Effectiveness of Aid to Poor Countries

You are cordially invited to attend the one-day scientific conference on Effectiveness of Aid to Poor Countries that will take place on Monday, November 20, at the University of Namur. The Programme of this event, intended as an opportunity of dialogue between economists and political scientists dealing with development issues, is as follows:

9.00           : Welcome of participants by Jean-Philippe Platteau, Director of CRED

                    (Centre de Recherche en Economie du Développement)

9.30-10.45  : Martin Ravallion (World Bank, Research Department)

                    "Are there lasting impacts of aid to poor areas - Evidence of China"

10.45-11.15 : Coffee pause

11.15-12.30 : Dominique Van de Walle (World Bank, Research Department)

                     "Fungibility and Flypaper Effects on Project Aid: Micro-evidence for     

                     Vietnam"

12.30-14.15 : Lunch

14.15-15.30: Nicholas Van de Walle (Cornell University)

                    "Aid and governance in Low-income aid dependent countries"

15.30-16.00 : Coffee pause

16.00-17.30 : Mushtaq Khan (School of Oriental and Asian Studies, London)

                     "The relevance of the neo-patrimonial model for developing countries"

The venue of the conference is "Faculté des Sciences Economiques, Sociales et de Gestion, Rempart de la Vierge 8, 5000 Namur.

You are kindly requested to send an email to Pierrette Noël  (pierrette.noel@fundp.ac.be)  to register.