Time

Activity

8h30 – 9h00

Inscription

9h00 – 9h15

Opening and Welcome
Michael Grimm, Professor of Development Economics, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Martin Balépa, Director General of AFRISTAT

9h15 – 9h45

The informal sector: Current policy challenges
François Roubaud, Director of Research, IRD-DIAL, Paris
Chair: Martin Balépa

9h45 – 10h45

Presentation of key findings and policy conclusions of the research project
Michael Grimm
Chair: Martin Balépa

10h45 – 11h15

Coffee Break

11h15 – 12h00

Linking the key findings to the broader debate on employment challenges in Africa
Rolph van der Hoeven, Former Director at the ILO, currently Professor of Employment and Development Economics, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Discussant: Maarten Brouwer, Ambassador of the Netherlands in Mali
Chair: Seydou Moussa Traoré, Director General of INSTAT Mal

12h00 – 14h00

Lunch Break

14h00 – 14h45

The potential of small-scale firms in West-Africa
Jann Lay, Professor of Development Economics, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg
Chair: Rainer Thiele, Professor of international Economics, Kiel Institute for the World Economy

14h45 – 15h45

Institutional and social constraints of small-scale informal firms (1) (2)
Siriki Coulibaly, Economist and Statistician, AFRISTAT and Christophe J. Nordman, Senior-Researcher at IRD-DIAL, Paris
Chair: Rainer Thiele

15h45 – 16h00

Coffee Break

16h00 – 17h00

Round Table: What kind of policies for the informal sector?
Moderator: Rolph van der Hoeven
Participants: Francois Roubaud, Joseph Tedou (DG INS Cameroun), Ousman Koriko (AFRISTAT), Catherine Traoré (GIZ-PACT), Ibrahim Keita (Representative Micro-credit)

17h00 – 18h00

Closing Cocktail