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Africa at a Fork in the Road: Taking Off or Disappointment Once Again?
he pioneered new approaches to measure and analyze governance and corruption,
helping countries formulate action programs. At the World Bank, Dr. Kaufmann also
held senior positions focused on finance, regulation, and anti-corruption, as well as
on capacity building for Latin America. He also served as lead economist both for
economies in transition and at the World Bank’s research department. Earlier in his
career he was a senior economist in the Bank’s Africa region. Dr. Kaufmann is a
Chilean national who received a BA in Economics and Statistics from the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, and MA and PhD in Economics from Harvard University.
His blog on Governance is at www.thekaufmannpost.net.
Carlos Lopes
Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Africa
Carlos Lopes was appointed Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for
Africa, at the level of UN Under Secretary-General, in 2012. Previously, he served
as Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research in
Geneva and Director of the UN System Staff College in Turin (2007-12) and UN
Assistant-Secretary-General and Director for Political Affairs in the Executive Office
of the Secretary-General (2005-07). After serving in the public sector of his native
Guinea-Bissau in areas of research, diplomacy, and planning, he joined the United
Nations Development Program (UNDP) as a development economist in 1988. At
UNDP, he held various positions including Deputy Director at the Office of Evaluation
and Strategic Planning, Resident Representative in Zimbabwe, as well as Deputy,
and became Director of the New York-based Bureau for Development Policy. He
also managed UNDP’s global program, with a portfolio of US$1 billion. Specialized
in development and strategic planning, he has authored or edited 22 books and
taught at academic institutions in Lisbon, Zurich, Uppsala, Mexico, São Paulo, and
Rio de Janeiro. He holds a Master’s degree from the Geneva Graduate Institute of
International and Development Studies and a PhD in history from the University of
Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne.
Aly Mbaye
Dean, Faculty of Economics and Management, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar
Aly Mbaye is co-author of The Informal Sector in Francophone Africa (World Bank,
2012) and numerous other publications on development economics and West
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