Brussels Development Briefings

On September 14th 2011, the CTA organises a Briefing on Major drivers for rural transformation in Africa.

• Programme 
• Biodata of the speakers

Video documentation

On this page, you can find the video documentation of all the speeches that were given at the conference. Simply click here to display the videos. In the next interface, you will be able to navigate to the speaker of your choice (cf. list of speakers on this page). You can also watch the video interviews that we conducted with the different speakers, and download their PowerPoint Presentations from this page.

Introductory remarks:

• Dr Mohammed Chambas, Secretary-General of the ACP Secretariat,
• Francesca Mosca, Director, European Commission,
• Dr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Chief Executive Officer, NEPAD;
• Michael Hailu, Director, CTA

Panel 1: Challenges and opportunities in rural transformation

Chair: H.E. M. Paul Badji, Ambassador of Senegal to the EU and Belgium

• Felicity Proctor, Expert on Rural Transformation, United Kingdom
  Rural transformation processes: what can we learn from current experiences? [Executive summary][PowerPoint][Video interview]
• Jo Swinnen, Professor of Development Economics, University of Leuven, Belgium
  Experiences from the agricultural rural transformation in transition countries [PowerPoint]
• Professor Peter Hazell, Imperial College London, School of Oriental and African Studies
  Linkages between agriculture and the rural non-farm economy in support of rural transformation [PowerPoint][Video interview]
• Paul Dorosh, Director, Development Strategy and Governance, IFPRI, USA
  Implications of Rural-Urban Transformation for Growth and Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia [Executive summary][PowerPoint][Video interview]
• Elisangela dos Santos Araujo, Coordinator, Federation of Family Smallholders (FETRAF), Brasil
  Small-scale farmers and rural transformation: the case of Brasil [PowerPoint, EN][PowerPoint, PT]

Panel 2: Creating rural employment for economic growth in ACP countries

• Loretta de Luca, Coordinator, Rural Employment and Decent Work Programme, ILO
  Rural employment and decent work: challenges and opportunities [PowerPoint][Executive summary][Video interview]
• Peter Wobst, Senior Economist, Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division, FAO
  Creating employment for rural youth and rural women [Executive summary][PowerPoint][Video interview]
• Dr. Dyborn Chibonga, Chief Executive Officer, NASFAM, Malawi
  Linking small-scale producers to dynamic markets [Executive summary][PowerPoint]
• Paul Barera, Executive Director RTN, Rwanda
  Connecting rural populations through ICTs [Executive summary][PowerPoint]
• Elisabeth Atangana, President, PROPAC

Conclusions:

• Dr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, CEO, NEPAD;
• Michael Hailu, Director CTA