The AFEA Annual Conference for 2013 will be held in San Diego, California as part of the ASSA meetings. The Conference dates are Friday, January 4 through Sunday, January 6, 2013. The AFEA invites anyone wishing to present a paper at the Conference to submit an abstract or a complete paper by Friday, April 20, 2012. Abstracts must be submitted to the President-Elect, in a word or PDF (preferred) format, to mbaliamo@unf.edu This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Priority will be given to completed papers. We are currently seeking papers on “ISSUES IN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION” We highly encourage submissions of papers on African Economic Development by young economists and graduate students for consideration at this conference or other conferences in the near future.