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:
Lunch
Globalization and Poverty in the Americas
1:00 PMPINELOPI 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 PMGORDON HANSON, UC, San Diego and NBER
Globalization and Labor Income in Mexico
Discussant: ESTHER DUFLO, MIT and NBER
3:00 PMCoffee Break
3:15 PMNAVA 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 PMCoffee Break
Case Studies of India and China
4:30 PMETHAN 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 PMPETIA TOPALOVA, MIT
Trade Liberalization, Poverty and Inequality: Evidence from Indian Districts
Discussant: ROBIN BURGESS, London School of Economics and NBER
6:30 PMAdjourn
7:00 PMReception and Dinner
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11:
8:00 AMContinental Breakfast
Trade Models and Cross Country Evidence
8:30 AMDONALD DAVIS, Columbia University and NBER
Trade and Poverty: Insights from Theory
Discussant: MARC MELITZ, Harvard University and NBER
9:30 AMCoffee Break
9:45 AMWILLIAM EASTERLY, New York University
Globalization, Poverty, and All That: Factor Endowment versus Productivity Views
Discussant: AART KRAAY, World Bank
10:45 AMEMMA 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 AMAYHAN 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 PMLunch
Globalization and Poverty in Africa
1:45 PMJORGE BALAT and GUIDO PORTO, World Bank
Globalization and Complementary Policies: Poverty Impacts on Rural Zambia
Discussant: MATTHEW SLAUGHTER, Dartmouth College and NBER
2:45 PMCoffee Break
3:00 PMJAMES 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 PMJAMES 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 PMAdjourn
7:00 PMReception and Dinner
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12:
8:00 AMContinental Breakfast
Assessing the Broader Impact of Globalization on Welfare Outcomes
8:30 AMBRANKO 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 AMCoffee Break
9:45 AMDUNCAN THOMAS, UC, Los Angeles
Globalization, Crises and Households: Evidence from Indonesia
Discussant: DONALD COX, Boston College
10:45 AMCHOR-CHING GOH and BEATA SMARZYNSKA JAVORCIK, World Bank
Trade Protection and Industry Wage Structure in Poland
Discussant: IRENE BRAMBILLA, Yale University
11:45 AMAdjourn
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