Transforming Rural Africa Conference
Christopher B. Barrett, Michael Carter, Abebe Shimeles, Tavneet Suri, Christopher R. Udry, and Hanan Morsy, Organizers
February 28 - March 1, 2019
Supported by the African Development Bank
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
| Thursday, February 28 | ||||
| 8:00 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
| 8:30 am |
Session I Chair: Dr. Hanan Morsy, African Development Bank |
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Joshua Deutschmann, University of Chicago Maya Duru, The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Kim Siegal, One Acre Fund Emilia Tjernström, Monash University Information, Credit, and Inputs: the Impacts and Mechanisms of a Program to Raise Smallholder Productivity
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Kibrom A. Abay, International Food Policy Research Institute Leah Bevis, Ohio State University Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University Measurement Error Mechanisms Matter: Agricultural Intensification with Farmer Misperceptions and Misreporting
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| 10:30 am | Break | |||
| 11:00 am |
Session II Chair: Tavneet Suri, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER |
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Rute Martins Caeiro, Nova School of Business and Economics and NOVAFRICA From Learning to Doing: Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations in Guinea-Bissau
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Michael Carter, University of California, Davis and NBER Rachid Laajaj, University of Los Andes Dean Yang, University of Michigan and NBER Temporary Subsidies and the Adoption of Green Revolution Technologies by Mozambican Farmers and Their Social Networks
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| 1:00 pm | Lunch | |||
| 2:30 pm |
Session III Chair: Michael Carter, University of California, Davis and NBER |
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Denise Hörner, University of Goettingen Bouguen Adrien, Santa Clara University Markus Frolich, University of Mannheim Meike Wollni, University of Goettingen The Effects of Decentralized and Video-based Extension on the Adoption of Integrated Soil Fertility Management – Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia
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Shilpa Aggarwal, Indian School of Business Brian J. Giera, Amazon Research Dahyeon Jeong, World Bank Jonathan Robinson, University of California, Santa Cruz and NBER Alan Spearot, University of California at Santa Cruz Market Access, Trade Costs, and Technology Adoption: Evidence from Northern Tanzania
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| 4:30 pm | Adjourn | |||
| 6:30 pm | Conference Reception, location TBA | |||
| Friday, March 1 | ||||
| 8:00 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
| 8:30 am |
Session IV Dr. Abebe Shimeles, African Development Bank |
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Tilman Graff, Harvard University Spatial Inefficiencies in Africa’s Trade Network
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Ameet Morjaria, Northwestern University and NBER Richard Merton Peck, Northwestern University Entry, Growth, and Exit: Theory and Evidence from Ethiopia's Cut-Flower Exporters
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| 10:30 am | Break | |||
| 11:00 am |
Session V Christopher Barrett, Cornell University |
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Fo Kodjo Dzinyefa Aflagah, University of Maryland Tanguy Bernard, GREThA, University of Bordeaux, and International Food Policy Research Angelino Viceisza, Spelman College and NBER Cheap Talk and Coordination in the Lab and in the Field: Collective Commercialization in Senegal
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Aminou Arouna, AfricaRice Jeffrey D. Michler, University of Arizona Jourdain Lokossou, ICRISAT Contract Farming and Rural Transformation: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Benin
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| 1:00 pm | Lunch | |||
| 2:30 pm |
Session VI Christopher R. Udry, Northwestern University and NBER |
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Esther Delesalle, IRES UCLouvain The Impact of the Universal Primary Education Program on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Tanzania
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Toyin Samuel Olowogbon, University of Ilorin Raphael O. Babatunde, University of Ilorin, Nigeria Edward Asiedu, University of Ghana/Universityn of Passau How Can Inclusive Agricultural Health Policy Intervention Promote Shared Agricultural Productivity in Nigeria? Evidence from Randomized Control Trial
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| 4:30 pm | Adjourn | |||
| Meeting format: 35 minutes for presenters, 5 minutes for discussants, 20 minutes general discussion | ||||