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APPENDIX XI
SAGA CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, PRESENTATIONS
12/01/05-12/31/06

Conferences

POVERTY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: THE IMPACT OF POPULATION DYNAMICS AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES IN AFRICA
Presented by
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and
the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)
Brussels, Belgium
November 5-6, 2006

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND NORTHERN GHANA
Sponsored by
Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER)
Cornell University
Economy of Ghana Network (EGN)
University of Development Studies, Tamale
Bolgatanga and Tamale, Ghana
September 11-14, 2006

PASTORALISM AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN EAST AFRICA:
A Policy Research Conference
Organized by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Co-organizers: Prof. Chris Barrett (Cornell University), Prof. Peter Little (University of Kentucky), Prof. John McPeak (Syracuse University), and the Arid Lands Resource Management Project
Nairobi, Kenya
June 27-28, 2006

Workshop

National Treasury Workshop on Poverty Reduction and Social Security
(Ravi Kanbur and Stephen D. Younger, workshop planning and guest lecturers)
Presented by the The Development Policy Research Unit
December 11-14, 2006
Cape Town, South Africa

Presentations

Risk Perceptions in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia
(Christopher B. Barrett)
November 20, 2006
Sponsored by USAID’s Office of Poverty Reduction/Poverty Analysis and Social Safety Nets (PASSN)
Washington, DC

Testing the Kuznets Curve for Countries and Households Using the Body Mass Index
(David E. Sahn, Stephen D. Younger)
David Sahn, Presenter: David, Sahn Cornell University
September 2006
WIDER Conference on Advancing Health Equity, Helsinki, Finland

Productivity in Malagasy Rice Systems: Wealth-differentiated Constraints and Priorities
(Bart Minten, Jean Claude Randrianarisoa and Christopher B. Barrett)
August 2006
Invited Panel Paper
International Association of Agricultural Economists Conference, Gold Coast, Australia

The Multiple Dimensions of Poverty in Pastoral Areas of East Africa
(Peter Little, John McPeak, Christopher Barrett, and Patti Kristjanson)
June 2006
Overview Paper for the Policy Research Conference on “Pastoralism and Poverty Reduction in East Africa,”
Nairobi, Kenya

Heterogeneous Wealth Dynamics: On the Roles of Risk and Ability
(Paulo Santos and Christopher B. Barrett)
June 2006
Policy Research Conference on “Pastoralism and Poverty Reduction in East Africa,”
Nairobi, Kenya

Empirical Forecasting of Slow-Onset Disasters for Improved Emergency Response: An Application to Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands
(Andrew Mude, Christopher Barrett, John McPeak, Robert Kaitho and Patti Kristjansen)
June 2006
Policy Research Conference on “Pastoralism and Poverty Reduction in East Africa,”
Nairobi, Kenya

Poverty Traps and Resource Dynamics In Smallholder Agrarian Systems
(Christopher Barrett)
Presenter: Christopher Barrett, Cornell University
May 2006
International conference on “Economics of Poverty, Environment and Natural Resource Use”
Wageningen University, The Netherlands

Inequality and Poverty in Africa in an Era of Globalization: Looking Beyond Income to Health and Education
(David E. Sahn and Stephen D. Younger)
Presenter: David E. Sahn
December 2005
UNU-WIDER Conference on “The Impact of Globalization on the Poor in Africa”
Johannesburg, South Africa

Are Africans Practicing Safer Sex: Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys for Eight Countries
(Peter Glick and David E. Sahn)
Presenter: David E. Sahn
December 2005
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) Seminar

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