Programme for The world at crossroads – securing the future generations
Note: The times in the programme are Maputo local time, UTC+2
The times in the programme are Maputo local time, UTC+2
| TIME | ROVUMA | NKOMATI | LURIO | ZAMBEZE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00-09:00 | Registration | |||
| 09:00-09:30 | Welcome address Patricia Justino | Deputy Director, UNU-WIDER H.E. Anna-Kaisa Heikkinen | Ambassador of Finland to Mozambique Video address from Bård Vegar Solhjell | Director General, Norad Professor Manuel Guilherme Junior | Rector, Eduardo Mondlane University Representative TBC | Minister of Economy and Finance of Mozambique | |||
| 09:30-11:00 | Panel discussion | Unlocking inclusive growth in Mozambique Moderator: Haroon Bhorat | Professor, University of Cape Town Opening statements by Enilde Sarmento | National Director, Ministry of Economy and Finance, and H.E. Haakon Gram-Johannessen | Ambassador of Norway to Mozambique Panelists Jorge Ferrão | Rector, Pedagogic University Ingrid Woolard | Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Stellenbosch University Sam Jones | Research Fellow, UNU-WIDER Jaime Comiche | Country Representative, UNIDO Ivan Manhique | IGC-LSE | |||
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee break | |||
| 11:30-13:00 | Parallel 1.1 | Challenges to sustaining peace Chair: João Feijó | OMR Mozambique Presenters Laura Saavedra-Lux | UNU-WIDER Carlos Pacatolo | Institute Superior Politecnico Jean Piaget Benguela, Angola Michele di Maio | University of Rome Discussant Neelam Verjee | Senior Conflict and Fragility Specialist, Fragility, Conflict & Violence Group, World Bank Mozambique | Parallel 1.2 | Labour markets in developing countries Chair: Fiona Tregenna | University of Johannesburg, South African Research Chair (SARChI) in Industrial Development Presenters Ahmed Elsayed | American University in Cairo Kunal Sen | UNU-WIDER Haroon Bhorat | University of Cape Town Discussant Assa Guambe | National Director, Labour Market Observatory of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MITSS) | Parallel 1.3 | Education and human capital Chair: Katharina Collin | Senior Project Manager, KfW Presenters Ricardo Santos | UNU-WIDER Justin Sandefur | Center for Global Development Claire Cullen | Youth Impact Discussant Andre Loureiro | Senior Economist, the World Bank Mozambique | Parallel 1.4 | Data advances in conflict and displacement analysis Chair: Susanna Wolf | Senior Programme Officer, UN-OHRLLS Presenters Austin Wright | Harris School of Public Policy Chicago Joan Margalef | Barcelona School of Economics Maria-Jose Torres Herrera | Columbia University Discussant Edgar Woynowski | Programme Officer, IOM Mozambique |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch | |||
| 14:00-15:30 | Parallel 2.1 | Social protection and social insurance Chair: Beatrice Targa | Chief Social Policy & Research, UNICEF Mozambique Presenters Melissa Hidrobo | IFPRI Sara Almeida | UNU-WIDER Sydney Sihubwa | ZIPAR Discussant Dean Karlan | Professor, Northwestern University and Chief Economist, USAID | Parallel 2.2 | Agriculture and the rural sector Chair: Alain Gaschen | Ambassador of Switzerland to Mozambique Presenters Rui Benfica | IFPRI Hanna Berkel | UNU-WIDER Henrique Pita Barros | Brown University Discussant Alex Warren-Rodriguez | Chief Economist, UNDP Mozambique | Parallel 2.3 | Equality of opportunity Chair: Riikka Raatikainen | Counsellor, Embassy of Finland in Mozambique Presenters Moussa Blimpo | University of Toronto Ragui Assaad | University of Minnesota Erika Kraemer-Mbula | University of Johannesburg Discussant Haroon Bhorat | Professor, University of Cape Town | Parallel 2.4 | Predicting, monitoring, and preparing for climate disasters Chair: Mette Sunnergren | Ambassador of Sweden to Mozambique Presenters Stefan Leeffers | University College London Kalle Hirvonen | IFPRI and UNU-WIDER Finn Tarp | University of Copenhagen Discussant Aalia Cassim | National Treasury of South Africa |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee break | |||
| 16:00-17:30 | Panel discussion | Eliminating poverty – the future of international aid Moderator: Henk-Jan Brinkman | Permanent Observer, IDLO to the UN Panelists Luis Felipe Lopez-Calva | Global Director for the World Bank Group’s Poverty and Equity Global Practice (GP) in the Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions (EFI) Vice Presidency, and former UN Assistant Secretary General, UNDP Regional Director Latin America and the Caribbean Shanta Devarajan | Professor, Georgetown University and former Acting Chief Economist, the World Bank Group Frederik Matthys | Head of Policies and Networks, Development Co-operation Directorate (OECD) Aicha Robei | Youth Foresight Fellow, UNICEF Rachel Gisselquist | Senior Research Fellow, UNU-WIDER and incoming Professor in Governance and Development and Director of the GSDRC (Governance and Social Development Resource Centre), University of Birmingham | |||
| 19:00-20:30 | Reception | |||
The times in the programme are Maputo local time, UTC+2
| TIME | ROVUMA | NKOMATI | LURIO | ZAMBEZE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30-11:00 | Panel discussion | Charting the future of social protection – perspectives from the Global South Moderator: Santiago Levy | Nonresident Senior Fellow, the Global Economy and Development Program, Brookings Institution and former Deputy Minister, Ministry of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico Panelists Bo Viktor Nylund | Director, UNICEF Innocenti Centre Ricardo Paes de Barros | Director, Social Policy and Research at the National Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) in Brazil and former Strategic Secretary, Secretariat of Strategic Affairs of the Presidency of the Republic, Brazil Dean Karlan | Professor, Northwestern University and Chief Economist, USAID Blandina Kilama | Personal Assistant to the President of Tanzania - Economic Affairs | |||
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee break | |||
| 11:30-13:00 | Parallel 3.1 | Trust, social cohesion, and civic participation Chair: João Pereira | Executive Director, MASC Presenters Fernanda Esbry | UNDESA Alejandro Beltran | The Turing Institute Pedro Vicente | NOVA Lisbon Rute Caeiro | UNU-WIDER Discussant Kajsa Johansson | Head of Cooperation and Deputy Head of Mission at Swedish Embassy | Parallel 3.2 | Distributional effects of climate change Organized and sponsored jointly with the EU-AFD Research Facility on Inequalities Chair: Anda David | Senior Researcher, French Development Agency Presenters Edson Severnini | Carnegie Mellon University Ariane de Lannoy | University of Cape Town Oscar Becera | Universidad de los Andes Aalia Cassim | National Treasury of South Africa Discussant Yashodhan Ghorpade | Economist in the Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice, World Bank | Parallel 3.3 | Forced migration and displacement Chair: Ulrika Blom | Director, Norwegian Refugee Council Mozambique Presenters Jean-Francois Maystadt | University of Louvain Ryan Ellis | Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Henrique Pita Barros | Brown University Discussant Luca Ventura | Programme Policy Officer, WFP Mozambique | Parallel 3.4 | Administrative data in Africa Chair: Rogerio Ossemane | Economic Advisor, UK FCDO Presenters Allen Nassanga | Uganda Revenue Authority Aimable Nsabimana | UNU-WIDER Ayanda Hlatshwayo | National Treasury of South Africa Discussant Pedro Pota | Director, CEEG, University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch | |||
| 14:00-15:30 | Parallel 4.1 | Sovereign debt and the fiscal space Organized and sponsored jointly with UNU-CPR Chair: David Passarelli | Director, UNU-CPR Presenters Andrew Dabalen | World Bank Yanne Horas | Berlin School of Economics and Law Philippe Burger | University of the Free State Maureen Were | Central Bank of Kenya Discussant Penelope Hawkins | Acting Director, Debt and Development Finance Branch, UNCTAD | Parallel 4.2 | Migration in low-income countries Chair: Santiago Levy | Nonresident Senior Fellow, the Global Economy and Development Program, Brookings Institution and former Deputy Minister, Ministry of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico Presenters Carlos Vargas Silva | University of Oxford Yashodhan Ghorpade | World Bank Catia Batista | NOVA Lisbon Discussant Jean-François Maystadt | Professor at Economic School of Louvain, UCLouvain, and Lancaster University | Parallel 4.3 | Intergenerational inequality and social mobility Chair: Rita Araújo | Deputy Head of Mission of Embassy of Portugal to Mozambique Presenters Ingrid Woolard | Stellenbosch University Guido Neidhofer | Turkish-German University & ZEW Mannheim Finn Tarp | University of Copenhagen Peter Lanjouw | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Discussant Euclides Goncalves | Co-founder and Director, Kaleidoscopio Mozambique | Parallel 4.4 | Resource mobilization in low-income countries Chair: Helen Lewis | British High Commissioner to the Republic of Mozambique Presenters Amina Ebrahim | UNU-WIDER Giulia Mascagni | IDS Rodrigo Oliveira | UNU-WIDER Discussant Laban Simbeye | Deputy Director, ZRA |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee break | |||
| 16:00-17:30 | Parallel 5.1 | Improving public service delivery in low-income countries Chair: Salvador Forquilha | Senior Researcher, IESE Maputo Presenters Jule Beck | University of Konstanz Benjamin Lessing | Chicago University Melina Platas | New York University Teles Huo | Universidade Eduardo Mondlane Discussant Moffatt Ngugi | Foreign Service Officer, USAID | Parallel 5.2 | Affirmative action and labour markets Chair: Edo Stork | Resident Representative, UNDP Mozambique Presenters Rodrigo Oliveira | UNU-WIDER Vimal Ranchhod | University of Cape Town Rachel Gisselquist | UNU-WIDER Finório Castigo | Ministry of Economy and Finance of Mozambique Discussant Henk-Jan Brinkman | Permanent Observer, IDLO to the UN | Parallel 5.3 | Children and adolescents Chair: Maria Luisa Fornara | Representative, UNICEF in Mozambique Presenters Marinella Leone | University of Pavia Sarita Ore Quispe | Columbia University Eugenie Kodogo | UNICEF Innocenti Discussant Fisayo Oyewale | Youth Foresight Senior Fellow, UNICEF | Parallel 5.4 | Advances in big data in development Chair: Vanessa Tchamyou | Director, ASPROWORDA Cameroon Presenters Daniele Guariso | The Turing Institute Ricardo Dahis | Monash University, Australia Miguel Niño-Zarazúa | SOAS Tillmann von Carnap | Stanford University Discussant Andre Portela | Professor, FGV |
| 18:30-21:00 | Reception | |||
The times in the programme are Maputo local time, UTC+2
| TIME | ROVUMA |
|---|---|
| 08:15-09:15 | Networking breakfast and poster session featuring research from early-career researchers |
| 09:15-11:15 | Panel discussion | Finance for the future – rethinking the international financial architecture Moderator: David Passarelli | Director, UNU-CPR Opening statement by Patricia Justino | Deputy Director, UNU-WIDER and video address from Guy Ryder | Under-Secretary-General for Policy at the UN Panelists Amilcar Tivane | Vice Minister of Economy and Finance of Mozambique Adnan Khan | Chief Economist, UK FCDO Betty N. Wainaina | Associate Director, UN-IFI Cooperation at NYU Center on International Cooperation Penelope Hawkins | Acting Director, Debt and Development Finance Branch, UNCTAD Blandina Kilama | Personal Assistant to the President of Tanzania - Economic Affairs Kwame Owino | Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Economic Affairs Kenya |
| 11:15-11:45 | Closing session Kunal Sen | Director, UNU-WIDER Video address from Tshilidzi Marwala | Rector of the United Nations University and UN Under-Secretary-General |
| 11:45-13:45 | Lunch |
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