Panel Discussion
Governance and Development in Africa
TRUSTEESHIP CHAMBER
Friday, 20 April 2001
3:00 to 5:00pm

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The quality of governance as it relates to development policy and goals is an issue of increasing concern in countries around the world. The international scientific community has been investigating these linkages with particular attention to such questions as in what ways and why does governance vary from country to country? What rules affecting governance matter most? When, why and how do these rules make a difference to the way a country develops? What deficiencies in political arrangements need to be addressed in order to make conflict less likely and promote development? What is the role of the international community and of the United Nations system in the search for answers to these questions?

These are some of the issues that will be discussed at the panel discussion on "Governance and Development in Africa". The United Nations University (UNU) which carries out policy analysis and research on these subjects organized this event in collaboration with the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).

This panel discussion is one in a series of panel discussions held within the framework of preparations for the high level segment of the substantive session of ECOSOC on "The Role of the United Nations system in supporting the efforts of African countries to achieve sustainable development". It will be held in the Trusteeship Chamber on Friday, 20 April 2001 from 3:00 to 5:00pm.

The panel will be chaired by Ambassador Martin Belinga-Eboutou, President of ECOSOC, and moderated by Professor Hans van Ginkel, Rector of the United Nations University.

Participating in the discussion will be:

Aregawi Behre, African Studies Centre, Leiden University, The Netherlands.

Nat Coletta, Head, Post Conflict Unit, World Bank (ret.)

Goran Hyden, University of Florida