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2020 Annual Conference
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The 2020 annual conference of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique — scaling up research and capacity programme on 2-6 November will bring together leading researchers, academics, and development practitioners from across the world to discuss how to achieve truly inclusive growth and development. Participants will share policy-relevant findings, discuss the challenges faced in low-income countries, and exchange views and best practices on policy issues that affect economic development.
Across a series of thematic sessions, the programme will feature presentations on over 40 research papers as well as special sessions on COVID-19, the Mozambican economy, and Mozambican institutions. Topics covered will include poverty and inequality, structural transformations, institutions and governance, education and the labour market, the private sector and employment, gender, climate change, and agriculture.
Preliminary programme
Day 1 | Monday 2 November
| 14:00-15:45 | Session 1: Opening and special session on COVID-19 Chair: Patricia Justino, UNU-WIDER |
| 14:00 | Welcoming remarks Emílio Tostão, Scientific Director, University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) Enilde Sarmento, Director, Directorate of Economic and Development Policies, Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) |
| 14:10 | Introductory notes to the 2020 Annual Conference of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme Finn Tarp, University of Copenhagen |
| 14:15 | The economic impacts of COVID-19 — what have we learnt so far? Kunal Sen, UNU-WIDER | slides |
| 14:30 |
Africa’s lockdown dilemma — high poverty and low trust The role of trust and poverty in the compliance to the social distancing measures in times of COVID-19 in Africa |
| 15:00 | Questions & Answers |
Day 2 | Tuesday 3 November
| 09:00-10:25 |
Session 2: Poverty and inequality 1 |
| 10:25-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-12:25 |
Session 3: Poverty and inequality 2 |
| 12:25-14:00 | Break |
| 14:00-15:40 |
Session 4: Structural transformation Chair: António Cruz, University of Copenhagen Social protection and agricultural growth: macro level evidence from Asia Ervin Prifti, FAO | slides Economic Complexity and Structural Transformation: The case of Mozambique Bjørn Bo Sørensen, University of Copenhagen | slides Agricultural research spending in sub-Saharan Africa: How important are political economy considerations? Abrams Mbu Enow Tagem, UNU-WIDER | slides Explaining fertility stalls in sub-Saharan Africa: The role of structural change Nicolas Büttner, University of Passau | slides Structural transformation in sub-Saharan Africa’s conflict-prone countries: A multi-country study of Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Rwanda Samuel Igbatayo, Afe Babalola University | slides |
Day 3 | Wednesday 4 November
| 14:00-15:10 |
Session 5: Estudo de Diagnóstico Institucional em Moçambique (em Português) Moderador: Finn Tarp, Universidade de Copenhaga Influência de factores institucionais no desempenho do sector agrário em Moçambique João Carrilho, Observatório do Meio Rural | slides (in Portuguese) Desenvolvimento económico e instituições em Moçambique. Factores que afectam a gestão das finanças públicas António S. Cruz, Universidade de Copenhaga | slides (in Portuguese) Relações com os doadores e soberania Leonardo Simão, Antigo Ministro da Saúde, antigo Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros e Cooperação, Moçambique | slides (in Portuguese) |
| 15:10-16:00 | Break |
| 16:00-17:25 | Session 6: Institutions Chair: Inês Ferreira, University of Copenhagen Political institutions, trade and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa Vincent Leyaro, University of Dar es Salaam Clientelism, public goods provision and governance Maria Carmela Lo Bue, UNU-WIDER | slides Contracting out and quality of road maintenance service in Uganda using panel data Miriam Katunze, Lingnan University | slides Oil dependency, political institutions and urban-rural disparities in access to electricity in Africa Armand Totouom, University of Dschang | slides |
Day 4 | Thursday 5 November
| 09:00-10:25 |
Session 7: A economia Moçambicana (em Português) |
| 10:25-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-12:25 |
Session 8: Climate change |
| 12:40-14:00 | Break |
| 14:00-15:40 | Session 9: Agriculture Chair: Michael Keller, University of Copenhagen Risk preferences among small farmers in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from laboratory experiments in the field and survey data Noemi Pace, University of Teramo / FAO Role of inclusive finance in smallholder farmer’s growth and commercialisation in SADC Isaac Phiri, University of Pretoria | slides Youth migration Implications for agricultural development: Empirical evidence from Magude district, south of Mozambique Tomás Sitoe, Instituto de Investigação Agrária de Moçambique | slides General equilibrium impacts in imperfect agricultural Markets: Evidence from the Tanzanian cotton industry Anubhab Gupta, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | slides Mobile phone access, agriculture productivity and labor market transitions in Tanzania Patricia Funjika, University of Zambia | slides |
Day 5 | Friday 6 November
| 09:00-10:25 |
Session 10: Education and labour market |
| 10:25-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-12:25 |
Session 11: Private sector and employment Chair: Sam Jones, UNU-WIDER Participation in public employment services in francophone sub-Saharan Africa Paulin Joachim Wamba Tindo, University of Dschang | slides Do employment agreements favour the informal activities dynamic in Togo? Eugenie Rose Fontep, University of Yaounde II | slides Migrant youth transition from informal to formal jobs Oluyemi Adeosun, University of Lagos | slides Firm recovery after natural disasters Hanna Berkel, University of Copenhagen | slides |
| 12:25-14:00 | Break |
| 14:00-15:10 |
Session 12: Gender Chair: Rute Martins Caeiro, UNU-WIDER Climate shocks, intrahousehold health inequality, and the gender gap in human capital development Kaleab Haile, UNU-MERIT Mining and gender gaps in India Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Rutgers University | slides Agricultural technologies and women’s empowerment in rural Ethiopia: Do improved agricultural technologies matter? Tsegaye Mulugeta Habtewold, Addis Ababa University | slides |