17th ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS AND POLICY CHALLENGES IN AFRICA 25-27 JULY 2012 IMPERIAL ROYALE HOTEL, KAMPALA, UGANDA

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The African Econometric Society is an international society for the advancement of economic theory in its relation to statistics and mathematics. Members of the society are associated with academic institutions, and the private and public sectors who share the goal of advancing econometric research especially, but not limited to, African themes.
 
The 17th Annual Conference of the African Econometric Society (AES) will be held in Kampala, at Imperial Royale Hotel, Kampala, Uganda, for three days from 25th to 27th July, 2012.
 
The conference will cover various fields of economics: applied econometrics, economic modelling, quantitative and non-quantitative economic analysis, and a large range of related topics. Emphasis will be on the relevancy of policy modelling in an uncertain world, with specific applications to Africa.
 
Previous keynote speakers include: Peter Phillips, Soren Johansen, David Hendry, Arnold Zellner, Hashem Pesaran, Badi Baltagi, Richard Blundell, John Moore, Abhijit Banerjee, and Jushan Bai.
 
The following distinguished keynote speakers will address the AES 2012 conference:
 
Professor Kaddour Hadri
the current President of the African Econometrics Society. He is Professor of Economics at Queens University Management School and Research Director for Economics Analysis and Behaviour at Queens University, Belfast.
 
Victor Murinde
Director, African Development Institute, African Development Bank Group..
 
Pravin Trivedi
Distinguished Professor and Rudy Professor of Economics, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.
 
Elizabeth Asiedu
Director of Research at African Economic Research Consortium (AERC).
 
Rabah Arezki
Economist at the IMF Institute. During his career at the Fund, he worked in the Fiscal Affairs Department and the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the IMF.
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONFERENCE AND ACCOMMODATION, CLICK HERE.
 
Organised by the African Econometrics Society, jointly with:
 
African Development Institute at the African Development Bank
College of Business and Management Sciences (CoBAMS), Makerere University
Economic Policy Research Centre, Uganda (EPRC)
Bank of Uganda