Broadening opportunities for development

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1 AGENDA abcde2011 Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics Broadening opportunities for development PARIS FRANCE 30 MAY 1 JUNE 2011

2 MONDAY 30 MAY :00 09:00 REGISTRATION & COFFEE 09:00 09:45 WELCOME ADDRESSES Angel Gurría, Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Georges Serre, Deputy Director-General of Global Affairs, Development and Partnerships, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, France Delphine D Amarzit, Director, Multilateral Affairs and Development, Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry, France Justin Yifu Lin, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, World Bank 09:45 10:45 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 1: Growth-Mediated Development Angel Gurría, Secretary-General, OECD Speaker: Amartya Sen, Harvard University, USA 10:45 11:00 Coffee 11:00 12:30 PLENARY SESSION 1: Measuring Inequality of Opportunities Augustin Fosu, World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) Speakers: John Roemer, Yale University, USA Vito Peragine, University of Bari, Italy Discussant: Francisco Ferreira, World Bank 12:30 14:00 Lunch 14:00 15:30 PLENARY SESSION 2: Structural Transformation, Employment Creation and Labour Regulation Kalpana Kochhar, World Bank Speakers: John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland, USA Francis Teal, Oxford University, UK Discussants: Cai Fang, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China Adriana Kugler, Georgetown University, USA 15:30 15:45 Coffee 15:45 17:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS SET I 18:30 21:00 Dinner PAGE 1

3 abcde :45 17:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS SET I PARALLEL SESSION 1: Skills Toward Employment and Productivity in Developing Countries: From Evidence to Policies Organisers: Rita Almeida and Jee-Peng Tan, World Bank Ariel Fiszbein, World Bank Speakers: Rita Almeida, World Bank; Adriana Kugler, Georgetown University, USA; and Gary Willmott, Institute for Adult Learning, Singapore PARALLEL SESSION 2: NBER Africa Project: African Economic Successes: What and How? Organiser: David N. Weil, Brown University, USA Célestin Monga, World Bank Speakers: William Jack, Georgetown Universtiy, USA; Olga Rostapshova, Harvard University, USA; and David N. Weil, Brown University, USA Discussant: Célestin Monga, World Bank PARALLEL SESSION 3: Asset Ownership: Enhancing Women s Control over and Access to Land, Property and Credit Organisers: Karen Barnes and Patti O Neill, OECD Johannes Jütting, OECD Speakers: Kelly Dickson, University of London, UK; Herbert Kamusiime, Associates Research Trust Uganda, Uganda; Bereket Kebede, University of East Anglia, UK; and Hema Swaminathan, Indian Institute of Management, India PARALLEL SESSION 4: Poverty and Inequality of Opportunity: Methods and Empirical Applications Organiser: Peter Lanjouw, World Bank Claude Leroy-Themeze, Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry, France Speakers: Dirk Van de gaer, SHERPPA, Ghent University, Belgium; Francisco Ferreira, World Bank; and Peter Lanjouw, World Bank PARALLEL SESSION 5: Achieving Food Security: A Key Element of Social Protection: How to Insure Against Price and Weather Instability Organiser: Patrick Guillaumont, Fondation pour les Études et Recherches sur le Développement International (FERDI), France Patrick Guillaumont, FERDI, France Speakers: Alain de Janvry, University of California Berkeley, USA and FERDI; Alexander Sarris, University of Athens, Greece and FERDI, France; and Maximo Torero, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Discussants: Pierre Jacquet, Agence Française de Développement (AFD); George Rapsomanikis, FAO; and Désiré Vencatachellum, African Development Bank (AfDB)

4 TUESDAY 31 MAY :30 10:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 2: Inequality and Social Policy: The Employment Connection Christian Masset, Director General of Global Affairs, Development and Partnership, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, France Speaker: Andrés Velasco, Harvard University, USA 10:30 10:45 Coffee 10:45 12:15 PLENARY SESSION 3: Human Capital Formation, Training and Youth Stefano Scarpetta, OECD Speakers: Janet Currie, Columbia University, USA Rodrigo Soares, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Discussants: Pedro Carneiro, University College London, UK Yaw Nyarko, New York University, USA 12:15 13:45 Lunch 13:45 14:45 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 3: Revisiting Labour and Product Market Reforms in France Carlos Braga, World Bank Speakers: Francis Kramarz, Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), France 14:45 16:15 PLENARY SESSION 4: Social Protection, Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction Serge Tomasi, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, France Speakers: Stefan Dercon, Oxford University, UK Sudarno Sumarto, The SMERU Research Institute, Indonesia Discussants: Alejandro Gaviria, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia Giorgia Giovannetti, University of Florence, Italy 16:15 16:30 Coffee 16:30 18:15 PARALLEL SESSIONS SET II PAGE 3

5 abcde :30 18:15 PARALLEL SESSIONS SET II PARALLEL SESSION 6: Dynamics of Global Poverty and Income Distribution Organiser: François Bourguignon, Paris School of Economics (PSE), France Emile-Robert Perrin, Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry, France Speakers: François Bourguignon, PSE, France; Maurizio Bussolo, World Bank; Homi Kharas, Brookings Institution, USA; and Branko Milanovic, World Bank PARALLEL SESSION 7: Advances in Poverty Measurement Organisers: Christopher Galloway and Juan R. de Laiglesia, OECD Marco Mira d Ercole, OECD Speakers: James Foster, George Washington University, USA; Martin Ravallion, World Bank Discussants: Gonzalo Hernández Licona, Consejo Nacional de Evaluación de la Política de Desarrollo Social (CONEVAL), Mexico; and Juan R. de Laiglesia, OECD PARALLEL SESSION 8: Social Protection for Inclusive Growth: A Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa Organiser: Giorgia Giovannetti, University of Florence, Italy Falilou Fall, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, France Speakers: Arjan de Haan, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Netherlands; Stephan Klasen, University of Göttingen, Germany; and Yaw Nyarko, New York University, USA PARALLEL SESSION 9: Structural Reforms, Labour Reallocation and Productivity Organisers: Andrea Bassanini and Paul van den Noord, OECD Stefano Scarpetta, OECD Speakers: Jens Arnold, OECD; Andrea Bassanini, OECD; John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland, USA; and Adriana Kugler, Georgetown University, USA PARALLEL SESSION 10: Food Price Shocks, Food Security and Potential Policy Responses Organiser: Will Martin, World Bank Gerardo della Paolera, Global Development Network (GDN) Speakers: Christophe Gouel, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), France; Maros Ivanic, World Bank; and Will Martin, World Bank

6 WEDNESDAY 1 JUNE :00 10:45 PARALLEL SESSIONS SET III 10:45 11:00 Coffee 11:00 12:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 4: Factor Accumulation, Culture and Institutions: Where Do We Stand? Ariel Fiszbein, World Bank Speakers: Daniel Cohen, Paris School of Economics (PSE), France 12:00 13:30 Lunch and Essay Competition Awards 13:30 15:00 PLENARY SESSION 5: Gender Equity and Development John Martin, OECD Speakers: Pierre-André Chiappori, Columbia University, USA Raquel Fernández, New York University, USA Discussants: Pramila Krishnan, Cambridge University, UK Ana Revenga, World Bank 15:00 15:30 Coffee 15:30 17:00 ROUNDTABLE: Democratising Development Economics Panelists: Esther Duflo, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA Martine Durand, Director, Science and Technology Directorate, OECD Kyung Wook Hur, Korean Ambassador to the OECD Mustapha K. Nabli, Governor, Central Bank of Tunisia Mthuli Ncube, Chief Economist and Vice President, African Development Bank (AfDB) Martin Ravallion, Director, Development Research Group, World Bank 17:00 17:15 CLOSING REMARKS Jon Lomøy, Director, Development Co-operation Directorate, OECD Henri de Raincourt, Minister of Co-operation, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, France Benoît Coeuré, Director of the Treasury, Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry Ann Harrison, Director, Development Policy, World Bank PAGE 5

7 abcde :00 10:45 PARALLEL SESSIONS SET III PARALLEL SESSION 11: Trends in Higher Education and Youth Unemployment in the Middle East and North Africa Organisers: Thomas Melonio, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Adriana Jaramillo, World Bank Mats Karlsson, World Bank Speakers: Thomas Melonio, AFD; Adriana Jaramillo, World Bank; and El Mouhoub Mouhoub, Université Paris Dauphine, France PARALLEL SESSION 12: Structural Transformation in Africa Organiser: Remi Jedwab, Paris School of Economics (PSE) and London School of Economics (LSE) Justin Yifu Lin, World Bank Speakers: Sylvain Dessy, Université de Laval, Canada; Douglas Gollin, Yale University, USA; and Remi Jedwab, PSE and LSE PARALLEL SESSION 13: Work and Gender Equality in Developing Countries Organiser: Rana Hendy, Economic Research Forum (ERF), Egypt and Paris School of Economics (PSE), France Patti O Neill, OECD Speakers: Gaelle Ferrant, University of Paris I and PSE, France; Rana Hendy, ERF and PSE, France; and Rania Roushdy, Population Council, Egypt PARALLEL SESSION 14: Evaluating Cash Transfers Latin American and African Experience Organiser and Linda Kleeman, PEGNet and Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany Speakers: Robert Darko Osei, University of Ghana, Ghana; Eva Terberger, KfW Development Bank, Germany; and Andrea Vigorito, Universidad de la República, Uruguay PARALLEL SESSION 15: Job Creation in Situations of Fragility: Why It Matters and How to Do It Organiser: Alexander Boehmer, Stephan Massing and Erwin van Veen, OECD Samir Makdisi, American University of Beirut, Lebanon Speakers: Chris Cramer, University of London, UK; Alfredo Lazarte-Hoyle, International Labour Organisation (ILO); and Magatte Wade, Independant Consultant, Senegal PARALLEL SESSION 16: Understanding Why Social Norms Matter for Policy Making Organiser: Josefina Posadas, World Bank Pierella Paci, World Bank Speakers: Dante Contreras, Universidad de Chile, Chile; Eliana La Ferrara, Universitá Bocconi, Italy; and Ghazala Mansuri, World Bank

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