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AERC-Cornell University Conference: Bottom-Up Interventions and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
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| Commencing |
Thursday, May 31, 2007 |
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| Ending |
Friday, June 01, 2007 |
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| Description |
Proceeding the AERC biannual workshop
plenary session on 31 May – 1 June, 2007 was a conference, jointly organized by AERC and Cornell
University. The theme of discussion will be “Bottom-Up
Interventions and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa”.
In addition to the presence of Dr. Hezron
Nyangito, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health,
other key personalities that participated
were John Page, Chief Economist, World Bank; and Stephen
Haykin, USAID Mission Director in Kenya. Cornell University
was represented by Profs. David Sahn, Chris Barrett
and Ravi Kanbur.
Ten presentations were made with
the ultimate being a roundtable at the end of Day
2:
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Author |
Presentation |
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Dr. Abbi M.
Kedir |
Nutrition,
Health and Productivity in Urban Ethiopia: Panel
Evidence using Instrumental Variables(IV) Quantile
Regression framework |
| Bernard
Tanguy |
Empirical
Assessment of Cooperatives’ Impact on Ethiopian
Smallholders’ Marketing Behaviour |
| Jacqueline
Vanderpuye-Orgle |
Risk
Management, Insurance and Social Networks in
Ghana |
| Ethan
Yeh |
Sex
Work as a Response to Risk in Western Kenya |
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Toman Mahmoud;
George Michuki; Jann Lay |
Boda-bodas
Rule: Non-agricultural Activities and Their
Poverty and Inequality Implications in Western
Kenya |
| Rosalia
Vazquez-Alvarez |
Education,
Poverty, Health Behaviour and HIV Status: How
Can Existing Data Help to Better Understand
the AIDS Epidemic in SSA |
| Nicole
M. Mason |
HIV/AIDS
and Rural Livelihoods in Zambia: A Test of the
New Variant Famine Hypothesis |
| Olufunke
A. Alaba |
Malaria
in Rural Nigeria: Implications for the Millennium
Development Goals |
| Saweda
Liverpool |
The
Impact of Institutions and Institutional Intervention
on Smallholder Behavior and Livelihoods in Rural
Ethiopia |
| Harsha
Thirumurthy |
The
Economic Impact of AIDS Treatment: Labor Supply
in Western Kenya |
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| Location |
Nairobi |
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