Plenary Sessions:

New Resources

The fungibility of health aid reconsidered, CSAE working paper
Mobile phone coverage and producer markets: Evidence from West Africa, CSAE working paper
CSAE Newsletter 08, Spring 2013
War, resilience and political engagement in Africa, CSAE working paper
Intra-National Protectionism in China: Evidence from the Public Disclosure of ‘Illegal’ Drug Advertising, CSAE working paper
Encouraging tax compliance in the informal sector, iiG Briefing Paper 24

The Plenary Sessions will be broadcast live on the internet. These recordings will also be available to view after the event.

Plenary 1: 'What has economics to say about institutions for growth?'

Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, IFPRI
Nicholas Cheeseman, University of Oxford
Jakob Svensson, Stockholm University
Stefan Dercon, DFID and University of Oxford
Chair: Stefan Dercon, DFID and University of Oxford

Plenary 2, Keynote Speech: 'Growth and Poverty Revisited'.

Martin Ravallion, Director of the Development Research Group, World Bank

After Dinner Speech: 'Gender and Economic Development in Africa: The Role of African Women Economists'

Elizabeth Asiedu, University of Kansas

Plenary 3: 'The economics of Africa: Question Time', incorporating 'The Oxford Companion to the Economics of Africa' launch.

Shantayanan Devarajan, The World Bank
Ravi Kanbur, Cornell University
Elizabeth Asiedu, University of Kansas
Ernest Aryeety, University of Ghana
Chair: Francis Teal, University of Oxford