The Report of Outcomes of Seminar and Workshop on Sustainable Growth and Structural Transformation in Africa is Released

The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in UK hosted an open seminar and workshop entitled “Financial Regulation in Low-Income Countries: Balancing Inclusive Development with Financial Stability” in Accra, Ghana in September 2013. Based on the results of both events, ODI released a report entitled “Sustainable growth and structural transformation in Africa: how can a stable and efficient financial sector help?”

The publication was co-edited by Dr. Dirk Willem te Velde, Head of Programme at the ODI and Professor Stephany Griffith-Jones of Columbia University. JICA-RI Senior Research Advisor Akio Hosono, a speaker at the seminar, contributed to the publication as one of the authors. In his article entitled “Development finance for structural transformation and inclusive growth: Asian experiences,” he explains that financial institutions in East Asia that provided long-term loans with low interest rates played an important role in the industrialization and inclusive development of the region.

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