and Honorary President OECD Sahel and West Africa Club
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Facilitator
Laurent Bossard
Director, SWAC/OECD Secretariat
Laurent Bossard is a geographer who has devoted his professional career to development issues in West Africa. He joined the European Commission’s Directorate General for Development in 1982, where he was posted to Burkina Faso as Technical Adviser for regional co-operation in Sahel countries - a post he held until 1988. From 1989 to 1994 he worked for the FAO Investment Centre on World Bank programmes mainly in Benin and Niger. He collaborated with a non-governmental organisation for international solidarity and with research centres working on livestock, West African grain markets and international trade. He also facilitated a series of reflections for the OECD on food security in the Sahel. Mr. Bossard joined the OECD in 1995 and was appointed Director of the Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat in March 2011.
Programme
Summary
Speakers
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Enrique Silva
Director of International Initiatives at Lincoln Land Institute
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Mrs. Rahmatouca Sow
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Romain Crouzet
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UCLG Africa
KEY QUESTIONS TO BE DEBATED
BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS
GALLERY
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