International Economic Association 17th World Congress

UNU-WIDER organized two sessions during the 17th World Congress of the International Economic Association. 

Learning to Compete – Sunday 8 June 2014
_{Chaired by Finn Tarp}

• Out of Africa: A comparative perspective on why Africa failed to industrialize
  presented by John Page
   
• Can foreign direct investment build Africas industrial capacity? Detailed survey evidence from 8 African countries
  presented by John Rand
   
• Trade Liberalization, supply chains, and productivity
  presented by Carol Newman

Welfare and Poverty – Monday 9 June 2014
_{Chaired by Tony Addison}

• Poverty and welfare measurement on the basis of prospect theory
  presented by Jukka Pirttilä
   
• Public spending, welfare, and the quest against poverty and income inequality
  presented by Miguel Niño-Zarazua
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• Diversity among rapid transformation: Welfare dynamics in rural Vietnam 2006 to 2012
  ​presented by Andy McKay

Sam Jones from the University of Copenhagen presented a UNU-WIDER paper co-authored with Channing Arndt and Finn Tarp and titled What is the aggregate economic rate of return to foreign aid?