11:15 to 12:00
Symposium

Can growth reduce misery as well as poverty ?

Jean-Philippe Platteau
Development and Development Economics: where from now?
11:15 to 12:00
    Amphithéâtre Guillaume Budé, Site Marcelin Berthelot
    Open to all, subject to availability
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    Documents and media

    Speaker(s)

    Jean-Philippe Platteau

    University of Namur, Belgium

    Events

    Symposium
    14:30 to 14:45
    François Bourguignon

    Introduction : development economics at the crossroads
    Symposium
    14:45 to 15:30
    Dani Rodrik

    Structural change, industrialization and economic growth
    Symposium
    15:30 to 16:15
    Denis Cogneau

    Africa in the long term
    Symposium
    16:30 to 17:15
    Carlos Winograd

    The Structuralist-Keynesian-Neoclassical debate revisited
    Symposium
    17:15 to 18:15
    Carlos Winograd, Gary Fields, Stephan Klasen, Dani Rodrik et Thierry Verdier

    What are and what should be the orientations of development economics ?
    Symposium
    09:30 to 10:15
    Gary Fields

    Making a better living : paid and unpaid work and poverty reduction
    Symposium
    10:15 to 11:00
    Stephan Klasen

    Measuring poverty : current challenges and new directions
    Symposium
    11:15 to 12:00
    Jean-Philippe Platteau

    Can growth reduce misery as well as poverty ?
    Symposium
    12:00 to 12:45
    Francisco Ferreira

    Inequality of opportunity, mobility and development
    Symposium
    14:00 to 14:45
    Thierry Verdier

    Culture and institutions as fundamental factors in the political economy of development
    Symposium
    14:45 to 15:30
    Stefan Dercon

    Will experiments, behavioral economics and political economy analysis help us improve development ai…
    Symposium
    15:30 to 16:15
    Paul Collier

    Will Africa Be Able to Harness the Opportunity Presented by Natural Re…
    Symposium
    16:30 to 17:15
    François Bourguignon, Denis Cogneau, Stefan Dercon, Francisco Ferreira et Jean-Philippe Platteau

    What role should the international community, and developed economies in particular, play in helping…
    Symposium
    17:15 to 18:15
    François Bourguignon

    Summary

    See also

    François Bourguignon, chair Knowledge against poverty
    Development and Development Economics: where from now?