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NATIONAL BUREAU OF
ECONOMIC RESEARCH |
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Simon Johnson and James
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April 21, 2006 |
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NBER |
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3rd Floor Conference Room |
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1050 Massachusetts Avenue |
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PROGRAM |
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THURSDAY,
APRIL 20: |
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6:30 pm |
Group Dinner |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel Skyline Room |
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FRIDAY, APRIL 21: |
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8:00 am |
Shuttle van departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for NBER |
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8:15 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:45 am |
Introduction:
MARTIN FELDSTEIN, Harvard University and NBER |
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Recent (Surprising & Encouraging) Success |
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Chair: JAMES ROBINSON, Harvard University and NBER |
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9:00 am |
ALAN GELB, World Bank Slides |
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African growth with and without aid. |
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9:45 am |
JEAN-PAUL AZAM, University of |
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Turning Devaluation
into Pro-Poor Growth: Senegal
(1994-2002) |
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10:30 am |
Break |
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10:45 am |
PAUL COLLIER, |
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Saving oil revenues for the first time and
improving public finance. |
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11:30 am |
EDWARD MIGUEL, UC, Berkeley and NBER: |
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Post-war recovery in Sierra Leone. |
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12:15 pm |
Lunch |
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Cross-Country Issues in Sustaining Success |
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Chair:
MARTIN FELDSTEIN, Harvard University and NBER |
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1:00 pm |
MARCEL FAFCHAMPS, |
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Macro implications of micro institutions. Are African micro level institutions a
constraint on growth? |
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1:45 pm |
JENNIFER WIDNER, |
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Establishing the rule of law encouraging evidence
and positive lessons from |
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2:30 pm |
PAUL SCHULTZ, |
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Demography:
A review of the evidence on completing the demographic transition in |
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3:15 pm |
Break |
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3:30 pm |
Concluding Roundtable: Are there poverty traps
in |
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Chair:
SIMON JOHNSON, MIT and NBER |
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ANDREW BERG, IMF
- Slides |
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BENJAMIN JONES, Northwestern University |
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BEN OLKEN, Harvard University - Slides |
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4:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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4/18/06 |
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