NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Globalization and Poverty Conference

Ann Harrison, Organizer

September 10-12, 2004

Wequassett Inn

Cape Villa 1 & 2

Chatham, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10:

Globalization and Poverty in the Americas

1:00 PM PINELOPI GOLDBERG, Yale University and NBER

NINA PAVCNIK, Dartmouth College and NBER

The Effects of the Colombian Trade Liberalization on Urban Poverty

Discussant: CHANG-TAI HSIEH, UC, Berkeley and NBER

2:00 PM GORDON HANSON, UC, San Diego and NBER

Globalization and Labor Income in Mexico

Discussant: ESTHER DUFLO, MIT and NBER

3:00 PM Coffee Break

3:15 PM NAVA ASHRAF, Harvard University

MARGARET MCMILLAN, Tufts University

ALIX PETERSON-ZWANE, UC, Berkeley

My Policies or Yours: Do OECD Agricultural Policies Affect Poverty in Developing Countries?

Discussant: MITALI DAS, Columbia University

4:15 PM Coffee Break

Case Studies of India and China

4:30 PM ETHAN LIGON, UC, Berkeley

Risk and the Evolution of Inequality in China in an Era of Globalization

Discussant: SHANG-JIN WEI, IMF and NBER

5:30 PM PETIA TOPALOVA, MIT

Trade Liberalization, Poverty and Inequality: Evidence from Indian Districts

Discussant: ROBIN BURGESS, London School of Economics and NBER

6:30 PM Adjourn

7:00 PM Reception and Dinner

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11:

8:00 AM Continental Breakfast

Trade Models and Cross Country Evidence

8:30 AM DONALD DAVIS, Columbia University and NBER

Trade and Poverty: Insights from Theory

Discussant: MARC MELITZ, Harvard University and NBER

9:30 AM Coffee Break

9:45 AM WILLIAM EASTERLY, New York University

Globalization, Poverty, and All That: Factor Endowment versus Productivity Views

Discussant: AART KRAAY, World Bank

10:45 AM EMMA AISBETT, UC, Berkeley

Why are the Critics so Convinced that Globalization is Bad for the Poor?

Discussant: XAVIER SALA-I-MARTIN, Columbia University and NBER

11:45 AM AYHAN KOSE and ESWAR PRASAD, IMF

KENNETH ROGOFF, Harvard University and NBER

SHANG-JIN WEI, IMF and NBER

Financial Globalization, Growth and Volatility in Developing Countries

Discussant: SUSAN COLLINS, Georgetown University and NBER

12:45 PM Lunch

Globalization and Poverty in Africa

1:45 PM JORGE BALAT and GUIDO PORTO, World Bank

Globalization and Complementary Policies: Poverty Impacts on Rural Zambia

Discussant: MATTHEW SLAUGHTER, Dartmouth College and NBER

2:45 PM Coffee Break

3:00 PM JAMES LEVINSOHN, University of Michigan and NBER

MARGARET MCMILLAN, Tufts University

Does Food Aid Harm the Poor? Household Evidence from Ethiopia

Discussant: ROHINI PANDE, Yale University

4:00 PM JAMES LEVINSOHN, University of Michigan and NBER

Globalization and the Returns to Speaking English in South Africa

Discussant: RAQUEL FERNANDEZ, New York University and NBER

5:00 PM Adjourn

7:00 PM Reception and Dinner

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12:

8:00 AM Continental Breakfast

Assessing the Broader Impact of Globalization on Welfare Outcomes

8:30 AM BRANKO MILANOVIC and LYN SQUIRE, World Bank

Do Pro-Openness Policy Reforms Increase Wage Inequality?

Some Empirical Evidence

Discussant: DOUGLAS IRWIN, Dartmouth College and NBER

9:30 AM Coffee Break

9:45 AM DUNCAN THOMAS, UC, Los Angeles

Globalization, Crises and Households: Evidence from Indonesia

Discussant: DONALD COX, Boston College

10:45 AM CHOR-CHING GOH and BEATA SMARZYNSKA JAVORCIK, World Bank

Trade Protection and Industry Wage Structure in Poland

Discussant: IRENE BRAMBILLA, Yale University

11:45 AM Adjourn

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