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Monday 23 June

 

09:00	Arrival, registration, coffee/tea
09:30-09:45	Opening Session - Chair: F. Tarp Statements by organisers and the Institute of Economics
09:45-10:30	Keynote lecture: Professor Erik Thorbecke: "Poverty and Inequality" Conceptual and Measurement Issues in Poverty Analysis
10:30-10:45	Comments and discussion
10:45-11:00	Coffee/Tea
11:00-12:30	Session 1A: Globalization Chair: H. Hansen Discussant: P. Streeten	A. Bigsten/D. Durevall: Globalization and Wage Inequality in Kenya B. Ekman: Globalization and Health: An Empirical Analysis Using Panel Data
	Session 1B: Foreign Aid and Financial Liberalization Chair: C.J. Dalgaard Discussant: L. Raimondos-Moller	R.J. Hagen: Samaritan Agents T.B. Andersen/T. Harr: Financial Liberalization and Bank Regulation in Developing Countries
12:30-13:30	Lunch
13:30-15:00	Session 2A: Growth, Institutions and Natural Resources Chair: C. Arndt Discussant: C.J Dalgaard	H. Mehlum: Institutions and the Resource Curse M. Perala: Persistence of Underdevelopment: Does the Type of Natural Resource Endowment Matter?
	Session 2B: Political Economy Chair: T.B. Andersen Discussants: M. Hattlebakk/R. Hagen	V. Tanaka: Optimal Degree of Political Exclusion P.C. Vincente: On the Dynamics of Corruption, Civil Wars and the Distribution of Wealth
15:00-15.15	Coffee/Tea
15:15-16:45	Session 3A: HIV/AIDS and Effects of Disasters Chair: J. Rand Discussant: C. Arndt	J. Kovsted: Determinants of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa E. Vilanger: The Effects of of Disasters on Income Mobility: Bootstrap Inference and Measurement Error Simulations
	Session 3B: Foreign Aid Chair: F. Tarp Discussant:                   E. Thorbecke	A. Olufsgard: Foreign Aid - An Instrument for Fighting Poverty or Communism G. Mavrotas: Aid Disaggregation, Endogenous Aid and the Public Sector in Aid-Recipient Economies
19:00	Conference Dinner, Spiseloppen Christiania, Badmandsstrade 43, 1407 Copenhagen K. Ph: 32 57 95 58

 

09:00-09:15	Arrival, coffee/tea, opening - Chair: F. Tarp
09:15-10:00	Keynote lecture: Professor Paul Streeten: "A Dance of the Seven Veils" Poverty: A Dance of the Seven Veils
10:00-10:15	Comments and discussion
10:15-10:30	Coffee/Tea
10:30-12:00	Session 4A: Growth and Trade Reform Chair: E. Thorbecke Discussant: H. Mehlum	C.J. Dalgaard:Dual Economies and International TFP Differences C. Arndt/F. Tarp: Efficiency and Equity Gains from Trade Policy Reform
	Session 4B: Poverty and Social Capital Chair: M. Barslund Discussant: J. Kovsted	J. Kuhl: Household Poverty and Vulnerability: A Bootstrap Approach K. Halsnas: Assessing the Social Capital Impact of Climate Change Projects
12:00-13:00	Lunch
13:00-14:30	Session 5A: Technology Spill-Overs and Development Chair: C. Arndt Discussant: A. Bigsten	A. Wiig: Developing Countries and the Tourist Industry in the Internet Age: The Namibian Case J. Routinen: Intermediate Service Sector Liberalization and the GATS
	Session 5B: Rural Micro Chair: J. Kovsted Discussant: K. Basu	M. Hattlebakk: Triadic Power Relations with Production, External Markets and Multiple Agents Q. Ashan: Can Rural-to-Urban Migration Promote Rural Innovations
14:30-14.45	Coffee/Tea
14:45-16:15	Session 6: Growth and FDI Chair: F. Tarp Discussants: J. Rand/H. Hansen	P. Haaparanta/M. Puhakka: Endogenous Time Preference with Investment and Development Traps
		C. Jensen: Multinationals and Backward Linkages in Polish Agro-Food Production Systems
16:15-16:30	Final session