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この度、IMFアジア太平洋地域事務所、アフリカ開発銀行（AfDB）アジア代表事務所、国際協力機構（JICA）は、下記の要領にて共催でセミナーを開催します。ご多忙の折とは存じますが、ぜひこの機会にご参加頂けますようお願い申し上げます。 

 

日時:  2017年11月21日（火） 16:30-17:00 受付/ 17:00-18:30 セミナー

 

スピーカー：ロジャー・ノード（IMFアフリカ局副局長）

パネリスト：アベベ・セラシエ（IMFアフリカ局長）

　　　　　　アンソニー・ムソンダ・シンパサ課長代行

                  （アフリカ開発銀行・マクロ経済政策見通し及び研究担当局第一課）

　　　　　 白戸圭一（株式会社三井物産戦略研究所 欧露・中東・アフリカ室長）

　　　　　 加藤隆一（JICAアフリカ部長）

モデレーター： 加藤宏（JICAアフリカ担当理事）

 

会場:    世界銀行・東京開発ラーニングセンター（ＴＤＬＣ）

         〒100-0011東京都千代田区内幸町2-2-2 富国生命ビル10階

アクセス:  http://www.jointokyo.org/ja/about/location/

言語:    日英同時通訳あり

お申込み：

2017年11月20日（月）までにオンラインフォームhttp://www.cvent.com/d/rtqq80/3B　よりお申し込みください。（定員に達し次第締め切らせていただきます）。

問合せ: IMFアジア太平洋地域事務所03-3597-6700

 

略歴:

アベベ・セラシエ：IMF・アフリカ局局長。エチオピア大統領府プリンシパルエコノミストを経て、1994年より IMF勤務開始。ウガンダ事務所長、アフリカ局次長等を経て、昨年より現職。ロンドン・スクール・オブ・エコノミクスにて経済史修士号を取得。

ロジャー・ノード：IMF・アフリカ局副局長。東アフリカ、フランス語圏西アフリカのカントリーオペレーションズを担当する傍ら、アフリカの公共財政問題にも取り組む。これまでにタンザニア、ウガンダ、カメルーンなどアフリカ諸国のミッションチーフを歴任し、近著には「The Story of an African Transition」（2009）がある。スイスのセントガレン大学、シカゴ大学を卒業。

 

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IMF-AfDB-JICA Joint seminar “Sub-Saharan Africa – Economic Prospects, Challenges and Implications from TICAD VI towards TICAD VII”

 The IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP), External Representation Office for Asia (ASRO) of African Development Bank (AfDB), and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) are honoured to invite you to the seminar  “Sub-Saharan Africa – Economic Prospects, Challenges and Implications from TICAD VI towards TICAD VII”, taking place in Tokyo on November 21, 2017.

 

Date:    Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Time:    17:00-18:30 (Registration opens from 16:30)

 

Speaker:  Roger Nord, Deputy Director, African Department, IMF

Panelist: 

Abebe Selassie, Director, Africa Department, IMF

Anthony Musonda Simpasa, Acting Division Manager, The Macroeconomic Policy, Debt sustainability and Forecasting Division(ECMRa), The Macroeconomic Policy, Forecasting and Research Department(ECMR), AfDB

Keiichi Shirato, General Manager, EMEA & Russia Department, Mitsui & Co. Global Strategic Studies Institute

Ryuichi Kato, Director General, Africa Department, JICA

Moderator: Hiroshi Kato, Senior Vice President, JICA

 

Venue:  Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC), The World Bank (Fukoku Seimei Bldg. 10F 2-2-2 Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) http://www.jointokyo.org/en/about/location/

Language: Japanese-English (Simultaneous interpretation will be provided)

Registration:  Please register　at http://www.cvent.com/d/rtqq80/3B  by November 20, 2017

Enquiries:  IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP) 03-3597-6700

 Since the capacity is limited, reservation is made on a first come first served basis.

 

Bios:

Mr. Abebe Selassie:

Director of the African Department of the IMF since 2016. In the IMF career spanning 22 years, Mr. Selassie has worked in various parts of the institution. Most recently as Deputy Director of Africa Department(AFR), he was a key member of AFR’s senior management team, including overseeing the Fund’s highly successful effort to assist the three Ebola-stricken countries. In other AFR positions, he was senior resident representative in Uganda; mission chief for South Africa; has led work on AFR’s Regional Economic Outlook, and has worked closely with policymakers from many of the region’s frontier markets (Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, and Kenya) to its more fragile countries (Burkina Faso, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone).Before joining the Fund, Mr. Selassie worked for the Economist Intelligence Unit, specializing in sovereign credit risk issues, and then for the Ethiopian Government as Principal Economist in the Office of the President. He holds a B.A. in Economics from the City of London Polytechnic and a Masters in Economic History from the London School of Economics.

  

Mr. Roger Nord:

Deputy Director of the IMF’s African Department, he oversees country operations in East Africa and francophone West Africa. He also leads the work on public finance issues in Africa. Previously, he was IMF mission chief for several African countries, including Tanzania, Uganda, Cameroon, etc. Among his recent publications, he was the lead author of Tanzania –The Story of an African Transition (2009), He is a graduate of the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and of the University of Chicago.