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Financing Africa's Future: infrastructure, investment and opportunity

International Growth Centre public lecture


Low investment in infrastructure is a critical constraint on economic growth in Africa. Dr Kaberuka will assess the challenges and offer his views on the way forward.

Donald Kaberuka (@DonaldKaberuka) is the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB).

Paul Collier is a director of the International Growth Centre (IGC), professor of economics and public policy at the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University and co-director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies also at Oxford University.

Jonathan Leape is Associate Professor of Economics at LSE and Executive Director of the International Growth Centre.

This public lecture is part of Growth Week 2014 which takes place at LSE from 23-25 September organised by the International Growth Centre. There will be two further public events, one of the evening of 24 September (Ten Facts about Energy and Growth), the other on the evening of 25 September (Growth, Policy and Institutions: lessons from the Indian experience).

Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #GrowthWeek


Speaker(s):

Dr Donald Kaberuka | talks
Professor Sir Paul Collier | talks

 

Date and Time:

23 September 2014 at 6:30 pm

Duration:

1 hour 30 minutes

 

Venue:

Sheikh Zayed Theatre (New Academic Building, LSE)
54 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London
WC2A 3LJ


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Organised by:

London School of Economics & Political Science
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Tickets:

FREE

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