Sahel Economic Forum

The World Bank and Université Thomas Sankara de Ouagadougou jointly organize this first edition on June 15-16, 2023. The conference's topic is Social Contract and Socio-Economic Challenges in the Sahel. This topic is particularly relevant to the Sahel region, which is experiencing a combination of food insecurity, armed conflicts, demographic, and climate shocks.

How to enter:
Send us your paper following the APPLY button at the top right of this page, fill in the information needed, and follow the steps.

Deadline:
Submissions are due April 30, 2023, Sunday, 11:59 EDT.

CALL OF PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Selection:
Interested authors are invited to submit a detailed abstract or a draft of their paper on the platform by April 30, 2023. Papers will be judged by a scientific committee (see members list below). After the selection process, the scientific committee will contact the selected authors whose papers have been selected by May 15, 2023, via the contact information provided with their submission. Selected papers will be published in the special edition of an academic journal, such as the Journal of Modern African Studies or African Affairs.

The scientific committee is composed of World Bank staff, academia, and researchers:

• Gael Raballand: Practice Manager, World Bank
• Fulbert Tchana Tchana: Program Leader, World Bank
• Pr. Pam Zahonogo: President of Université Thomas Sankara de Ouagadougou
• Pr. Florent Song-Naba: VP Research, Université Thomas Sankara de Ouagadougou
• Pr. Issouf Soumaré: Professor, Université Laval
• Theo David Thomas: Practice Manager, World Bank
• Christophe Rockmore: Practice Leader, World Bank
• Pierre Xavier Bonneau: Program Leader, World Bank
• Ousmane Kolie: Senior Public Sector Specialist, World Bank
• Pr Kimseyinga Savadogo, Université Thomas Sankara
• Pr Dominique W. Kabré, VP of pedagogical innovations, Université Thomas Sankara
• Kodzovi Abalo: Senior Economist, World Bank
• Kabinet Kaba: Fellow, World Bank

Terms and Conditions:
By submitting an entry, you will retain the copyright to the entry and agree to grant the World Bank the non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free and worldwide permission to use and publicly display, use in printed publications of the World Bank, its social media platforms, its websites, or in any other media with appropriate attribution to you as the copyright owner of the winning entries. The World Bank has the sole discretion to use or not use an entry, or to take down an entry already posted to any of its digital channels. For avoidance of doubt, these rights will revert for entries submitted but not selected.

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All Bank decisions are final and unappealable.

You represent and warrant that you are the rightful owner of the entry and of all rights associated with the entry; that you have (a) not infringed on any third-party rights, including copyrights, trademarks, industrial property, trade secrets, confidentiality obligations and rights of privacy and publicity, and have the necessary written release(s) or permission(s) to use any third party rights or intellectual property (b) not violated any applicable law(s) in any countries in the world and (c) not used any generative AI tools in preparing any part of the paper.

By joining this Sahel Economic Forum call of papers, you agree that the Bank has the right to verify the ownership and originality of any entry. You shall submit a written copy of any release or permission you have received from a third-party granting permission. If an entry is selected as a winning entry, and the ownership rights and the originality of an entry cannot be verified, the Bank may select an alternate winner. All Bank decisions are final.

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Privacy:
To participate in the Sahel Economic Forum call of papers, the World Bank will collect your personal data, including your name, email and country of residence. This data will be deleted after two (2) years from the end of this call of papers. The World Bank will process your personal data in accordance with these Terms and Conditions and with our Privacy Notice. As this is an activity jointly organized with Université Thomas Sankara de Ouagadougou, personal data may be shared with such institution. By entering this call of papers, you agree to World Bank’s use of your entry and processing of your personal data. As the Sahel Economic Forum Call of Papers website will be hosted by an external vendor (Screendoor), some types of personal data may be processed by that vendor according to its own Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about the processing of your personal data by the World Bank, please contact privacy@worldbank.org

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