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| International
Conference on 'The Agrarian Constraint and Poverty Reduction:
Macroeconomic Lessons for Africa',
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 17-18 December, 2004. |
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Organised Jointly by the International Development
Economics Associates (IDEAs), Ethiopian Economic
Association (EEA)and CODESRIA, with support from UNDP.
Report on the Proceedings of the Conference
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Thematic Summary Report
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The conference papers presented in this section analyze
issues of current concern with respect to the agrarian
sector in developing countries and national and international
strategies relevant for rural poverty reduction.
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DAY
1 : Friday, December 17, 2004.
9:00 - 9:45 am Registration
9:45 - 10:00 am Welcome address (Dr.
Assefa Admassie, Director EEA/EEPRI)
10:00am – 1:00pm : Session
I
The
Global Context and Agrarian Transition
Today (17th December, 2004)
Chair:
Assefa Admassie
(1) Berhanu
Nega
– How Viable is an Agriculture-centered
Development Strategy in Africa?
Lessons from Ethiopia
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Discussant: Carlos Oya
(2) Sam
Moyo
- The Land and Agrarian Question
in Zimbabwe
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Discussant: Ben Turok
(3) Francis
Wilson
– Agricultural Growth in
South Africa and Tanzania: The
Solution to the Challenge of Unemployment
and Poverty in Africa?
Discussant: Praveen Jha
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1:00
- 2:00pm : Lunch Break
2:00
- 5:00 pm: Session II
Agriculture,
Underdevelopment and Poverty
Chair: Terry McKinley
(4) Utsa
Patnaik
- Alternative Ways of Estimating
Poverty and Implications for Policy:
A Critical Appraisal from the
Indian Experience
Discussant: Guy Mhone
(5) Alemayehu
Seyoum Tafesse
- The Structure of the Ethiopian
Economy: A SAM-based Characterization
and Analysis
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Discussant: Mamadou Dansokho
(6) Thandika
Mkandawire
- Maladjusted African Economies
and Globalisation
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Presented by Jomo K.S.
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Day II: Saturday,
December 18, 2004.
10:00am - 1:00pm: Session III
Issues
of Trade in Agriculture
Chair:
Ben Turok
(7) Carlos
Oya
- Agricultural Mal-Adjustment
in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Context
of Macroeconomic Reforms
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Discussant:
Francis Wilson
(8) Hakim
Ben Hammouda
- Trade Liberalization under the
Doha Development Agenda: Options
and Consequences for Africa
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Discussant: Jayati Ghosh
(9) Patrick
Bond
- African
Development / Governance, South
African Sub-imperialism and NEPAD
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Discussant: Sam Moyo
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1:.00 - 2.00pm :
Lunch Break
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- 5.00pm: Session IV
Financial
Liberalisation and Agriculture
Chair: Jomo K. S.
(10) Germina
Ssemogerere
- Agricultural Sector Credit and
Structural Adjustment: Uganda's
Experience Under SAPs 1990/91
– 1996/97; and Beyond, Into Poverty
Reduction 1999/00 – 2003/04
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Discussant: Jomo K.S.
(11) Assefa
Admassie
- A Review of the Performance
of Agricultural Finance in Ethiopia:
Pre-and Post Reform Periods
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Discussant: Carlos Castel-Branco
(12) V
K Ramachandran
- Liberalisation and the Rural
Banking Policy: An Indian Case
Study
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Discussant: Carlos Castel-Branco
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5:00pm - 6:00pm:
Session V
Panel
discussion on Macroeconomic Policies,
Agriculture and Poverty
Chair: Zenebewerke Tadesse
Jomo K.S., Juan Carlos Moreno, Ben
Turok, Guy Mhone, Jayati Ghosh
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on January 9, 2005. |
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