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Growth Summit 2026: Economic Growth in a Changing Geopolitical and Development Landscape
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The Policy Center for the New South (PCNS) is pleased to organize, in partnership with the Center for Global Development (CGD) and Growth Teams (GT), the Growth Summit 2026 which will be held under the theme: “Economic Growth in a Changing Geopolitical and Development Landscape” on March 24-26, 2026, at PCNS headquarters, located within the Rabat Campus of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Rabat, Morocco.
Building on the success of the inaugural Growth Summit in October 2024, the second edition aims to identify tangible options and opportunities to promote economic growth in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs)– especially in light of the changing geopolitical and global development landscape. Over the course of three days, we will showcase tangible examples of growth-promoting interventions; explore growth challenges and opportunities in specific regions; and deepen relationships amongst leading academics, policymakers, funders, and practitioners working on growth.
More information will be shared soon.
Agenda
Day 1: Tuesday, March 24, 2026 | |
| 09:00-09:30 | Welcome coffee |
| 09:30-10:30 | Keynote 1: Global geopolitics, policy space, and development pathways |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00-12:15 | Parallel sessions
Parallel session 1: Back to basics: Macrofiscal management and growth in Africa
Parallel session 2: Sector transformation in action |
| 12:15-14:15 | Lunch |
| 14:15-15:30 | Parallel sessions
Parallel session 3: Funding what matters: Growth policy and strategy
Parallel session 4: Practical approaches to addressing the state capability constraint for growth |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00-17:00 | Keynote 2: How Africa works, and how Asia works |
Day 2: Wednesday, March 25, 2026 | |
| 08:30-09:00 | Welcome coffee |
| 09:00-09:30 | Presentation of “Export Boom Atlas” |
| 09:30-10:30 | Keynote 3: Morocco’s sectoral successes – Lessons for other African countries |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00-12:15 | Parallel sessions
Parallel session 5: Energy as the binding constraint to growth in Africa
Parallel session 6: Supporting cities to be engines of growth |
| 12:15-14:15 | Lunch |
| 14:15-15:30 | Parallel sessions
Parallel session 7: Funding what matters: High-growth firms
Parallel session 8: How AI might affect development pathways |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00-17:00 | Keynote 4: Firms, innovation, and the state in today’s geopolitics |
Day 3: Thursday, March 26, 2026 | |
Field trip and parallel activities | |
