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The papers below were prepared by panel participants for the conference on "Aid, Governance and Development in Africa" held May 12-14, 2005 at Northwestern University.
  Conference Statement:
Smart Aid for Africa
  Panel: The UK Commission for Africa Report: Prospects and Implications
Our Common Interest: Report of the Commission for Africa
The UK Commission for Africa Report: Prospects and Implications

Vivian Lowery Derryck, Academy for Educational Development*

Aid, Governance and Development in Africa
Pat Utomi, Lagos Business School

  Panel 1: SmartAid for Africa: A Critical Analysis of Development Assistance
External Actors and Debt Relief for Africa: A Tale and Some Reflections
Thomas M. Callaghy, University of Pennsylvania
  Does the Blair Report Help or Hinder Governance in Africa?
Nelson Kasfir, Dartmouth College
  Rebuilding African State Capacity for Better Governance and Sustainable Development
Bamidele Olowu, African Development Bank
  Panel 2: Executing the Good Governance Agenda: Lessons From the Field
Aid, Governance, and Development in Africa: Executing the Good Governance Agenda: Lessons from the Field (Discussion Notes)
Audrey Gadzekpo, University of Ghana, Legon
  Some Reflections on Accountability and Transparency
Crawford Young, University of Wisconsin
  Panel 3: African Perspectives on Institution-Building and Development
  Perspectives on Institution Building and Development
(Discussion Notes)

Mansur Ahmed, Nigerian Economic Summit Group
  Remarks for the panel on Aid, Governance and Development: Objectives
and Priorities

E. Gyimah-Boadi, CDD-Ghana and University of Ghana
  The Role of Civil Society Groups in Strengthening Governance and Capacity: Avenues for Support
Darren Kew, University of Massachusetts-Boston
  African Perspectives on Institution Building and Development- a Participant Observer’s Life Cycle Approach
Folarin Olowu, Intellfit African Training Centre
  Transcending the Cycle of Violence through Governance Reform: A Lesson for Liberia
Amos Sawyer, Indiana University
  Renovating the Architecture of Federalism in Nigeria: The Option of
Non-Constitutional Renewal

Rotimi T. Suberu, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
  Panel 4: Governance and Capacity-Building in Africa: Pathways and Strategies
  Notes on Governance and Capacity Building in Africa, Northwestern Conference, May 12-14, 2005
Pierre Englebert, Pomona College
  Strengthening Development Capacity in Africa
Richard Joseph, Director of PAS at Northwestern
  Aid, Governance, and Development: A General Reflection on Objectives
and Priorities

Ebere Onwudiwe, Central State University
 

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