About
Programme - Jobs – Aid at work
08:00-09:00 | Registration and coffee |
09:30-11:00 | Research Results and the ‘big picture’ |
Professor Gary Fields, Cornell University – Aid, Growth and Jobs Dr Martin Rama, World Development Report 2013, World Bank – The World Bank’s World Development Report 2013 - Jobs Dr Abebe Shimeles, African Development Bank – The Employment Effects of AfDB Projects Dr John Page, Brookings / UNU-WIDER – Aid, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Africa Group Discussion, IML Polling, audience feedback |
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11:00-11:30 | Coffee |
11:30-13:00 | Reality check |
13:00-14:00 | Lunch |
14:00-15:30 | Drilling down: thematic and country results |
Professor Måns Söderbom, Gothenburg University and Dr John Page, Brookings / UNU-WIDER – Aid, Employment and Firm Dynamics in Africa Professor Keijiro Otsuka, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and Professor Tetsushi Sonobe, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies – Enabling Entrepreneurs Assistant Professor Sam Jones, University of Copenhagen and Professor Finn Tarp, Director of UNU-WIDER – Delivering good jobs in Mozambique: progress, problems, and possibilities Dr Martin Rama, World Development Report 2013, World Bank – How does Vietnam differ? Group Discussion, IML Polling, audience feedback |
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15:30-16:00 | Coffee |
16:00-16:45 | An interview with the Danish Minister for Development Cooperation – Christian Friis Bach |
Introduce IML (electronic polling) Meet the Panelists What is ReCom? An interview with Mr Ib Petersen, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and Professor Finn Tarp, Director of UNU-WIDER |
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16:45-17:30 | Conclusions |
09:00-09:30 | Who are we? Why are we here? |
Round table wrap up: conclusions, takeaways; next steps, including audience feedback and IML Polling | |
H.E. Morten Elkjær, Ambassador of Denmark to Bolivia and H.E. Johnny Flentø, Ambassador of Denmark to Tanzania and Carin Norberg, Director of the Nordic Africa Institute – What do donor policy makers need? How can we use these findings? What happens on the ground? Group Discussion, IML Polling, audience feedback |