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LOCATION:Online\, 
SUMMARY:Side event at 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Develop
 ment
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Promoting export diversification: The catalytic role of service
 s\n\nAfrica is among the least diversified regions in the world with regar
 ds to exports. Commodities account for more than 60 per cent of total merc
 handise exports in 45 of the 54 African countries\, leaving them highly v
 ulnerable to global commodity prices shocks and undermining the continent&
 #039\;s inclusive growth and development prospects.\n\nUNCTAD research sho
 ws that neglecting the potentially transformative role of high knowledge
 –intensive services\, such as information and communications technology\
 , business services and digital financial services\, is among the key reas
 ons why export diversification remains a challenge in Africa.\n\nThis side
  event will feature strategic insights from African governments\, developm
 ent partners and leading business and investment executives\, on how Afric
 an countries and development partners can support unlocking high knowledge
 -intensive services to enhance the diversification of African economies.\n
 \nQuestions to be addressed\n\n\nWhat role can private sector\, innovation
  and technology play in facilitating the AfCFTA?\nCan private sector finan
 cing be mobilized for public investments/public goods that in turn increas
 e efficiency and strengthen transformation in private sector?\nWhat is the
  role of development partners in promoting growth of knowledge-intensive s
 ervices and facilitation linkages between services and diversification?\n\
 n\n \n&lt\;h3 class=&quot\;text-align-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.or
 g\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/side-event-8th-tokyo-international-conferenc
 e-african-development
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