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SUMMARY:Webinar on digital transformation of Ethiopia: Lessons from other c
 ountries
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:South-South Integration - Sharing of Policy Experiences\n\nThis
  webinar aims at sharing digital policy experiences of developing countrie
 s focusing on the lessons which can be learnt by Ethiopia. The paper prepa
 red by Policy Studies Institute\, Ethiopia under the UNCTAD-project will b
 e presented along with other country-experiences. It brings together polic
 y makers and researchers from various developing countries and addresses a
  wide audience. The objective is to stimulate domestic debate on the polic
 y agenda and the key priorities for the 2022.\n\nThe key objectives and ex
 pected outcomes of the event are the following:\n\n\nTo assess the challen
 ges faced by Ethiopia in its digital transformation\nTo discuss the lesson
 s that can be learnt by Ethiopia from other developing countries\, especia
 lly China which has been able to successfully transform itself from an agr
 arian economy to a global manufacturing and assembly hub and now into a di
 gital leader.\nTo create an open dialogue in which member States can gain 
 a better understanding of the key industrial and trade challenges that dev
 eloping countries are facing in the current global economic environment.\n
 \n\nProgramme \n\n(Central European Time)\n\nModerator: Dr. Rashmi Banga\,
  Senior Economic Affairs Officer\, UNCTAD\n\n14:00–14:05       Wel
 come address UNCTAD\n\n14:05–14:15       Keynote address: – Prof
 essor Beyene Peteros\, Executive Director of PSI\n\n14:15–15.00    
    Panel discussion\n\n\nTsegay Gebrekidan Tekleselassie\, Senior Resear
 cher\, PSI Ethiopia (15 mins)\nChanuka Wattegama\, Director of Policy\, IC
 TA\, Sri Lanka (10 mins)\nSafdar Sohail\, Dean\, NIPP and Member Prime Min
 ister’s Task Force on IT\, Pakistan (10 mins)\nEsther Sri Astuti Agusti
 n\, Program Director of the Institute for Development. of Economics and Fi
 nance (INDEF)\, Indonesia (10 mins)\n\n\n15:00–15:25       Open d
 iscussion (20 mins)\n\n15:25–15:30       Concluding remarks\, UNCT
 AD and PSI (5 mins)\n\nThe event will take place through zoom. Online regi
 stration is required.\n\nWatch video recording\nhttps://youtu.be/v21Ao9PGU
 Us?t=120&quot\; target=&quot\;_blank&quot\; title=&quot\;Open on YouTube\n
 \nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/webinar-digital-t
 ransformation-ethiopia-lessons-other-countries
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