Keynote speaker : Michael Kremer, Harvard
Opening panel : ‘Research, African Economic Policy and the Role of Private Business’
Paul Collier, Director, CSAE
Mthuli Ncube, Chief Economist, African Development Bank
Minouche Shafik, Permanent Secretary, Department for International Development
After dinner speech : Paul Collier
Closing panel : ‘Methodology Update : Randomized Controlled Trials or Structural Models (or both... or neither...) ?’
Marcel Fafchamps, CSAE
Glenn Harrison, Georgia State University
David McKenzie, World Bank
Leonard Wantchekon, New York University
Conference papers will address economic analysis of the broad issues relevant for economic development in Africa. The conference will consist of parallel sessions, with two plenary sessions.