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NATIONAL BUREAU OF
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Pre-Conference on |
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Research on African Development Successes |
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Sebastian Edwards,
Simon Johnson, and David N. Weil, Organizers |
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February 27-28, 2009 |
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NBER |
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2nd Floor Conference
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PROGRAM |
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27 |
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Shuttle leaves Royal Sonesta Hotel for NBER at 8:15
am and 8:30 am |
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8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 am |
Welcome and brief background about the NBER Africa
Project |
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9:10 am |
Agriculture in |
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DOUGLAS
GOLLIN, |
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RICHARD
ROGERSON, |
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Discussant: STEVEN BLOCK, |
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10:10 am |
Coffee Break |
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10:30 am |
Leapfrogging the Neighbors: The Penetration and
Socioeconomic Effects of Information Communications Technologies in
Landlocked |
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TARYN DINKELMAN, Princeton University |
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ANGELA MSOSA, National Statistical |
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EMILY OSTER, |
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REBECCA
THORNTON, |
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DERIC
ZANERA, National Statistical |
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Discussant: SIMON JOHNSON, MIT and NBER |
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11:30 am |
Demographic
Pressure and Institutional Change: Village-Level Response to Rural Population
Growth in |
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HAROUNAN KAZIANGA, |
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AUGUSTINE LANGYINTUO, International Maize and |
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WILLIAM MASTERS, |
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MARGARET
McMILLAN, |
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Discussant: NANCY QIAN, |
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12:30 pm |
Lunch |
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1:30 pm |
The Brain Drain, Brain Circulation and Economic
Growth in Sub-Saharan |
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YAW NYARKO, |
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Discussant: SEBASTIAN EDWARDS, UC, |
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2:30 pm |
Healing
the Wounds: Learning from Sierra Leone’s Post-war Institutional Reforms
(Project 6) |
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RACHEL
GLENNERSTER, MIT |
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EDWARD
MIGUEL, |
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KATHERINE
WHITESIDE CASEY, Brown University |
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Discussant: STEVEN RADELET, Center for Global
Development |
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3:30 pm |
Coffee Break |
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3:50 pm |
Policy and
Contractual Uncertainty and Firm Behavior in Africa |
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MARY
HALLWARD-DRIEMEIER, The World Bank |
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LANT
PRITCHETT, |
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Discussant: RAFAEL LA PORTA, |
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4:50 pm |
Micro-Economic Evidence on a Transition to Democracy
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JAMES LEVINSOHN, |
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JUSTIN McCRARY, |
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(presented by David Weil) |
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Discussant: ERIC WERKER, |
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5:50 pm |
Adjourn |
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Shuttles to the Royal Sonesta Hotel leave at 6:00
and 6:15 p.m. |
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7:00 pm |
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28 |
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Shuttle leaves Royal Sonesta Hotel for NBER at 8:15
am and 8:30 am |
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8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 am |
Exchange Rates and Market Integration: The Impact of
the CFA Devaluation on Agricultural Markets in |
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JENNY AKER, Center for Global Development |
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MICHAEL KLEIN, |
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STEPHEN
O’CONNELL, |
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Discussant: WILBERFORCE KISAMBA-MUGERWA, National
Planning |
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10:00 am |
Coffee Break |
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10:20 am |
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NAVA ASHRAF,
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GŰNTHER
FINK, |
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DAVID N. WEIL,
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Discussant: TBA |
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11:20 am |
Assessing
African Successes, West and South: the Cases of Cape Verde and Mozambique
(Project 12) |
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Manuel Caldeira Cabral,
Universidade do |
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Jorge Braga de Macedo, Universidade Nova de
Lisboa and NBER |
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JosÉ MÁrio Guerreiro Lopes, Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
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LuÍs Brites Pereira, Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
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Discussant: JEFFREY FRANKEL, |
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12:20 pm |
Q&A with co-chairs about logistics or joining
the NBER Africa Project |
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12:35 pm |
Lunch and 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
2/25/09 |
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