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Part 2 coming tomorrow - AI says I can give farmers or anyone in Africa local weather forecasts 24/7 so yes its more economic to pilot at scale/depth that unites continent

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Footnote Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics 2024—The Great Incoherence: Growth and Human Development in An Era of Stagnation

July 9-10, 2024

Preston Auditorium, World Bank & Birdsall House Conference Center, Center for Global Development, Washington, DC & Virtual

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• OVERVIEW
• THEME
• PROGRAM
• KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
• SPEAKERS
• PROGRAM COMMITTEE

All times listed below are in Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Preston Auditorium, World Bank Headquarters

08:00 – 09:00Registration and Breakfast09:00 – 09:05

Welcome by Host

Kathleen Hays,?Editor-in-Chief, Central Bank Central

09:05

Opening Remarks

Ajay Banga, World Bank Group President

09:15 – 09:55

Keynote Address

Lawrence H. Summers,?Center for Global Development Board Chair, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and World Bank Group Chief Economist

DISCUSSANT: Danny Quah,?Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics and Dean at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore

09:55 – 10:45

Plenary Panel: The Great Incoherence

SPEAKERS

• Indermit S. Gill, Chief Economist of the World Bank Group and Senior Vice President for Development Economics, (World Bank) ??Presentation
• Rachel Glennerster, Incoming President of the Center for Global Development (CGD)
• Danny Quah, Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics and Dean at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore

MODERATOR:?Kathleen Hays,?Editor-in-Chief, Central Bank Central

10:45 – 11:00Coffee Break11:00 – 12:15

Session 1: Industrial Policy

• Paper 1: Is There Still a Role for Direct Government Support to Firms in Developing Countries? (David McKenzie, World Bank) ??Presentation
• Paper 2: The Political Economy of Reviving Industrial Policy in Africa (Pritish Behuria, University of Manchester) ??Presentation
• Paper 3: Industrial Policy for Developing Countries: Is There a Way to Pick Winners? (Tristan Reed, World Bank) ??Presentation

DISCUSSANTS: Ana Cusolito (World Bank); Ana Fernandes (World Bank)

??Presentation?by Ana Cusolito |???Presentation?by?Ana Fernandes

MODERATOR:?William F. Maloney (World Bank)

12:15 – 13:15Lunch Break13:15 – 14:30

Session 2: Sovereign Debt and Default

• Paper 1: The Financial Returns on China’s Belt and Road (Christoph Trebesch, Kiel University) ??Presentation
• Paper 2: Sovereign Defaults at Home and Abroad (Enrico Mallucci, Federal Reserve Board) ??Presentation
• Paper 3: Why do Some Countries Default More Often Than Others? The Role of Institutions (Rong Qian, World Bank) ??Presentation

DISCUSSANTS: Marcos Chamon (IMF); Luca Bandiera (World Bank) ??Presentation?by?Marcos Chamon | ??Presentation?by?Luca Bandiera?

MODERATOR:?Manuela Francisco?(World Bank)

14:30 – 14:45Coffee Break14:45 – 16:00

Session 3: Private Capital Mobilization for Sustainable Development

Opening presentation: Mobilizing Private Capital for Sustainable Development Goals (Bob Cull, World Bank)

• Paper 1: Carbon Prices and Forest preservation Over Space and Time in the Brazilian Amazon (José A.?Scheinkman, Columbia University) ??Presentation | Comments
• Paper 2: Climate Regulatory Risks and Corporate Bonds (Lee Seltzer, Federal Reserve Bank of New York) ??Presentation
• Paper 3: Too-Big-to-Strand? Bond versus Bank Financing in the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy (Manthos Delis, Audencia Business School, University of Ioannina) ??Presentation

DISCUSSANTS:?Claudio E. Raddatz?(University of Chile) and?Sergio Schmukler? (World Bank)? ??Presentation?by?Claudio E. Raddatz | ??Presentation?by?Sergio Schmukler

MODERATOR:?Andrew Steer?(President, Bezos Earth Fund)

16:00 – 16:15Coffee Break16-15 – 16:45

Keynote Address

Michael Kremer, University of Chicago ??Presentation16-45 – 18:00

Session 4: What should Developing Countries Do Differently in the Next Pandemic?

• Paper 1: 7 Lessons from the Pandemic for Low and Middle-Income Countries (Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University) ??Presentation Releated Papers:?Last-Mile Delivery Increases Vaccine Uptake in Sierra Leone?|?The Impact of Community Masking on COVID-19: A? Cluster-Randomized Trial in Bangladesh?|?The Economics of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Poor Countries
• Paper 2: Adjusting to Transitory Shocks: Worker Impact, Firm Channels, and (Lack of) Income Support (Joana Silva, World Bank) ??Presentation
• Paper 3: How Much Learning was Lost during the Pandemic, and How Much has Been Made Up? (Norbert Schady, World Bank) ??Presentation

POLICY ROUNDTABLE:?Michael Kremer (University of Chicago), Mamta Murthi (World Bank), Norbert Schady (World Bank)

MODERATOR:?David K. Evans?(Inter-American Development Bank)

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July 10, 2024

Birdsall House Conference Center, CGD

08:15 – 08:30

Welcome Remarks

Rachel Glennerster, CGD (Incoming CGD President)

08:30 – 10:30

Plenary Panel:?The Economic Inclusion of Women and Youth

SPEAKERS

• Ashwini Deshpande, (Ashoka University)
• Karen Macours (Paris School of Economics)
• Raquel Fernández?(New York University)

MODERATOR:?Deon Filmer?(World Bank)

10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break11:00 – 12:30

Session 1:?Social Safety Nets and Women’s Labor Force Participation in LMICs

• Paper 1:?Social Safety Nets and Shocks to Women's Labor Force Participation (Teresa Molina, University of Hawaii at Manoa)
• Paper 2: Post-Program Sustainability of Gendered Impacts from Social Assistance: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh (Shalini Roy, IFPRI)
• Paper 3: Impacts of Safety Nets on Adolescent Girls’ Economic Inclusion (Kehinde Ajayi, CGD)
• Paper 4: Cash Transfers and Shifts in the Intrahousehold Bargain: Evidence from Chad (Eeshani Kandpal, CGD)

MODERATOR:?María Caridad Araujo,?(Inter-American Development Bank)

12:30 – 14:15Lunch Break12:45 – 14:00

Keynote Address: Breaking the Mold—India's untraveled Path to Prosperity

SPEAKER:?Raghuram Rajan, (University of Chicago)

CHAIR: Indermit S. Gill (World Bank)

14:15 – 15:45

Session 2: Norms and Other Constraints to Women’s Economic Inclusion

• Paper 1: Early Childhood Interventions and Women’s Empowerment (Pam Jakiela, Williams College)
• Paper 2: Women’s Social Networks (S Anukriti, World Bank)
• Paper 3: Sexual Harassment in Public Space: Evidence and Future Directions (Nishith Prakash, Northeastern University)
• Paper 4: Policy Solutions to Improve Working Conditions in Export Manufacturing?(Rachel Heath, University of Washington)

MODERATOR:?Somik V. Lall?(World Bank)

15:45 – 16:00Coffee Break16:00 – 17:30

Session 3:?Economic Inclusion of Youth

• Paper 1:?Who’s the Most Productive of Us All? Impact of Household Choice of Livelihood Program Entrepreneur?(Oyebola Okunogbe, World Bank)
• Paper 2:?Mentorship for Microentrepreneurs: Evidence from Hosts and Refugees in Uganda?(Thomas Ginn, CGD)
• Paper 3:?Can Financial Incentives to Firms Improve Apprenticeship Training? Experimental Evidence from Ghana?(Isaac Mbiti, University of Virginia)
• Paper 4:?A Firm of One's Own: Experimental Evidence on Credit Constraints and Occupational Choice?(Owen Ozier, Williams College)

MODERATOR:?Tamar Atinc?(Brookings Institution)

17:30

Closing Remarks

Tamar Atinc (Brookings Institution)

18:00 – 19:00

Consultation and Reception around the 2025 Human Development Flagship Report

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