The Theme 3 & 4 workshop focused on how globalisation shapes the structural transformation process in developing countries. In the first industrialised countries, technical improvements in agriculture favoured this process by releasing labour, increasing demand and generating savings to finance industrial projects.
Programme
Monday 14 September
14:00 Welcoming remarks
14:05 Selection and Absolute Advantage in Farming and Entrepreneurship Francisco Alvarez-Cuadrado (McGill), Francesco Amodio (CEPR & McGill) and Markus Poschke (McGill). Moderator: Mike Waugh (NYU Stern & Minneapolis FED) Recording
14:45 Can big push infrastructure unlock development? Evidence from Ethiopia Niclas Moneke (Oxford). Moderator: Manuel Garcia Santana (UPF) Recording
15:25 Break
15:40 Scaling up Agricultural Policy Interventions Lauren Bergquist (Michigan), Benjamin Faber (UC Berkeley), Thibault Fally (UC Berkeley), Matthias Hoelzlein (UC Berkeley), Edward Miguel (UC Berkeley) and Andrés Rodríguez-Clare (UC Berkeley). Moderator: Wyatt Brooks (ASU) Recording
16:20 Land Rental Markets: Experimental Evidence from Kenya Michelle Acampora (Zurich), Lorenzo Casaburi (Zurich), and Jack Willis (Columbia). Moderator: Tasso Adamopoulos (York) Recording
17:00 Break
18:00 Panel Discussion of policy questions and research agenda Lori Beaman (Northwesten) , Margaret McMillan (Tufts), Richard Rogerson (Princeton) and Chris Udry (Northwestern). Recording
Tuesday 15 September
14:00 The Rise of Agribusiness and the Distributional Consequences of Policies on Intermediate Trade Swati Dhingra (CEPR & LSE) and Silvana Tenreyro (CEPR & LSE) Recording
14:40 Industrialization without Innovation Jacopo Ponticelli (CEPR & Northwestern), Paula Bustos (CEPR & CEMFI), Joan Monras (CEPR & UPF), and Juan Manuel Castro Vincenzi (Princeton) Recording
15:20 Break
15:40 In Harm's Way: Infrastructure Investments and the Persistence of Coastal Cities Clare Balboni (MIT) Recording
16:20 Spatial Structural Change Michael Peters (CEPR & Yale) and Fabian Eckert (Yale) Recording
17:00 Break
18:00 Panel Discussion of policy questions and research agenda with Robin Burgess (CEPR & LSE), Nina Pavcnik (CEPR & Dartmouth), Eric Verhoogen (Columbia), Fabrizio Zilibotti (CEPR & Yale) Recording