AfDB to launch 2020 edition of "Regional Economic Outlook in Central Africa"

14 Juillet 2020

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, July 14 (Infosplusgabon) - The Regional Office of the African Development Bank (AfDB) for Central Africa will Thursday (July 16), by videoconference, the 2020 edition of the report "Regional Economic Outlook in Central Africa".

The document, which is among the Bank's flagship publications, provides an overview of the economies of Central Africa through a regional approach to development.

The report, Its third and new edition, has the theme: "Human capital, employment and skills development in Central Africa".

The videoconference will afford participants the opportunity to expose the macroeconomic forecasts of the Bank in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, and to approach the thematic part devoted to human capital and development of skills in Central Africa.

A high-level panel will then bring together ministers from the region and regional authorities to discuss the content of the report, the impact of the pandemic on the economies, as well as the ways and means to improve human capital and prepare the young people with the skills required by the world to come.

This virtual regional workshop, which will be followed by decentralized national workshops the following week, will be chaired by Solomane Koné, Acting Managing Director of the Bank for Central Africa.

The report will be presented by Emmanuel Pinto Moreira, director of country economies, assisted by Hervé Lohoues, chief economist for the region.

Representatives of national and regional authorities, as well as the media are invited to this regional component of the virtual launch of the publication.

Launched national virtual workshops, which will welcome non-state actors (private sector, civil society, academics, etc.), will be held in the countries during the week from July 20 to 24, 2020.

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