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5 Policy Tank Dialogue
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Development Centre invited to present research on the future of the global currency
reserve system and suggestion to extend the reach of the DSRs at the St. Petersburg
International Economic Forum: High-level attendance, including Arkady Dvorkovych, 6 June,
Special Aide to the Russian President; John Lipsky, Deputy Managing Director at the St. Petersburg
IMF; Roland Nash, Head of Research at Renaissance Capital; Gertrude Tumpel-
Gugerell, Former Board Member at the ECB
InWent Aid Efficiency Meeting. Attended with DAC Chair E Deutscher, on “Aid 16 June,
Effectiveness” (15 – 16 June) Berlin
Development Centre invited to speak about the multilateral donor non-system to the 17 June,
Development Committee of the Deutscher Bundestag at a panel on UN Reform Berlin
Global Development Migration in Central America: Governance and Links to Labour Markets – Experts 25 June,
Outlook & Latin meeting and presentation of the Latin American Economic Outlook 2009 organised San José de
America with the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) Costa Rica
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Institutional level
Regional level
Global level
Hits in major US, UK, French, German, Chinese, Italian, South African dailies
DEV-signed opinion letter in the International Herald Tribune
Over half of articles directly quote DEV economists
More even coverage across Europe than in 2008
50 % increase in TV and radio appearances compared to 2008
March 2009: AEO 2009 growth projections used in paper submitted to G-20
Sherpas by the Committee of African Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
ahead of the G-20 summit in April in London
June 2009: During Africa Day ceremony at the Italian Presidency in Rome,
President of the African Union and Dean of African Ambassadors to Italy used AEO
figures (rather than IMF figures) to illustrate their arguments
June 2009: Request by Italian G-8 Sherpa for briefing note on implications of ICT
for development with recommendations on investment and regulations, for
distribution to Ministers and Heads of States during the G-8 and for possible
inclusion in the G-8 declaration
June 209: At the AEO launch in Addis Abeba, the head of the ICT division of the
African Union requested inputs and data to be used at the next African Union Heads
of State Meeting, the focus of which will be on ICT
AfricanEconomicOutlook.org
A new one-stop web platform for monitoring Africa’s economic performance
Puts rigorous and independent data on performance of African economies at fingertips of African citizens, for FREE
Tailored to browsers in Africa: accessible through low bandwidth connections (created with Open Source, uses HTML codes,
no flash animations); Content available for easy downloading and printing in PDF and Excel files
The only place where African countries are examined through a common analytical framework, allowing you to compare
economic prospects at the regional, sub-regional and country levels
Visits / Month - Jan. May 2009 Top visitors (May - June 2009)
DEV
Wikigender 1 Europe (43%)
AfricanEconomicOutlook 2079
2 Africa (32%)
GenderIndex 3 Americas (16%)
12162
3221 4 Asia (8%)
135 15.2
4259 16.0
163 5 Oceania (1%)
14.0 11.9
117 15336 12.0
12681 13416
% of visits
99 10741 10.0
8.0 6.9
7819 6.0 4.5 4.5
4.0 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.5
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18366 20963 19971 20133 0.0
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“The interactivity between the speakers and the audience has been a positive surprise, with a lot of constructive ideas.”
- Vincenzo Nesci, President, Africa & Middle East, Alcatel Lucent
“ My congratulations on the International Economic Forum on Africa, a very efficient, high profile and professional
forum which focused on some of the most important issues which Africa currently faces.”
- Chris Derksen, Head of Africa Private Equity, Investec Asset Management (South Africa)
“Unilever is serious about its commitment to Africa, and the conference was an excellent forum to exchange views with
key stakeholders.”
- Harish Manwani, President for Asia, Africa, Central & Eastern Europe, Unilever
Wednesday 8 Thursday 9
Column1 April April Mean Wednesdays Mean Thursdays
Visits 998 (+38%) 1189 (+67%) 722 711
Visitors 886 (+36%) 1077 (+66%) 651 646
Page views 3862 (+64%) 3248 (+44%) 2346 2242
An Development
ability to influence global
Finance anddevelopment policies
the G-20 Summit
February 2008: The Centre finds the claim that China is “free riding” on Western debt relief efforts to be unfounded and
suggests a more flexible debt sustainability framework.
March 2009: The Centre argues that the crisis will affect developing countries through unexpected channels and suggests
strengthening South-South linkages.
April 2009: The London G20 Summit Communiqué states that participants had “agreed to review the flexibility of the Debt
Sustainability Framework”.
Core allocation 09
Estimated core allocation 10
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