8:30 - 9:00 Conference Registration (Hall) 9:00 - 10:30 PLENARY 6 (Main Amphitheater) – ‘The Challenges for Research on the African Continent’ Chair: Pierre Jacquet (GDN) Panelists: Evina Akam (IFORD), Ernest Aryeetey (), Abdalla Hamdok (UNECA), Amadou Hama Maiga (Institut International d’ingénierie de l’eau et de l’environnement), Lemma Senbet (AERC) 10:30 - 11:00 Tea/Coffee Break (Hall) 11:00 - 12:30 Parallel Sessions Committee Hall 2 Meeting room 3 Meeting room 1 Committee Hall 1 (First floor) Parallel Session 15 - Parallel Session 16 - Parallel Session 17 - Parallel Session 18 - 15th ‘Trade, Structural Structural Transformation Gender, Democracy and ‘Growth drivers in Annual Global Transformation and in Pacific Island Countries: Development: Challenges selected Sub-Saharan Development Sustained Poverty Challenges to Eradicating and Opportunities Africa Regions – The Partners and Sponsors Conference Reduction in Africa’ (ACET) Poverty and inequality (Selected Articles- Roles of Capital Flight Accra, Ghana 18-20 June 2014 Chair: Patrick Guillaumont (ODN) Conference Call for and Access to Finance The African Capacity Building Foundation (FERDI) Discussant: Chair: Litiana Temo (ODN) Papers) and Innovation’ (AERC) Shashidhara Kolavalli (IFPRI- Discussants: Chair: Mohamed Ariff Chair: Lemma Senbet African Development Bank Ghana) Panelists: Jeremy Dorovolomo (MIER & INCEIF) Discussant: (AERC) Discussant: Abebe Shimeles (AfDB), (University of the South Emma Porio (Ateneo Augustin K. Fosu (ISSER); African Economic Research Consortium Mina Baliamoune-Lutz (ACET Pacific), Gurmeet Singh de Manila University) Panelists: Bank of Ghana / University of North Florida), (University of the South Panelists: Josephine Ndambuki Francis Mulangu (ACET) & Pacific)Panelists: Tarcisius Belinda Maswikwa (HSRC), (Egerton University), Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia Nicolas Depetris Chauvin Tara Kabutaulaka (University Miron Tequame (University Kisu Simwaka (Reserve (ACET / CEPII) of the South Pacific), of Namur), Carolyn Chisadza Bank of Malawi), Department for International Development, UK Neelesh Gounder (University (University of Pretoria) Ameth Saloum Ndiaye of the South Pacific) (University of Dakar) Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada 12:30 - 14:00 Conference Lunch (First floor) -Corners, Exhibitions, Events (Hall) Economic Commission for Africa 14:00 - 15:30 Parallel Sessions Meeting room 1 Committee Hall 2 Committee Hall 1 Meeting room 3 University of Ghana (First floor) Parallel Session 19 - Parallel Session 20 - Parallel Session 21 - Parallel Session 22 - The World Bank ’Education - A Prerequisite Global Value Chains and 'Risk and Africa's ‘Regional Trade to Development: Evidence Africa’s Industrialization Structural Integration: Perspectives from Africa’ (BREAD (AfDB, OECD and UNDP) Transformation' (EUDN) from Asia and Africa’ and Selected Articles- Chair: Chair & Discussant: (SANEI and Selected Conference Call for Papers) Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa Pierre Jacquet (GDN)/ Articles-Conference Call Chair: Emma Porio (Ateneo de (AfDB) Discussants: Panelists: Alexandros Sarris for Papers) Manila University) Discussant: Ernest Aryeetey (University (University of Athens), Chair & Discussant: Shlomo Weber (SMU & CORE); of Ghana), Alice Mesnard (City Gordon Nanau (ODN & Panelists: Kehinde F. Ajayi Elias T. Ayuk (UNU-INRA) University London), University of the South (Boston University), Morgan Panelists: Abebe Shimeles Luc Christiaensen (The PacificPanelists: Hardy (Brown University) and (AfDB), Angela Lusigi World Bank) Nasir Iqbal (PIDE), Jamie McCasland (UC (UNDP), Henri-Bernard Bishnu Dev Pant (IIDS), Berkeley), Susan Kavuma Solignac-Lecomte Mbouandi Mouhamed (Makerere University/ (OECD Development Centre) (Université de Yaoundé University of Nottingham) II-Cameroun) 15:30 - 16:00 Tea/Coffee Break (Hall) 16:00 - 16:45 KEYNOTE (Main Amphitheater) - Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Nigeria’s Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance) 17:00 - 18:30 PLENARY 7 (Main Amphitheater) - Roundtable 'What Role for Research on Informing Policy: 15 Years of Building Research Capacity at GDN' Chair: L. Alan Winters CB (Chairman, GDN Board of Directors) Panelists: Pierre Jacquet (GDN President), Nora Lustig (Deputy Chair, GDN Board of Directors), Gerardo della Paolera (former President, GDN), Akilagpa Sawyerr (former Chairman, GDN Board of Directors), Lyn Squire (former President, GDN) Awards & Medals Competition 2013-2014 Prize Distribution Ceremony 8:00 - 9:00 Conference Registration (Hall) 17:30 - 19:00 Parallel Sessions 8:00 - 8:30 Conference Registration (Hall)

9:00 - 9:30 PLENARY (Main Amphitheater) - WELCOME AND OPENING CEREMONY Committee Hall 2 Meeting room 3 Meeting room 1 Committee Hall 1 Main Hall 8:30 - 10:00 PLENARY 3 (Main Amphitheater) – ‘Determinants of Growth, Industrial and Trade Policies’ Chair: L. Alan Winters CB (Chairman, GDN Board of Directors and Professor, ) (First floor) Chair: Louis Kasekende (Bank of Uganda) KEYNOTE: H.E. Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana Discussant: Ahmed Galal (ERF & FEMISE) Parallel Session 6 - Parallel Session 7 - Parallel Session 8 - Parallel Session 9 - Parallel Session 10 - Panelists: Simplice Asongu (A&M finalist), Olayinka Idowu Kareem (A&M finalist), Chris Papageorgiou (IMF) 9:30 - 11:00 PLENARY 1 (Main Amphitheater) - ‘What is Structural Transformation? Background, Definition and Diagnosis’ Industrializing Africa Barriers to Trade, Financial Assessing the Japanese Award Chair: Pierre Jacquet (GDN President) Panelists: Ernest Aryeetey (University of Ghana), (Cornell University), (JICA-IPD) Structural Flows and Impact of Taxes for Outstanding 10:00 - 10:30 Tea/Coffee Break (Hall) Helen V. Milner (Princeton University), Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa (AfDB), Emmanuel Nnadozie (ACBF), Stephen O’Connell Chair: Yaw Ansu Transformation in Economic Growth and Transfers Research on (USAID) (ACET) North Africa (ERF) Nexus in Africa On Inequality Development 10:30 - 12:00 PLENARY 4 (Main Amphitheater) – ‘Environmental Sustainability, Management of Natural Resources and Panelists: Chair: (Selected Articles- and Poverty Presentation by: Structural Transformation’ 11:00 - 11:30 Tea/Coffee Break (Hall) Akio Hosono (JICA-RI), Jaime de Melo Conference Call for in Developing Finalists of the Chair: Frannie Léautier (Mkoba Private Equity Fund) Discussant: Alexandros Sarris (University of Athens) 11:30 - 13:00 Parallel Sessions Akbar Noman (IPD- (University of Papers) Countries (CEQ and 2013-2014 Global Columbia University), Geneva) Chair: LACEA) Development Panelists: David Anaafo (A&M finalist), Bibhu Prasad Nayak & Veena Aggarwal (A&M finalists) John Page (Brookings Panelists: George Logush (Kyiv Chair: Awards Competition: Meeting room 3 Meeting room 1 Committee Hall 2 Committee Hall 1 Main Hall 13:00 - 14:30 Conference Lunch - Corners, Exhibitions, Events (Hall) (First floor) institution) Hoda Selim (ERF), School of Economics) Ernest Aryeetey Fredu Nega Ibrahim Elbadawi Discussant: (University of Ghana) (HESPI), Kanchana 12:00 - 13:30 PLENARY 5 (Main Amphitheater) – ‘Political, Institutional and Governance Transformations’ Parallel Session 1 - Parallel Session 2 - Parallel Session 3 - Parallel Session 4 - Parallel Session 5 - (Dubai Economic Mohamed Ariff (MIER Panelists: Wickramasinghe Chair: Guillermo Perry (Universidad de Los Andes) Discussants: Patrick Guillaumont (FERDI) & Productive Falling Behind and African Building Capacity Japanese Award for Council and EPRC), & INCEIF); Panelists: Nora Lustig (Tulane (IPS), Gerardo della Paolera (Universidad de San Andres & Central European University) Panelists: Simplice Asongu Transformation Catching Up in Transformation for Natural Resource the Most Innovative Ahmed Galal (ERF/ Florence Barugahara University), Nastaran Simarasl (A&M finalist), Neetu Choudhary (A&M finalist), Haroon Bhorat (University of Cape Town) for Enhancing Southeast Europe Index/Report (ACET) Management Development FEMISE) (University of Flora Myamba (University of Productivity – Latin (wiiw) Chair: and Structural Project Leicester), (REPOA -Tanzania), Tennessee) 13:30 - 15:00 Conference Lunch (First floor) - Selection A&M Lunch (venue) - Corners, Exhibitions, Events (Hall) American and African Chair: Mustapha K. Nabli Transformation in Presentation by: Kaouthar Gazdar Eric Osei-Assibey Chair: highlights (CAF and Shlomo Weber (SMU (Former Governor, Africa (ACBF) Finalists of the (University of (University of Giorgia Giovannetti 15:00 - 15:45 KEYNOTE (Main Amphitheater) – Eleni Gabre-Madhin (eleni LLC) Selected Articles- & CORE) Central Bank of Chair: 2013-2014 Global Sousse) & Ghana), (University of 16:00 - 17:30 Parallel Sessions Conference Call for Discussant: Tunisia) Panelists: Olu Ajakaiye Development Awards Hajer Kratou Tassew Woldehanna Florence & European Papers) Randall K. Filer (City Tony Addison (UNU- (ACSDCB) Discussant: Competition: C.D. (University of (Addis Ababa University Institute) Committee Hall 2 Meeting room 3 Committee Hall 1 Meeting room 1 Chair & Discussant: University of New WIDER) , Yaw Ansu Francis Y. Owusu Singh (SOLS 24/7- Aberystwyth), University), (First floor) Augustin K. Fosu York) (ACET), (Iowa State GDI), Patricia W. Aidam Stephen Younger (ISSER); Panelists: Panelists: Akbar Noman (IPD- University) Ewans Vadongo (University of (Ithaca College) Parallel Session 11 - Parallel Session 12 - Parallel Session 13 - Parallel Session 14 - Fernando Alvarez Mario Holzner Columbia University), Panelists: (Sustainable Ghana), Research and Building Resilience Telling Facts from Internal Migration (CAF), Hernán Ruffo (wiiw), Moses Ikiara Engobo Emeseh Development for all), Sera Rose Gondwe Communication on Foreign Beyond 2015 Myths in African dynamics in Africa and Asia: (Universidad Torcuato Roman Römisch (Kenya Investment (University of Nandini Srivastava & (Bunda College Aid; Development Under (JICA and EADN) Agriculture (The Implications for Poverty Di Tella), (wiiw) Authority), Aberystwyth), Ashis Jalote Parmar Lilongwe University) Climate Change; and Chair: Randall K. Filer World Bank) Reduction and Development Youssouf Kiendrebeogo Ernest Aryeetey Stephen Karangizi (Deepak Foundation) Learning to Compete (UNU- (City University of Chair & discussant: (CMS) (CERDI, University of (University of Ghana) (ALSF), Elias T. Ayuk Chair: Hiroshi Kato 20:00 - 22:00 Conference Opening Dinner (by invitation only) WIDER) New York) Ravi Kanbur (Cornell Chair: Mariama Awumbila Auvergne), (UNU-INRA) (JICA-RI) Sponsored by the Bank of Ghana Chair: Frannie Léautier Panelists: University) (University of Ghana) Joseph Mawejje (EPRC) (Mkoba Private Equity Fund) Danilo C. Israel (PIDS/ Panelists: Discussant: Joseph Yaro Panelists: John Page EADN), Nkechi S. Owoo (University of Ghana) 13:00 - 14:30 Conference Lunch (First floor) - Corners, Exhibitions, Events (Hall) (Brookings Institution), Daniel P. Aldrich (University of Ghana), Panelists: John O. Oucho Channing Arndt (UNU- (Purdue University), Luc Christiaensen (The (AMADPOC), George Owusu 14:30 - 15:15 KEYNOTE (Main Amphitheater) - Célestin Monga (The World Bank) - ‘Truth is the Safest Lie. A Reassessment WIDER), Tony Addison (UNU- Go Shimada (JICA-RI) World Bank), (ISSER/ University of Ghana), of Development Economics’ WIDER) Amparo Palacios-López L. Alan Winters CB (University of 15:30 - 17:00 PLENARY 2 (Main Amphitheater) - ‘Social and Economic Transformation: Virtuous or Vicious Circle? What are the (The World Bank) Sussex) Major Determinants of Social and Economic Transformation?’ 17:30 - 18:30 Tea/Coffee/Cocktail (Hall) Chair: L. Alan Winters CB (Chairman, GDN Board of Directors and Professor, University of Sussex) Book Launch - International Development: Ideas, Experience, and Prospects, Currie-Alder, Kanbur, Malone & Medhora, Panelists: Santiago Levy (IADB), John Page (Brookings Institution), Alexandros Sarris (University of Athens), Vera Oxford University Press Songwe (WB), Elaine Zuckerman (Gender Action) 19:30 - 22:00 UNDP side event: Dinner Consultation on 2015 Human Development Report 'Structural Transformation: Human 17:00 - 17:30 Tea/Coffee Break (Hall) Development, Jobs and the Organization of Work' (by invitation only)