Philip R Lane: The African Continental Free Trade Area - creating fiscal space for jobs and economic diversification Remarks by Mr Philip R Lane, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, at the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, 14 May 2018.
* * * I am delighted to be here today to address the Fifty First Session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development. Thank you Dr Songwe for extending this invitation to me.