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Experiments for Development: Achievements and New
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March 18-19, 2013 |
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Organizers:
Shin-ichi Fukuda, Takeo Hoshi, and Tetsushi Sonobe |
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Sponsors:
Center for Economic Policy Research, National Bureau of Economic Research,
Tokyo Center for Economic Research, and the National Graduate Institute for
Policy Studies |
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Venue: National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo,
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Program |
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Monday,
March 18 |
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Chair:
Takeo Hoshi, Stanford University and
NBER |
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10:15 am |
David McKenzie, World Bank Aidan Coville, World Bank Ana Fernandes, World Bank Markus
Goldstein, World Bank |
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Discussant: Keijiro Otsuka, GRIPS |
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11:15 am |
Tetsushi Sonobe, GRIPS |
Yukichi Mano, Hitotsubashi University |
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Teaching KAIZEN
to Small Business Owners: An Experiment in a Metalworking Cluster in Nairobi |
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Discussant: Yoshito Takasaki, University of Tsukuba |
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12:15 pm |
Lunch |
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Chair:
Tetsushi Sonobe, GRIPS |
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1:30 pm |
Alistair Munro, GRIPS |
Bereket Kebede, University of East Anglia |
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Autonomy and Efficiency. An
Experiment on Household Decisions in Two Regions of India |
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Discussant: Maria Socorro Gochoco-Bautista, Asian Development Bank |
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2:30 pm |
Coffee Break |
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2:45 pm |
Tahir Andrabi, Pomona College |
Jishnu Das, World
Bank |
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Asim Ijaz Khwaja, Harvard University
and NBER |
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Discussant: Yukichi Mano, Hitotsubashi University |
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3:45 pm |
Tomoya
Matsumoto, GRIPS |
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Disseminating New
Farming Practice among Small Scale Farmers: Experimental Intervention in
Uganda |
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Discussant: Takashi
Kurosaki, Hitotsubashi University |
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4:45 pm |
Adjourn |
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6:00 pm |
Dinner |
Tofuro |
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4-9-8
Roppongi, Minato-ku,
Tokyo |
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Tuesday,
March 19 |
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Chair:
Shin-ichi Fukuda, University of Tokyo |
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9:30 am |
Russell Toth, University of Sydney |
Alex Oo, University of Sydney |
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Discussant: Masahiro Shoji, Seijo
University |
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10:30 am |
Hisaki Kono, Institute of Developing Economies |
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Microcredit Games with Noisy Signals: Collision or
Free-Riding? |
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Discussant: Bhanupong Nidhiprabha, Thammasat
University |
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11:30 am |
Lunch and Adjourn |
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