Past Event

The High Commission for the Republic of South Africa in Canada and the Institute of African Studies at Carleton University

invite you to the “Africa Dialogue Series” talk

The Africa Capacity Indicators Reports: The Promise and Challenges Ahead

Dr. Moses Kiggundu

When: Tuesday, 2 October 2012

Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Where: Arts Lounge, 2017 Dunton Tower, Carleton University (“DT” on campus map, http://carleton.ca/campus/)

Refreshments will be served

The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) was founded in 1992. It was conceived as an African institution designed to forge partnerships between African governments and the international donor community to help build critically needed development capacities in support of the reforms. It has evolved as the leading African institution in Africa in the areas of capacity and capacity development.  This presentation will provide a brief background and introduction of ACBF’s Africa Capacity Indicators (ACI) and the Africa Capacity Indicators Reports (ACIR).  It will summarize some of the key findings, policy and research implications, and lessons so far learnt. Looking ahead, the presentation will identify some of the challenges of producing indicators in general, and ACI in particular.

Moses Kiggundu is Professor of Management and International Business at the Sprott School of Business, Carleton University. His research focuses on international development management, managing globalization and creating conditions for the development of a competitive, equitable and inclusive economy and society in developing countries and emerging economies. He is currently working on various aspects of African capacity building including China-Africa legal and judicial systems for mutual benefits. He is the author of the dated but popular Managing Organizations in Developing Countries: An Operational and Strategic Approach (Kumerian Press, 1998), and Managing Globalization in Developing Countries and Transition Economies: Building Capacities for a Changing World (Greenwood, 2002).  

The Africa Dialogue Series at Carleton University seeks to promote the better understanding and discussions of current policy issues facing the African continent.  Through an informed presentation concerning one of the complex and substantive policy issues facing policy-makers and societies at large in the continent, the series aims to engage students and the wider public in Ottawa-Gatineau in a dialogue concerning the implications of global issues forAfrica.  The Africa Dialogue Series is jointly organized by the South African High Commission in Canada and Carleton University’s Institute of African Studies.
Poster.