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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH |
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Research Conference #1 of 3 on |
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Economic Research on African Development Successes |
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Sebastian Edwards, Simon Johnson, and David N. Weil, Organizers |
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December 11-12, 2009 |
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PROGRAM |
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Shading indicates parallel sessions |
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11 |
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8:15 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 am |
Welcome and updates on NBER Africa Project |
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9:10 am |
The Return to Capital for Small Retailers in |
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MICHAEL
KREMER, |
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JONATHAN
ROBINSON, |
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OLGA
ROSTAPSHOVA, |
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Discussant: BENT SORENSEN, |
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10:10 am |
Coffee Break |
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10:30 am |
Deals versus Rules: Policy
Implementation Uncertainty and Why Firms Hate It |
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MARY
HALLWARD-DRIEMEIER, The World Bank |
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LANT
PRITCHETT, |
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Discussant: STEPHEN
O'CONNELL, |
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11:30 am |
Family Ties, Inheritance Rights and Successful
Poverty Alleviation ( |
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EDWARD
KUTSOATI, |
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RANDALL MORCK, |
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Discussant: JAMES POTERBA, MIT and NBER |
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12:30 pm |
Lunch ( |
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FRIDAY
PARALLEL SESSION 1: |
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1:30 pm |
The Financial System in |
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LEONCE
NDIKUMANA, African Development Bank |
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JANVIER NKURUNZIZA, United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development (UNCTAD) |
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PRIME NYAMOYA, OGI Consulting Group, |
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Discussant: LANT PRITCHETT, |
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2:30 pm |
Coffee Break |
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2:45 pm |
Misallocation,
Property Rights, and Access to Finance: Evidence from Within and Across
Africa (Project 26 PRELIMINARY) (Slides) |
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SEBNEM
KALEMLI-OZCAN, |
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BENT
SORENSEN, |
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Discussant: MARY HALLWARD-DRIEMEIER, The World Bank |
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3:45 pm |
Coffee Break |
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4:00 pm |
An African Success: Banking in |
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LISA COOK, |
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Discussant: BENNO NDULU, Governor, Bank of |
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5:00 pm |
Adjourn |
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FRIDAY
PARALLEL SESSION 2: |
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1:30 pm |
Evaluating the Effects
of Large Scale Health Interventions in Developing Countries: The Zambian
Malaria Initiative (Project 3 FINAL) (Slides) |
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NAVA ASHRAF, |
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GŰNTHER FINK, |
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DAVID N. WEIL,
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Discussant: MICHAEL KREMER, |
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2:30 pm |
Coffee Break |
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2:45 pm |
What drives success in children's educational
outcomes in poor villages in rural West Africa, the case of |
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PETER BOONE, |
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SIMON
JOHNSON, MIT and NBER |
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Discussant: BERK ÖZLER, The World Bank |
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3:45 pm |
Coffee Break |
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4:00 pm |
Health
Impacts of a Schooling CCT Intervention ( |
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SARAH BAIRD, |
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EPHRAIM CHIRWA, |
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JACOBUS JOOST DE HOOP, Tinbergen Institute |
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CRAIG McINTOSH, |
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BERK ÖZLER, The World Bank |
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Discussant: JAMES HABYARIMANA, |
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5:00 pm |
Adjourn |
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6:30 pm |
Dinner Bambara Brasserie, at the Hotel Marlowe (across the street
from the Royal Sonesta Hotel) |
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 |
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8:15 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 am |
Reducing Gender-based Violence: Evaluating Interventions
in South, Central, and |
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RADHA
IYENGAR, |
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Discussant:
PUNAM CHUHAN-POLE, The World Bank |
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10:00 am |
Coffee
Break |
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10:20-11:20 am |
State versus Consumer Regulation: The Case of Road
Safety in |
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JAMES
HABYARIMANA, |
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WILLIAM
JACK, |
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Discussant:
DOUGLAS
GOLLIN, |
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SATURDAY
PARALLEL SESSION 1: |
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11:30 am |
Cape Verde and Mozambique
as Development Successes in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Jorge Braga de Macedo, Universidade Nova de Lisboa and NBER |
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LuÍs Brites Pereira, Universidade Nova de
Lisboa |
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Discussant: LEONCE NDIKUMANA, African Development
Bank |
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12:30 pm |
Lunch |
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1:30 pm |
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ROBERT
LAWRENCE, |
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Discussant:
RAFAEL PORTILLO, IMF |
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2:30 pm |
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JEFFREY
FRANKEL, |
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Discussant:
SIMON JOHNSON, MIT AND NBER |
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3:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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SATURDAY
PARALLEL SESSION 2: |
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11:30 am |
Food Security and Infant
Mortality (Project 13 PRELIMINARY) (Slides) |
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NATHAN NUNN, |
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NANCY QIAN, |
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Discussant: STEVEN BLOCK, |
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12:30 pm |
Lunch |
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1:30 pm |
International and
Intra-national Market Segmentation and Integration in West Africa ( |
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JENNY
AKER, |
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MICHAEL
KLEIN, |
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STEPHEN O'CONNELL, |
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Discussant: JONATHAN ROBINSON, |
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2:30 pm |
The Greatest of All Improvements: Roads,
Agriculture, and Economic Development in Africa (Project 1 FINAL) (Slides) |
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DOUGLAS GOLLIN, |
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RICHARD ROGERSON, |
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Discussant: DIEGO COMIN, |
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3:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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Note on Time Allocation (60 minutes per project): |
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Instructions to the Presenters: |
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Instructions to the Discussants: |
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Updated 12/10/09 |
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