THE GLOBAL BACKDROP TO SOUTH AFRICA’S ANTI-POVERTY STRATEGY
Brief Comments on the Occasion of the Launch of the Public Consultations of the draft Anti-Poverty Stategy document by the Deputy President of South Africa
Ravi Kanbur, Cornell University
October 29, 2008
Pretoria, South Africa

THREE CHALLENGES FOR GHANA’S ECONOMY
Presentation at the launch of Ernest Aryeetey and Ravi Kanbur (eds.) The Economy of Ghana: Analytical Perspectives on Stability, Growth and Poverty, James Currey, 2008.
Ravi Kanbur, Cornell University
September 12, 2008
Accra, Ghana

UNU-CORNELL AFRICA SERIES:
THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF HIV/AIDS IN AFRICA
UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium, UN Headquarters
New York September 9, 2008
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YOUNG ECONOMISTS OUTREACH PROGRAMME
Co-Sponsored by Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER)
Cornell University
Economy of Ghana Network (EGN)
January 10-11, 2008
Elmina, Ghana

BOTTOM-UP INTERVENTIONS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Co-Sponsored by African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) and Cornell University
May 31 - June 1, 2007
Nairobi, Kenya

Understanding Poverty in Northern Uganda
Sponsored by USAID Office of Poverty Reduction/PASSN
Stephen Younger, Cornell University
May 16, 2007
Washington, DC

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
Cape Town, South Africa
December 11-14, 2006

RISK PERCEPTIONS IN NORTHERN KENYA AND SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA
Sponsored by USAID’s Office of Poverty Reduction/Poverty Analysis and Social Safety Nets (PASSN)
Christopher Barrett, Cornell University
November 20, 2006
Washington, DC

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

POVERTY, INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND LABOUR MARKETS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Dissemination Conference
Sponsored by
The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)
Addis Adaba, Ethiopia
October 12-13, 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

REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION IN WEST AFRICA
sponsored by
Cornell University,
Centre de Recherche en Economie Appliquée (CREA), and
Ministère de l’Education du Sénégal
Dakar, Senegal
November 1-2, 2005

International Conference on
SHARED GROWTH IN AFRICA
sponsored by
Cornell University,
The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research
(ISSER-University of Ghana), and
The Africa Region of the World Bank
Accra, Ghana
July 21-22, 2005

SAGA Workshop: UGANDA RESEARCH RESULTS
Presenters: Sarah Ssewanyana, John Okidi, Ibrahim Kasirye, and Stephen Younger
June 8, 2005
USAID Mission-Kampala, Uganda

Agricultural Technology, Productivity, Poverty and Food Security in Madagascar
Sponsored by PASSN (Poverty Analysis and Social Safety Nets)
Christopher Barrett, Cornell University
May 18, 2005
Washington, DC

African HIV/AIDS Prevention Knowledge, Prevention Behavior and Attitudes Toward Testing
Co-sponsored by EGAT’s Poverty Analysis and Social Safety Net (PASSN) and HIV/AIDS Teams
David E. Sahn, Cornell University
April 22, 2005
Washington, DC

PROGRESSION THROUGH SCHOOL AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN MADAGASCAR STUDY Presenters: SAGA researchers and the Ministry of Education (MENRS)
March 30, 2005
Antanarivo, Madagascar
SAGA and the Ministry of Education (MENRS)made a presentation to policymakers, researchers, and the press on the findings of the Progression through School and Academic Performance in Madagascar Study

SAGA Conference on
EMPOWERING THE RURAL POOR AND REDUCING THEIR RISK AND VULNERABILITY
An International Conference sponsored by
Cornell University and
Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR)
Nairobi, Kenya
February 10, 2005

Primary Schooling Demand in Rural Madagascar
Sponsored by PASSN (Poverty Analysis and Social Safety Nets)
Peter Glick, Cornell University
February 3, 2005
Washington, DC


Poverty in Uganda: Trends, Dimensions, and Policy
A Conference sponsored by
Cornell University and the
Economic Policy Research Centere (EPRC)
Kampala, Uganda
February 4, 2005

African Economic Research Institutions and Policy Development:
Opportunities and Challenges
A Conference sponsored by
The Secretariat for Institutional Support for Economic Research in Africa (SISERA)
Dakar, Senegal
January, 2005

ASSETS, POVERTY TRAPS AND RIGHTS
USAID Seminar Series
Natural Resource Management and Poverty Reduction
Chris Barrett, Cornell University
December 9, 2004
Washington, DC

African Development and Poverty Reduction:
The Macro-Micro Linkage
A Conference sponsored by
Development Policy Research Unit & Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies
in association with Cornell University with support from USAID
October 13-15, 2004
Cape Town, South Africa

ISSER-CORNELL International Conference on
GHANA AT THE HALF CENTURY
July 18-20, 2004
Accra, Ghana

KIPPRA-CORNELL SAGA Workshop on
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR POVERTY ANALYSIS
Thursday, March 11, 2004
Nairobi, Kenya

ISSER-SAGA Conference on
UNDERSTANDING POVERTY
January 2004
Accra, Ghana
The authors’ conference on the first drafts of papers for Understanding Poverty in Ghana

CREA-Ministry of Education-Cornell University Conference,
with support from USAID, UNESCO and UNICEF, on
IDENTIFYING POLICY NEEDS IN EDUCATION
May 2002
Dakar, Senegal