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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

 

Research Conference #2 of 3 on

Economic Research on African Development Successes

 

Sebastian Edwards, Simon Johnson, and David N. Weil, Organizers

 

In collaboration with the Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER)

 

July 18-20, 2010

 

La Palm Royal Beach Hotel

Accra, Ghana

 

Participant List

 

Charles Ackah

University of Ghana, Legon

Clement Ahiadeke

ISSER

Jenny Aker

Tufts University

Yaw Ansu

Africa Center for Economic Transformation, Ghana

Kofi Awusabo-Asare

University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Oliver Babson

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Sarah Baird

George Washington University

Robert Bates

Harvard University

Steven Block

Tufts University

Peter Boone

London School of Economics

Kwesi Botchwey

Economic Advisory Council, Ghana

Katherine Casey

Brown University

IsaĆ­as Chaves

Stanford University

Lisa Cook

Michigan State University

Jacobus de Hoop

Tinbergen Institute, The Netherlands

Jorge Braga de Macedo

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal and NBER

Taryn Dinkelman

Princeton University

Ishac Diwan

World Bank

William Easterly

New York University and NBER

Lawrence Edwards

University of Cape Town

Sebastian Edwards

UC, Los Angeles and NBER

Falilou Fall

Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, France

Giulia Ferrari

London School of Economics

Jeffrey Frankel

Harvard University and NBER

James Habyarimana

Georgetown University

William Jack

Georgetown University

Simon Johnson

MIT and NBER

Edward Kutsoati

Tufts University

Rafael La Porta

Dartmouth College and NBER

Robert Lawrence

Harvard University and NBER

Murray Leibbrandt

University of Cape Town

Isaac Mbiti

Southern Methodist University

Kupukile Mlambo

African Development Bank

Patricia Mlozi

Bank of Tanzania

Randall Morck

University of Alberta and NBER

Benno Ndulu

Bank of Tanzania

Janvier Nkurunziza

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Nathan Nunn

Harvard University and NBER

Prime Nyamoya

OGI Consulting Group, Burundi

Yaw Nyarko

New York University

Moses Oduh

African Institute for Applied Economics, Nigeria

Abena Oduro

University of Ghana, Legon

Oyebola Olabisi

Harvard University

Philip Osafo-Kwaako

Harvard University

Robert Osei

ISSER

Isaac Osei-Akoto

ISSER

Emily Oster

University of Chicago and NBER

Mumukshu Patel

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Elisa Pepe

NBER

Peter Quartey

ISSER

Ariell Reshef

University of Virginia

James Robinson

Harvard University and NBER

Michael Samson

Economic Policy Research Institute, South Africa

Rebecca Thornton

University of Michigan

David N. Weil

Brown University and NBER