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Conference Programme: COVID-19 and development – effects and new realities for the Global South

The 2021 WIDER Development Conference takes place online during 6-8 September 2021. The three-day conference provides a platform for sharing knowledge on the effects of the pandemic in different regions across the Global South with the aim of connecting research and policy communities around the world to discuss how to move forward.

Conference opens:
10:00 Helsinki
8:00 London
12:30 Delhi
3:00 New York

Monday 6 September (MORNING)

The effects of COVID-19 in the Global South

10:00-10:10	Opening and housekeeping
10:10-11:00	Parallel 1.1 Sovereign debt Chair: Tony Addison Presenters: Mahmoud Mohieldin Maureen Were David Mihalyi	Parallel 1.2 Gender and employment Chair: Milla Nyyssölä Presenters Aysegul Kayaoglu Rosa Abraham Priyanka Chatterjee Malvya Chintakindi Jackeline Velazco	Parallel 1.3 Lockdowns, food security and the role of external support Chair: Kalle Hirvonen Presenters: Akim Al-Mouksit Kibrom Tafere Hirfrfot Saifa Raz Kritika Singh William Seitz	Parallel 1.4 Social protection Chair: Jesse Lastunen Presenters: Omolola Adeola Valentina Martinez Pabon Yara Corrêa Gomes Amaka Metu Christoph Strupat
11:00-11:25	Fireside chat \| Video \|Marlies Piek and Duncan Pieterse on key policy lessons from SA-TIED		Fireside chat \| Video \| Carlos Gradín and Justin Yifu Lin on how development economics can help improve people’s lives	Fireside chat \| Video \| Kwabena Adu-Ababio and Oliver Morrissey on publication strategies and the evolving field of Development Economics
	Coffee break \| Thematic discussion room on what types and patterns of growth are most conducive to employment creation for women		Coffee break \| Thematic discussion room on the future of structural transformation
11:30-12:30	Keynote 1 \| Implications of COVID-19 for the extreme poor in low-income countries by Oriana Bandiera \| Video
12:30-13:15	Parallel 2.1 Socioeconomic effects in South Asia Session convened by SANEM Chair: Selim Raihan Presenters: Ganga Tilakaratna Puspa Sharma Prabir De Vaqar Ahmed	Parallel 2.2 Southern Africa during the pandemic Session convened by the Inclusive Growth in Mozambique project Chair: Sam Jones Presenters: Rosario Betho Finório Castigo Haroon Bhorat Kudzai Mataba Ivan Manhique Sam Jones	Parallel 2.3 Inequality Chair: Carlos Gradín Presenters: Murray Leibbrandt Ashwini Deshpande Isaure Delaporte	Parallel 2.4 Improving tax collection Chair: Simen Bjørnerud Presenters: Ronald Waiswa Amina Ebrahim Ludvig Wier
13:20-13:40	Poster session

Monday 6 September (AFTERNOON)

The effects of COVID-19 in the Global South (continued)

16:00-16:45	Special session \| In memory of Benno Ndulu \| Video Chair: Finn Tarp Presenters: Stephen O’Connell Njuguna Ndung'u Ernest Aryeetey Blandina Kilama
16:45-17:10	Fireside chat \| Video \| Simone Schotte and Haroon Bhorat on the South African government’s policy response to the pandemic	Fireside chat \| Video \| Pia Rattenhuber and Holly Sutherland on the inception of EUROMOD in developed countries and how it started to spread	Fireside chat \| Video \| Michael Danquah & Augustin Fosu on the challenges of institutions and governance in sub Saharan Africa
16:45-17:10	Coffee break \| Thematic discussion room sharng memories of Benno Ndulu	Coffee break \| Responding to COVID-19 in Africa (hosted by IPSOS)	Visiting PhD fellows research proposal presentations
17:15-18:00	Parallel 3.1 COVID-19 and democracy Chair: Rachel Gisselquist Presenters: Joseph Asunka Nic Cheeseman Julia Leininger	Parallel 3.2 Socioeconomic effects in Latin America Session convened by IADB Chair: Ana Maria Ibanez Londono Presenters: Bridget Hoffman Carlos Urrutia Nicolás Ajzenman	Parallel 3.3 Effects on informal workers Session convened by UNU-WIDER and WIEGO Chair: Kunal Sen Presenters: Robert Osei Mike Rogan Marty Chen Zillur Hossain Rahman Discussants Imraan Valodia Ravi Kanbur


	Parallel 3.4 The impact of COVID-19 and mitigation measures on poverty and inequality in the developing world Chair: Professor Matteo Richiardi Presenters: Jesse Lastunen Pia Rattenhuber Lourdes Montesdeoca Xavier Jara Discussants Miracle Benhura Veronica Amarante	Parallel 3.5 Peace and conflict Chair: Patricia Justino Presenters: Renard Sexton Colette Salemi Jeff Bloem Elena Esposito Ada González-Torres
18:05-18:25	Poster session
18:30-19:00	Capacity development \| Using the Economic Transformation Database (ETD) to study industrialization trends in the developing world	Capacity development \| Using the World Income Inequality Database (WIID)
	Coffee break \| Thematic discussion room on peace and the pandemic	Coffee break \| Thematic discussion room on protecting informal workers	Coffee break \| Thematic discussion room on securing social mobility

Tuesday 7 September

The effects of COVID-19 in the Global South (continued)

10:00-10:45	Parallel 4.1 Health governance Chair: Annalena Oppel Presenters: Nayantara Sarma Chukwuedozie Ajaero Amany Hussein Larissa Nawo Alessandro Rebucci	Parallel 4.2 Using SOUTHMOD models to inform policy debates – examples from Africa Chair: Pia Rattenhuber Presenters: Ronald Waiswa Mbewe Kalikeka Geral Bazo	Parallel 4.3 Human capital Chair: Rodrigo Oliveira Presenters: Horace Mahugnon Akim Gninafon Kibrom Abay Indrajit Bairagya Elisa Failache Mirza Christopher Adam	Parallel 4.4: Firms, markets, sectors Chair: Michael Danquah Presenters: Beatriz Calzada Olvera Fiona Tregenna Kenneth Harttgen Kalle Hirvonen
10:45-11:15	Capacity development \| Using the Government Revenue Dataset (GRD)	Fireside chat \| Video \| Amina Ebrahim & Milly Nalukwago	Fireside chat \| Video \| Rodrigo Oliveria & Michael Noble on 20 years of SAMOD
	Coffee break \| Thematic discussion room on social protection during and after the pandemic		Visiting PhD fellows research proposal presentations
11:15-12:00	Parallel 5.1 Macro policy responses Session convened by ODI and Southern Voice Co-Chairs: Estefania Charvet & Dirk Willem te Velde Presenters: Sherillyn Raga Debapriya Bhattacharya Tausi Kida	Parallel 5.2 Impacts in South East Asia Chair: Titik Anas Presenters: Ahmad Komarulzaman Zuzy Anna Arief Yusuf Venkatachalam Anbumozhi Hai Anh Dang David Raitzer	Parallel 5.3 Livelihoods and inequality Chair: Rute Martins Caeiro Presenters: Jemima Baada Olayinka Adenikinju Richard Freund Muna Ahmad Shifa Vincenzo Salvucci	Parallel 5.4 Labour market and employment Chair: Simone Schotte Presenters: Samar Abdelmageed Francisca Pereyra Zubaria Andlib Adnan Fakir Minoru Higa
12:00-12:25	Fireside chat \| Klarizze Puzon and Dominic Rohner on COVID-19 and conflict	Fireside chat \| Video \| Rachel Gisselquist and Jo Beall on the challenges facing African cities	Fireside chat \| Video \| Abrams M.E. Tagem and Arief Yusuf	Fireside chat \| Video \| Carlos Gradín and Anda David on the challenge of inequalities and climate change in the COVID-19 context
	Coffee break \| Thematic discusion room on what does industrial policy look like during COVID-19 recovery		Coffee break \| Thematic discussion room on undoing development - climate change in the Global South
12:30-13:30	Policy Panel \| Data gaps \| Video Chair: Kunal Sen Panelists Patricia Justino Samuel Annim Paul Kemboi Samoei Tom Moultrie Lauren Harrison

Wednesday 8 September

Looking ahead, development post-pandemic

16:00-17:00	Keynote 2 \| COVID-19 - trends for democracy and autocracy by Staffan Lindberg \| Video
17:00-17:45	Parallel 6.1 Recovery and beyond Session convened by UNU-WIDER and WIEGO Chair: Mike Rogan Presenters: Sally Roever Laura Alfers Barbara Harris-White Discussants: Jayati Ghosh Jan Breman	Parallel 6.2 The future of work Session convened by UNU-MERIT Chair: Klaus F Zimmermann Presenters: Aurelio Parisotto Sangeeta Khorana Francois Lafond Nobuya Haraguchi	Parallel 6.3 What are the long-term impacts on learning and how can education systems respond? Session convened by the RISE Programme Chair: Michelle Kaffenberger Presenters: Michelle Kaffenberger Dozie Okoye Isabel Macdonald	Parallel 6.4 What can we learn from inclusive adaptation and recovery policies responding to the crisis Session convened by PEP Chair: Jane Mariara Presenters: Guillermo Cruces Vaqar Ahmed Esther Ogouniyi Adimi
17:50-18:10	Fireside chat \| Milla Nyyssölä and David Hulme on the geography of the public understanding of science for Covid-19	Fireside chat \| Jesse Lastunen and Toril-Iren Pedersen on effective international development support with lessons from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)	Fireside chat \| Patricia Justinio and Chris Blattman on conflict and development	Fireside chat \| Sam Jones and Miguel Urquiola
	Coffee break \| Thematic discussion room on how the nature of work is changing in the Global South		Coffee break \| Thematic discussion room on how COVID-19 changed data collection democratic backsliding
18:15-19:00	Parallel 7.1 Building resilience in societies after COVID-19 Session convened by UNU-IAS Chair: Ken Fukushi Presenters: Ken Fukushi Maiko Nishi Zita Sebesvari	Parallel 7.2 Macroeconomic and livelihood effects of COVID-19 in Africa: lessons for speeding up recovery Session convened by AERC Chair: Abebe Shimeles Presenters: Abebe Shimeles Njuguna Ndung'u Théophile Azomahou Erik Thorbecke Chuku Chuku Alexandre Kopoin	Parallel 7.3 The future of global health governance Session convened by UNU-CRIS Co-chairs: Philippe De Lombaerde Ana Amaya Presenters: Agnes Binagwaho Obijiofor Aginam Roberta Andraghetti	Parallel 7.4 Stated preferences, behavior, and risk Chair: Klarizze Puzon Presenters: Janica Magat Belinda Archibong Masyhur Aziz Hilmy Salome Amuakwa-Mensah Alan Sanchez
19:00-20:00	Closing panel \| How is COVID-19 changing development? \| Video Chair: Kunal Sen Panelists Rohinton Medhora David Hulme Fatima Denton Marty Chen

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