Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, Africa's meeting place, is to host the fourth annual African Economic Conference from November 11 to 13, it was learned on Thursday.
Close to 400 policy makers, development experts and economists will attend the annual African economic gathering, whose theme is "Fostering Development in an Era of Financial crisis."
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi will give the keynote address, and other key figures attending include Donald Kaberuka, president of the African Development Bank; Paul Collier, director of the Center for the Study of African Economies at Britain's Oxford University; and several central bank governors and ministers of finance from African countries.
The event is jointly organized by the African Development Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.
It is aimed at fostering the exchange of ideas between economists and policy makers, in order to improve the quality of economic policies designed within the region as well as the dynamic and sustained growth necessary to reduce poverty through knowledge sharing.