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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Research Conference #1 of 3 on

Economic Research on African Development Successes

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

December 11-12, 2009

Royal Sonesta Hotel

40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard

Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

Shading indicates parallel sessions

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11
8:15 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	Welcome and updates on NBER Africa Project
9:10 am	The Return to Capital for Small Retailers in Kenya: Evidence from Inventories (Project 14 PRELIMINARY)
	MICHAEL KREMER, Harvard University and NBER
	JONATHAN ROBINSON, University of California, Santa Cruz
	OLGA ROSTAPSHOVA, Harvard University
	Discussant: TBA
10:10 am	Coffee Break
10:30 am	Policy and Contractual Uncertainty and Firm Behavior in Africa (Project 7 FINAL)
	MARY HALLWARD-DRIEMEIER, The World Bank
	LANT PRITCHETT, Harvard University
	Discussant: TBA
11:30 am	Family Ties, Inheritance Rights and Successful Poverty Alleviation (Ghana) (Project 15 PRELIMINARY)
	EDWARD KUTSOATI, Tufts University
	RANDALL MORCK, University of Alberta and NBER
	Discussant: TBA
12:30 pm	Lunch
	FRIDAY PARALLEL SESSION 1: FINANCE AND MARGINAL PRODUCT OF CAPITAL
1:30 pm	The Financial System in Burundi: An Investigation of its Efficiency in Resource Mobilization and Allocation (Project 16 PRELIMINARY)
	LEONCE NDIKUMANA, African Development Bank
	JANVIER NKURUNZIZA, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
	PRIME NYAMOYA, OGI Consulting Group, Burundi
	Discussant: TBA
2:30 pm	Coffee Break
2:45 pm	Is capital allocated efficiently within the African countries? (Project 26 PRELIMINARY)
	SEBNEM KALEMLI-OZCAN, University of Houston and NBER
	BENT SORENSEN, University of Houston
	Discussant: TBA
3:45 pm	Coffee Break
4:00 pm	African Success: Nigerian Banks, the Economy, and the Poor (Project 27 PRELIMINARY)
	LISA COOK, Michigan State University
	Discussant: TBA
5:00 pm	Adjourn
	FRIDAY PARALLEL SESSION 2: SCHOOLING AND HEALTH
1:30 pm	Evaluating the Effects of Large Scale Health Interventions in Developing Countries: The Zambian Malaria Initiative (Project 3 FINAL)
	NAVA ASHRAF, Harvard University and NBER
	GŰNTHER FINK, Harvard University
	DAVID N. WEIL, Brown University and NBER
	Discussant: TBA
2:30 pm	Coffee Break
2:45 pm	What drives success in children’s educational outcomes in extremely poor villages in rural West Africa? Can we use the answer to design programs to mimic that success throughout the region? (Guinea-Bissau) (Project 23 PRELIMINARY)
	PETER BOONE, London School of Economics
	SIMON JOHNSON, MIT and NBER
	Discussant: TBA
3:45 pm	Coffee Break
4:00 pm	Schooling Quality and Quantity: What Impact Does It Have on Health in Malawi? (Project 24 PRELIMINARY)
	SARAH BAIRD, University of California, San Diego
	EPHRAIM CHIRWA, University of Malawi
	JACOBUS JOOST DE HOOP, Tinbergen Institute
	CRAIG McINTOSH, University of California, San Diego
	BERK ÖZLER, The World Bank
	Discussant: TBA
5:00 pm	Adjourn
6:30 pm	Dinner Bambara Brasserie, at the Hotel Marlowe (across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel) 25 Edwin H. Land Boulevard Cambridge, Massachusetts
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12
8:15 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	Reducing Gender-Based Violence in Africa: Economic, Social and Legal Interventions (Burundi, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia) (Project 21 PRELIMINARY)
	RADHA IYENGAR, London School of Economics and NBER
	Discussant: TBA
10:00 am	Coffee Break
10:20-11:20 am	State versus Consumer Regulation: The Case of Road Safety in Kenya (Project 25 PRELIMINARY)
	JAMES HABYARIMANA, Georgetown University
	WILLIAM JACK, Georgetown University
	Discussant: TBA
	SATURDAY PARALLEL SESSION 1: MACRO VIEWS
11:30 am	Assessing African Successes, West and South: the Cases of Cape Verde and Mozambique (Project 12 FINAL)
	Manuel Caldeira Cabral, Universidade do Minho
	Jorge Braga de Macedo, Universidade Nova de Lisboa and NBER
	JosÉ MÁrio Guerreiro Lopes, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
	LuÍs Brites Pereira, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
	Discussant: TBA
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Lesotho and the Determinants of African Export Performance (Project 17 PRELIMINARY)
	LAWRENCE EDWARDS, University of Cape Town
	ROBERT LAWRENCE, Harvard University and NBER
	Discussant: TBA
2:30 pm	Mauritius: African Success Story (Project 19 PRELIMINARY)
	JEFFREY FRANKEL, Harvard University and NBER
	Discussant: TBA
3:30 pm	Adjourn
	SATURDAY PARALLEL SESSION 2: AGRICULTURE
11:30 am	The Effects of Food Aid on Production and Health Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda) (Project 13 PRELIMINARY)
	NATHAN NUNN, Harvard University and NBER
	NANCY QIAN, Yale University and NBER
	Discussant: TBA
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Exchange Rates and Market Integration: The Impact of the CFA Devaluation on Agricultural Markets in Niger (Project 9 FINAL)
	JENNY AKER, Tufts University
	MICHAEL KLEIN, Tufts University and NBER
	STEPHEN O’CONNELL, Swarthmore College
	Discussant: TBA
2:30 pm	Agriculture in Africa: An Exploration of Macro Factors (Project 1 FINAL)
	DOUGLAS GOLLIN, Williams College
	RICHARD ROGERSON, Arizona State University and NBER
	Discussant: TBA
3:30 pm	Adjourn
	Note on Time Allocation (60 minutes per project): Authors:                     30 min.             Discussants:              10 min.             General discussion:  20 min.
	Instructions to the Presenters: Please load your presentation files onto the laptop in the conference room before the relevant session.
	Instructions to the Discussants: In the spirit of the Africa Project, please give comments that are helpful rather than critical.
Updated 11/24/09