Transforming Rural Africa Conference, Spring 2019

DATE February 28 to March 1, 2019
LOCATION Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
ORGANIZERS Christopher B. Barrett, Michael Carter, Abebe Shimeles, Tavneet Suri, Christopher R. Udry, and Hanan Morsy

Supported by the AfDB - African Development Bank grant #ECMR/CTRT/18/07/044

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conference schedule

Participants

Kibrom A. Abay, International Food Policy Research Institute
Ama B. Abeberese, Wellesley College and NBER
Fo Kodjo Dzinyefa Aflagah, University of Maryland
Shilpa Aggarwal, Indian School of Business
Mulubrhan Amare, IFPRI, Washington, DC
Khadijat Busola Amolegbe, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
Edward Asiedu, University of Ghana/Universityn of Passau
Elizabeth Bageant, Cornell University
Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University
Leah Bevis, Ohio State University
Michael Carter, University of California, Davis and NBER
Lorenzo Casaburi, University of Zurich
Hira Channa, Purdue University
Esther Delesalle, IRES UCLouvain
Joshua W. Deutschmann, University of Chicago
Andrew Dillon, Northwestern University
Maya Duru, The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
Kyle J. Emerick, Tufts University
Tilman Graff, Harvard University
Daniel Z. Gurara, International Monetary Fund
Denise Hörner, University of Goettingen
Gazali Issahaku, University for Development Studies
Marieke Kleemans, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sarah A. Kopper, J-PAL
Rachid Laajaj, University of Los Andes
Monica P. Lambon-Quayefio, University of Ghana
Christopher Magomba, Sokoine University, Tanzania
Rute Martins Caeiro, Nova School of Business and Economics and NOVAFRICA
Ellen B. McCullough, University of Georgia
Jeffrey D. Michler, University of Arizona
Ameet Morjaria, Northwestern University and NBER
Nkechi Owoo, University of Ghana
Abebe Shimeles, African Development Bank
Alan Spearot, University of California at Santa Cruz
Tavneet Suri, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Emilia Tjernström, Monash University
Christopher R. Udry, Northwestern University and NBER
Angelino Viceisza, Spelman College and NBER
Andinet Woldemichael, African Development Bank

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Programs

Development Economics

Papers

Subsidies and the African Green Revolution: Direct Effects and Social Network Spillovers of Randomized Input Subsidies in Mozambique
From Learning to Doing: Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations in Guinea-Bissau
Measurement Error Mechanisms Matter: Agricultural Intensification with Farmer Misperceptions and Misreporting
The Effects of Decentralized and Video-based Extension on the Adoption of Integrated Soil Fertility Management – Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia
Can Smallholder Extension Transform African Agriculture?
How Can Inclusive Agricultural Health Policy Intervention Promote Shared Agricultural Productivity in Nigeria? Evidence from Randomized Control Trial
Cheap Talk and Coordination in the Lab and in the Field: Collective Commercialization in Senegal
Spatial Inefficiencies in Africa's Trade Network
Contract Farming and Rural Transformation: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Benin
The Effect of the Universal Primary Education Program on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Tanzania

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