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Conference programme: Think development - Think WIDER

Programme for the Think development – Think WIDER conference. Last updated 12 September 2018.

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Thursday 13 September

TIME	EUROPAEA	FENNIA 1	NORDIA	NAUTICA
08:00-09:00	Registration
09:00-10:45	Plenary 1 \| Video Chair: Satu Santala Opening: Finn Tarp Welcoming address: Anne-Mari Virolainen, Minister of Foreign Trade and Development, Finland Keynote 1 \| Republic of beliefs: a new approach to law and economics by Kaushik Basu \| PPT
10:45-11:15	Coffee
11:15-13:00	Parallel 1.1 \| Video Industries without smokestacks: industrialization in Africa reconsidered Chair: John Page Presenters Richard Newfarmer \| PPT Emiko Fukase \| PPT Nkechi Owoo \| PPT Discussant Louis Kasekende	Parallel 1.2 \| Video Aid, peace, and fragile states Chair: Rachel Gisselquist Presenters David Carment \| PPT Helena Pérez Niño \| PPT Jussi Ojala \| PPT	Parallel 1.3 \| Video Poverty, inequality, and jobs Chair: Lucy Scott Presenters Giovanni Andrea Cornia \| PPT Andy Sumner \| PPT Arief Yusuf \| PPT James Foster \| PPT Discussant Paola Ballón \| PPT	Parallel 1.4 \| Video Discrimination and affirmative action Chair: Ashwini Deshpande Presenters Dieter von Fintel \| PPT Victoire Girard \| PPT Joseph Vecci \| PPT Ashwini Deshpande \| PPT
13:00-14:00	Lunch
14:00-15:45	Parallel 2.1 \| Video IMF session: Inclusive growth – income inequality, structural transformation, and gender diversity Chair: Maxwell Opoku-Afari Presenters Jonathan D. Ostry \| PPT Chris Papageorgiou \| PPT Stefania Fabrizio \| PPT Davide Furceri \| PPT Discussant Benno Ndulu	Parallel 2.2 \| Video Made in Africa Chair: Carol Newman Presenters Carol Newman \| PPT Wided Mattoussi \| PPT John Rand \| PPT Discussants Haroon Bhorat \| PPT Witness Simbanegavi	Parallel 2.3 \| Video Agricultural technology adoption and impact Chair: Travis Lybbert Presenters Luc Christiaensen \| PPT Alain de Janvry \| PPT Catherine Guirkinger \| PPT Discussant Willis Oluoch-Kosura	Parallel 2.4 \| Video Tax and benefit policies Chair: Pia Rattenhuber Presenters Michael Noble \| PPT Gemma Wright \| PPT Xavier Jara \| PPT Remmy Kampamba \| PPT Discussant Guillermo Cruces \| PPT
14:00-15:45	Parallel 2.5 \| in BALTICA \| Video Aid policy Chair: Naohiro Kitano \| PPT Presenters: Richard Manning, Justin Lin, and Danielle Resnick \| PPTs Discussant: Louise Fox
15:45-16:15	Coffee
16:15-18:00	Parallel 3.1 \|Video Global inequality (income and wealth) Chair: Clive Bell Presenters Martin Ravallion \| PPT Anthony Shorrocks \| PPT Janet C. Gornick \| PPT Carlos Gradín \| PPT	Parallel 3.2 \| Video Distributional change in middle-income countries Chair: Gary Fields Presenters Carlos Rodriguez Castelan \| PPT Gary Fields \| PPT Haroon Bhorat \| PPT Discussant Kunal Sen \| PPT	Parallel 3.3 \| Video Enterprise development Chair: John Rand Presenters Lawrence Edwards \| PPT Eyerusalem Siba \| PPT Nina Torm \| PPT Discussant John Page	Parallel 3.4 \| Video Africa's youth Chair: James Thurlow Presenters James Thurlow \| PPT Luc Christiaensen \| PPT James Sumberg \| PPT Danielle Resnick \| PPT Discussant Louise Fox \| PPT
19:00	Opening dinner at Vanha Ylioppilastalo Guides will meet participants at 18.30 in front of the Marina Congress center to walk to venue (1.5 km)

Friday 14 September

TIME	EUROPAEA	FENNIA 1	NORDIA	NAUTICA
09:00-10:45	Plenary 2 \| Video Poverty and inequality – what’s next? Chair: Ravi Kanbur Presenters: Martin Ravallion, Sabina Alkire, and François Bourguignon \| PPTs Discussants: Michael Grimm and Conchita D’Ambrosio
10:45-11:15	Coffee
11:15-13:00	Parallel 4.1 \| Video Asian transformations Chair: Deepak Nayyar \| PPT Presenters Kaushik Basu Ronald Findlay Frances Stewart \| PPT Discussant Will Martin \| PPT	Parallel 4.2 \| Video Social protection and aid Chair: Miguel Niño-Zarazùa \| PPT Presenters Armando Barrientos \| PPT Santiago Levy \| PPT Verónica Amarante \| PPT Discussant Ellen Bortei-Doku Aryeetey	Parallel 4.3 \| Video Inequality in the developing giants Chair: Finn Tarp Presenters Shi Li \| PPT Murray Leibbrandt \| PPT Marcelo Neri \| PPT Peter Lanjouw \| PPT	Parallel 4.4 \| Video Taxation, data, and development Chair: Jukka Pirttilä Presenters Kyle McNabb \| PPT Amina Ebrahim \| PPT Milly Nalukwago \| PPT Discussant Maria Kurikkala \| PPT
13:00-14:00	Lunch
14:00-15:45		Parallel 5.2 \| Video The international monetary non-system Chair: José Antonio Ocampo \| PPT Presenters Joseph Stiglitz Stephany Griffith-Jones Valpy FitzGerald \| PPT	Parallel 5.3 \| Video Clean and renewable energy Chair: Le Dang Doanh Presenters Vu Xuan Nguyet Hong \| PPT Faaiqa Hartley \| PPT Douglas Arent \| PPT	Parallel 5.4 \| Video Land and property rights Chair: Alain de Janvry Presenters Klaus Deininger \| PPT Thomas Markussen \| PPT Elisabeth Sadoulet \| PPT Discussant Amelia Santos Paulino \| PPT
	Parallel 5.1 \| in BALTICA \| Video Aid and governance Chair: Danielle Resnick \| PPT Presenters: Nic Cheeseman, Lise Rakner, and Mamoudou Gazibo \| PPTs Discussant: Verena Fritz \| PPT
15:45-16:30	Poster session and coffee
16:30-18:00	Plenary 3 \| Video WIDER Annual Lecture \| The political economy of structural transformation: Has democracy failed African economies? Chair: Finn Tarp Lecturer: Ernest Aryeetey \| PPT Discussant: Rachel Gisselquist Performer: Grex Musicus
18:00-19:00	Drinks and refresments
19:00	Networking and evening entertainment at Key West Pub

Saturday 15 September

TIME	EUROPAEA	FENNIA 1	NORDIA	NAUTICA
09:00-10:45	Plenary 4 \| Video Keynote 2 \| Beyond manufacturing export led growth by Joseph Stiglitz \| PPT Chair: Ann E. Harrison Discussant: Kaushik Basu
10:45-11:15	Coffee
11:15-13:00	Parallel 6.1 \| Video Climate change Chair: Kenneth Strzepek Presenters Joyashree Roy \| PPT Yohannes Gebretsadik \| PPT Channing Arndt \| PPT	Parallel 6.2 \| Video Hunger and food security Chair: Amelia Santos Paulino Presenters Per Pinstrup-Andersen \| PPT Philip Abbott \| PPT Ousmane Badiane \| PPT Discussant Jan W. Low	Parallel 6.3 \| Video Africa's lions Chair: Haroon Bhorat Presenters William Baah-Boateng \| PPT Njuguna Ndung’u \| PPT Sam Jones \| PPT Karmen Naidoo \| PPT Discussant Lemma Senbet \| PPT	Parallel 6.4 \| Video History and future of development economics Chair: José Antonio Ocampo Presenters Erik Thorbecke \| PPT Tony Addison \| PPT Kunal Sen \| PPT
13:00-14:00	Lunch
14:00-15:45	Parallel 7.1 \| Video Gender equality Chair: Jo Beall Presenters Jean-Philippe Platteau \| PPT Shareen Joshi \| PPT Sara Lowes \| PPT Dominique van de Walle \| PPT	Parallel 7.2 \| Video Extractives for development Chair: Tony Addison Presenters Alan Roe \| PPT Toni Aubynn Evelyn Dietsche Kathryn McPhail Andres Solimano	Parallel 7.3 \| Video Growth and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa Chair: Andy McKay \| PPT Presenters Germano Mwabu \| PPT David Stifel \| PPT Marijke Verpoorten \| PPT Discussants Arne Bigsten	Parallel 7.4 \| Video Group-based inequalities Chair: Rachel Gisselquist Presenters Belinda Archibong \| PPT Carla Canelas \| PPT Rashid Memon \| PPT Bharti Nandwani \| PPT Discussant Frances Stewart
15:45-16:15	Coffee
16:15-18:00	Plenary 5 \| Video Closing plenary: Think development – Think WIDER Chair: Kristiina Kuvaja-Xanthopoulos Presenters: Ravi Kanbur, Ann E. Harrison, David M. Malone, and Benno Ndulu Closing remarks: Finn Tarp
18:00	Closing dinner and conference entertainment

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