Libreville – Gabon, 13-14 March 2025
Financing, natural resources and economic stability in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Organised by the University of Luxembourg’s Department of Economics and Management, the Association Tiers-Monde, the Université Omar Bongo and the Centre d’Economie Publique.
Workshop outline
This 5th workshop in development economics aims to consolidate economic analyses of the various aspects of economic stability (employment, migration, inflation, indebtedness, etc.) in sub-Saharan African countries, in relation to the issues of natural resource extraction and external and internal financing (public debt, FDI, PPP, savings, microfinance, etc.). A diversity of approaches (theoretical and/or empirical, quantitative and/or qualitative) is welcome.
The scope of the workshop includes the following themes:
- Natural resources and economic stability: natural resources management, natural resources and employment, inflation and energy, cost of living crisis, political stability and economic stability…
- Financing economies: public debt management, attractiveness of economies, risks of financial crises, equity investment strategies, mobilization of internal financial resources…
- Environmental policy: environmental taxation, adaptation to climate change, human-wildlife conflicts, environmental inequalities, valuation of environmental goods, global goods, impact of climate change…
- Natural resource management: the sustainability of extractive resource exploitation, the sustainability of forestry exploitation, revisiting the natural resource curse hypothesis…
- Sectoral public policies and economic stability: education, social or financial inclusion, health, gender, security…
Call for contributions
We encourage the submission of complete articles, even if it is a first draft, or a summary, based on methods from economics or other social sciences. Selection criteria will be rigorous with respect to methodological soundness, article’s specific contribution in terms of the existing literature and accordance with the themes of the workshop.
Proposed contributions (PDF file), should be sent to the three following email address: matambaalice0309@gmail.com (with copy to menguebidzo@yahoo.fr University Omar Bongo, Libreville and anne-sophie.henrioul@uni.lu University of Luxembourg).
The text can be written in French or English. The cover page of the proposal will include: Name, surname, status, institution, email, postal address, telephone number of all authors and specify the author presenting the contribution.
Key dates
- 20 December 2024 : Deadline for reception of proposed contributions.
- 15 January 2025 Scientific Committee’s decisions upon selection of contributions.
- 10 February 2025 : Deadline for registration and sending papers.
- 13 & 14 March 2025 : Workshop in Libreville.
Scientific valorization
Partner academic journal: Mondes en Développement.
Other articles may be published in the “workshop proceeding”
Scientific Committee
- Denis ACCLASSATO (U. d’Abomey Calavi, Cotonou)
- Philippe ADAIR (U. Paris Est-Créteil)
- Akoété Damien AGBODJI (U. de Lomé)
- Giscard ASSOUMOU ELLA (U. Omar Bongo, Libreville)
- ASSOUMOU ONDO (U. Omar Bongo, Libreville)
- Désiré AVOM (U. de Yaoundé 2)
- Zie BALLO (U. de Cocody, Abidjan)
- Alexandre BARRO CHAMBRIER (U. Omar Bongo, Libreville)
- Luisito BERTINELLI (U. du Luxembourg)
- Arnaud BOURGAIN (U. du Luxembourg)
- Symphorien ENGONE MVE (U. Omar Bongo, Libreville)
- Jean-Jacques Tony EKOMIE (U. Omar Bongo, Libreville)
- Benjamin FOMBA (U. de Yaoundé 2)
- Constant FOUOPI DJIOGAP (U. de Yaoundé 2)
- Hubert GERARDIN (U. de Lorraine)
- Chérif Sidy KANE (U. Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar)
- Francis KERN (U. de Strasbourg)
- Jean-Claude KOULADOUM (U. de N’djamena)
- Fabienne LELOUP (U. catholique de Louvain, Mons)
- Claire MAINGUY (U. de Strasbourg)
- Célestin MAYOUKOU (U. de Rouen)
- Maman Nafiou MALAM MAMAN (U. Abdou MOUMOUNI, Niamey)
- Aly MBAYE (U. Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar)
- Médard MENGUE BIDZO (U. Omar Bongo, Libreville)
- Pamphile MEZUI MBENG (U. Omar Bongo, Libreville)
- Mathias Marie Adrien NDINGA (U. Marien N’GOUABI, Brazzaville)
- Jean Sylvain NDO NDONG (U. Omar Bongo, Libreville)
- Hervé NDOUME ESSINGONE (INSG, Libreville)
- Antoine NGAKOSSO (U. Marien N’GOUABI, Brazzaville)
- Jean-Louis NKOULOU NKOULOU (U. Omar Bongo, Libreville)
- Daniel ONA ONDO (U. Omar Bongo, Libreville)
- Albert ONDO OSSA (U. Omar Bongo, Libreville)
- Nasser Ary TANIMOUNE (U. d’Ottawa)
- Roger TSAFACK NANFOSSO (U. de Dschang)
- Pam ZAHANOGO (U. Thomas Sankara, Ouagadougou)
- Skerdilajda ZANAJ (U. du Luxembourg)
- Gabriel ZOMO YEBE (U. Omar Bongo, Libreville)
Steering Committee
- Arnaud BOURGAIN (U. du Luxembourg et ATM)
- Médard MENGUE BIDZO (U. Omar Bongo)
- ASSOUMOU ONDO (U. Omar Bongo)
- Sydney DIBOUNDA (INSG)
- Marina EYANG (ENS de Libreville)
- Augustin IMPAWE (U. Omar Bongo)
- Larrya KOSSI (U. Omar Bongo)
- Alice MATAMBA (U. Omar Bongo)
- Astrela MENGUE (U. Omar Bongo)
- Charmille MOUGUISSI (U. Omar Bongo)
- Estelle NKALLE (ENS de Libreville)
- Jean Louis NKOULOU NKOULOU (U. Omar Bongo)
Fees
Participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation expenses in Libreville.
The participant, once his/her communication is accepted, will be able to request, if he/she wishes, a letter of invitation.
Workshop details
Organised by the University of Luxembourg’s Department of Economics and Management, the Association Tiers-Monde, the Université Omar Bongo and the Centre d’Economie Publique.
This workshop in development economics aims to consolidate economic analyses of the various aspects of economic stability in sub-Saharan African countries, in relation to the issues of natural resource extraction and external and internal financing.
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