12:00 - 1:00pm
Symposium

How Has Development Cooperation Been Transformed by the Surge in Rigorous Evidence? What Can We Do Better?

Placing Evidence and Innovation at the Heart of Development Policy

Dean Karlan, Arianna Legovini, Thomas Melonio & Charlotte Watts
Science and the Fight against Poverty: How Far Have We Come in 20 Years and What's Next?
12:00 - 1:00pm
    Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
    Open to all, subject to availability
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    Moderated by Esther Duflo (Professor, Collège de France, MIT; J-PAL Director).

    Speaker(s)

    Dean Karlan

    Professor, Northwestern University; Chief Economist, USAID

    Arianna Legovini

    Director, Development Impact Evaluation, World Bank

    Thomas Mélonio

    Executive Director of Innovation, Strategy, and Research, Agence Française de Développement

    Charlotte Watts

    Chief Scientific Adviser and Director for Research and Evidence, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    Events

    Opening Session
    Esther Duflo, Bruno Le Maire & Abdourahmane Cissé

    Symposium
    9:15 - 10:15am

    How Experiments Have Informed the Work of the Public Employment Agency in France
    Martin Hirsch, Bruno Crépon & Cyril Nouveau

    Symposium
    10:45 - 11:15am

    Advancing Experimental Research in French Education: Panel Discussion…
    Charline Avenel, Axelle Charpentier & Marc Gurgand

    Symposium
    11:45am - 1:00pm

    Introduction to the European Social Inclusion Initiative (ESII)
    Cillian Nolan & George Richards

    Symposium
    2:40 - 3:40pm

    Generating Rigorous Evidence to Support Social Inclusion in Europe
    Sule Alan & Eliana La Ferrara

    Symposium
    3:00 - 3:50pm

    Opening Address
    José Luis Escrivá

    Symposium
    3:40 - 4:00pm

    Building a Policy Lab in Spain: A Case Study
    Mónica Martínez-Bravo, Milagros Paniagua & Samuel Bentolila

    Symposium
    4:00 - 5:40pm

    Closing Address
    Esther Duflo

    Symposium
    5:40 - 6:00pm

    Placing Evidence and Innovation at the Heart of Development Policy: Openin…
    Abhijit Banerjee

    Symposium
    9:00 - 9:20am

    20 Years of Research and Evidence Use
    Rachel Glennerster & Santhosh Mathew

    Symposium
    9:20 - 10:00am

    Address
    Jutta Urpilainen

    Symposium
    10:00 - 10:15am

    Fostering the Funding of Innovation in Development Cooperation
    Michael Kremer

    Symposium
    10:15 - 10:30am

    FID and the Modernisation of Development Partnerships
    Hervé Berville

    Symposium
    10:30 - 10:45am

    Introducing Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) and the Fund for Innovat…
    Sasha Gallant & Juliette Seban

    Symposium
    10:45 - 11:05am

    Perspectives from Project Implementers
    Kwabena Tandoh, Alison Naftalin & Naomi Kirungu

    Symposium
    11:05 - 11:40am

    How Has Development Cooperation Been Transformed by the Surge in Rigorous …
    Dean Karlan, Arianna Legovini, Thomas Melonio & Charlotte Watts

    Symposium
    12:00 - 1:00pm

    Climate Challenges and Solutions
    Robin Burgess, Michael Greenstone & Cina Lawson

    Symposium
    2:15 - 3:15pm

    Reflecting on the Power of Long-Term Research Partnerships: Presentations …
    Pascaline Dupas & Carol Nekesa

    Symposium
    3:15 - 3:45pm

    Reflecting on the Power of Long-Term Research Partnerships: Presentations …
    Elan Satriawan, Rema Hanna, Miriam Laker & Tavneet Suri

    Symposium
    4:15 - 5:30pm

    Talk by Iqbal Dhaliwal
    Iqbal Dhaliwal

    Symposium
    5:30 - 6:00pm

    Closing Remarks
    Esther Duflo & Rémy Rioux

    Symposium
    6:00 - 6:30pm

    See also

    Esther Duflo, chair Poverty and Public Policy
    Science and the Fight against Poverty: How Far Have We Come in 20 Years and What's Next?