Events

Local government, human development: Chinese lessons for African Countries

CSEA Senior research fellow, Dr. Adedeji Adeniran participated in a workshop organized by the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) in Uganda. The workshop convened Policy makers, researchers, local government leaders and academics from UK and China meeting to discuss Chinese lessons for African Countries under the research theme  “Local government, human development: Chinese lessons for African Countries” . The main aim of the research is to examine whether local authorities can accelerate economic growth and development, identifying and evaluating Chinese experiences and exploring whether there are lessons from this that are applicable to low income Africa.
Dr. Adeniran presented CSEA’s report on “Exclusion in education in Nigeria: The dimensions, drivers and implications for the SDGs”. The event held on September 9-10, in Jinja, Uganda.