ICID - IFAD International Development

Workshop

Rome, 26-27 October 2017

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ICID- IFAD

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP

Sala del Consiglio

Faculty of Economics, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” - Via Columbia 2, 00133 Rome

AGENDA

26 OCTOBER 2017

9.00 – 09.30 Registration

09.30 – 10.00 Welcoming and opening remarks

Paul Winters

IFAD

Giovanni Tria

University of Rome

“Tor Vergata”

Furio C. Rosati

ICID and University of Rome

“Tor Vergata”

SESSION I - AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT I

10.00 – 11.30

Chair: Pierella Paci (TBC)

10.00 – 11.30 A systematic review of the impact of agricultural research of farmers welfare

Pierre Marion (IFAD), Alessandra Garbero (IFAD)

Effects of Food Price Shocks on Child Malnutrition: the Mozambican Experience 2008/2009

Vincenzo Salvucci (United Nations University), Channing Arndt (IFPRI), M. Azhar Hussain (Roskilde

University), Lars Peter Osterdal (University of Southern Denmark)

Risk-Related Effects of Cash Transfers on Modern Inputs Demand

Ervin Prifti (FAO), Silvio Daidone (FAO), Benjamin Davis (FAO), Sudhanshu Handa (UNICEF), David

Seidenfeld (American Institute for Research)

11.30 - 11.45 Coffee break

SESSION II - THE HETEROGENEUS IMPACT OF CASH TRANSFERS

11.45 - 13.15

Chair: Lorenzo Guarcello

11.45 – 13.15 Does “Soft Conditionality” Increase the Impact of Cash Transfers on Desired Outcomes? Evidence

from a Randomized Control Trial in Lesotho

Noemi Pace (University Ca’ Foscari of Venice - FAO), Silvio Daidone (FAO), Benjamin Davis (FAO),

Ousmane Niang (UNICEF), Luca Pellerano (ILO)

Heterogeneous impact of unconditional cash transfer: evidence from a randomized experiment in

Lesotho

Eleonora Porreca (University of Rome “Tor Vergata” and ICID), Luca Pellerano (ILO), Furio C. Rosati

(ICID and University of Rome “Tor Vergata”)

Revisiting the impact of Oportunidades/Prospera on children's activity in Mexico. Evidence from

nationally representative data

Giuseppe Dachille, (University of Rome “Tor Vergata” and ICID), Lorenzo Guarcello (UCW and ILO),

Furio C. Rosati (ICID and University of Rome “Tor Vergata”)

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13.15 – 14.15 Lunch break

SESSION III - AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT II

14.15 – 16.15

Chair: Gero Carletto (TBC)

14.15 – 16.15 Title TBC

Pierella Paci, The World Bank (TBC)

Agricultural Supply Chains, Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa

Nicolas Depetris-Chauvin (University of Applied Sciences and Haute Ecole de Gestion de Genève),

Guido Porto (Universidad Nacional de La Plata), Francis Mulangu (African Center for Economic

Transformation)

Are Seminars on Export Promotion Effective? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Yu Ri Kim (University of Tokyo), Yasuyuki Todo (Waseda University), Daichi Shimamoto (Waseda

University), Petr Matous (The University of Sidney)

Aid to Agriculture, Trade and Take off

Ilaria Tedesco (IFAD), Alessandra Pelloni (University of Rome “Tor Vergata”),

Thanasis Stengos (University of Guelph)

16.15 – 16.30 Coffee break

SESSION IV- HUMAN CAPITAL

16.30 – 18.00

Chair: Furio C. Rosati

16.30 – 18.00 Education is Forbidden: The Effect of the Boko Haram Conflict on Schooling in Nigeria

Eleonora Bertoni (IDB), Michele Di Maio (University of Naples “Parthenope”), Vasco Molini (World

Bank), Roberto Nisticò (University of Naples “Federico II” and CSEF)

The Effect of Parental Job Loss on Child School Drop Out: Evidence from Occupied Palestinian

Territories

Roberto Nisticò (University of Naples “Federico II”and CSEF), Michele di Maio (University of Naples

“Parthenope”)

Fostering, Children’s Time Use and Schooling in Niger: A test of the Cinderella Effect

Lucia Mangiavacchi (University of Balearic Islands and IZA), Eliane El Badaoui (Universitè de Paris

Ouest Nanterre)

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27 OCTOBER 2017

SESSION V - MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT

9.30 – 11.30

Chair: Mariapia Mendola

09.30 – 11.30 Effects of Internal Migration of Youth’s Cognitive and Psychosocial Skills in Ethiopia, India, Peru,

and Vietnam

Maria Franco Gavonel (University of Oxford)

Internal Migration and Employment in Zimbabwe

Jena Farai (University of Sussex)

Internal migration and vulnerability to poverty in Tanzania

Pasquale Scaramozzino (SOAS University of London and University of Rome “Tor Vergata”), Rebecca

Petrelli (FAO)

Does relative deprivation induce migration? Evidence based on multidimensional well-being status in

Uganda

Kashi Kafle (IFAD), Rui Benfica (IFAD), Paul Winters (IFAD)

11.30 – 11.45 Coffee break

SESSION VI - CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT

11.45 – 13.15

Chair: Alessandra Righi

11.45 – 13.45 Climate Traps and Civil Unrest

Cristina Cattaneo (Fondazione Eni and CMCC), Valentina Bosetti (Bocconi University, CMCC and

Fondazione Eni)

Temperature Shocks, Growth and Poverty Threshold: Evidence from Rural Tanzania

Marco Letta (University of Rome “La Sapienza”), Pierluigi Montalbano (University of Rome “La

Sapienza” and University of Sussex), Richard S.J. Tol (University of Sussex, Vrije Universiteit, Tinbergen

Institute amd CESifo)

Diversification, Climate Risk and Vulnerability to Poverty in Rural Malawi

Romina Cavatassi (IFAD), Solomon Asfaw (FAO), Nancy McCarthy (FAO), Adriana Paolantonio (IFAD),

Mulubrhan Amare, Leslie Lipper (FAO)

Climate resilience in rural Zambia: Evaluating farmers’ response to El Niño-induced drought

Aslihan Arslan (IFAD), Federica Alfani (FAO), Nancy McCarthy (Lead Analytics), Romina Cavatassi

(IFAD), Nick Sitko (FAO)

13.45 – 14.45 Lunch break

14.45 – 15.45 Panel discussion: Towards sustainable migration?

Laura Frigenti (Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development)

Furio C. Rosati (ICID and University of Rome “Tor Vergata”)

Carlotta Sami (UNHCR - TBC)

Carlotta Bellini (Save the Children - TBC)

15.15 - 15.30 Concluding remarks

e Italian Centre for International Development (ICID) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) are joining hands in a workshop on international development. e workshop will convene academics and development practitioners to present innovative research on key development challenges, including mmigration, climate change, rural development and labour market. e workshop will also identify information gaps relating to these themes, thereby helping to guide future research efforts.

is conference is co-organised with and funded by

e Italian Centre for International DevelopmentVia Columbia 200133 Rome – Italywww.icid.info@icid_info

e International Fund for Agricoltural DevelopmentVia Paolo di Dono, 44 00142 Rome – Italy

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