UNU-WIDER hosts special session at the AERC biannual research workshop

UNU-WIDER hosts special session at the AERC biannual research workshop on ‘The job ladder’

Wed, 30 November 2022

As part of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) biannual research workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, UNU-WIDER coordinates a special session on the forthcoming book The job ladder: Transforming informal work and livelihoods in developing countries, due for release February 2023. 

The session includes a presentation by book co-editor and UNU-WIDER Research Fellow Michael Danquah, with discussants Maureen Were, researcher in the Central Bank of Kenya, and Anthony Wambugu, professor at University of Nairobi. The event is chaired by Professor Thѐophile Azomahou, Ag. Executive Director, AERC.

Agenda 
16:00 – 16:30 Presentation by Michael Danquah, Research Fellow, UNU-WIDER
16:30 – 16:40 Comments from Maureen Were, Manager, Macroeconomic Modelling and Forecasting Division, Research Department, Central Bank of Kenya
16:40 – 16:50 Comments from Anthony Wambugu, Professor in the Department of Economic, University of Nairobi
16:50 – 17:10 Audience discussion
17:10 – 17:20 Closing remarks Director of Research, AERC