6th Bordeaux Workshop in International Economics and Finance

Africa and global commodity markets: towards a new paradigm?

Friday, september 28, 2018
9h-18h

Program
Amphi Manon Cornier, Campus Pessac, Av. Léon Duguit
PESSAC, FRANCE

9h-9h15: Reception and registration

9h15-9h30: Opening

9h30-10h30: Keynote speech. John Baffes (The World Bank),
“Commodity price dynamics and macroeconomic realities in African countries: from economic theory to practices”.

10h30-11h15: Mamadou Tanou BALDE (CERDI, Clermont-Auvergne University),
“Public spending and growth in Sub-Saharan African natural resource-rich countries”.

11h15-11h30: Coffee break

11h30-12h15: Btissam El Bahraoui (MINES ParisTech, PSL Research University, CERNA),
“Price transmission in Phosphate Supply Chain. An application of NARDL mode”.

Lunch Break

14h-15h: Keynotes speech. Janvier NKurunziza (United Nations Conference for Trade and Development),
“Commodities in Africa: Generating and Sharing Wealth for the Benefit of All”.

15h-15h45: Roland Kangni Kpodar (International Monetary Fund), Maëlan Le Goff (Banque de France), Raju Jan Singh (The World Bank),
“Financial Deepening, Terms of Trade Shocks, and Growth Volatility”.

15h45-16h00: Coffee break

16h00-16h45: Clément Nouail (LAREFI, University of Bordeaux),
“Optimal organization in oil industry: implication for African producers”.

16h45-17h00: Concluding remarks