Key questions: - How far are we down the road towards an entrepreneurial society? What is the evidence? - If the old social compact is largely obsolete – what is the nature of the new one? - What is the role of the state in an entrepreneurial society and how does it change? - Can public...

The conference aims to empirically investigate labour relations in commodity chains in their diversity and combination and, thus, also aims to contribute to the conceptual debate on work and labour, value, the functioning of capitalism and the agency or lack of power of directly and indirectly...

The plenary sessions will address the challenges and opportunities that accompany regional integration in Sub-Saharan Africa while the parallel sessions will cover a range of themes in development economics that include but are not restricted to regional integration.

Topics: - Policy factors affecting entry mode, location and operations of FDI in developing countries - Inward FDI and upgrading within global value chains: assessing the evidence - Inter-firm linkages and spillovers from FDI: describing the transmission channels - Growing dynamism in...

Areas of interest in EABEW Conference: - Assessment of Millennium Development Goals achievements in East Africa - Regional cooperation and East African Economic Development - Post 2015 Development Agenda for East Africa - Energy-Growth-Environment Nexus - Inequality-Poverty-Growth-Environment...

Under the theme, Connecting Africa’s Resources through Digital Transformation, the 26th World Economic Forum on Africa will convene regional and global leaders from business, government and civil society to discuss digital economy catalysts that can drive radical structural transformation,...