Day 1 · Thursday, November 10
08:40–09:00Registration
09:00–09:10Opening remarksJong-Il You, Dean, KDI School · Arianna Legovini, Director, World Bank DIME
09:10–10:40World Bank DIME Workshop
10:40–11:00Break
11:00–12:30Session 1: Accountable and Responsive GovernanceModerator: Inbok Rhee (KDIS)Jean Hong (Michigan)In Strongman We Trust: The Political Legacy of the New Village Movement in South KoreaJ. Andrew Harris (NYU Abu Dhabi)Does Election Quality Matter? A Pre-Registered Quasi-Experiment from Kenya’s 2022 General ElectionMalte Lierl (GIGA)Giving Community-Based Organizations a Stake in Local Government Performance: A Field Experiment in Burkina Faso
12:30–13:30Lunch
13:30–15:00Session 2: Climate Change, Energy, and EnvironmentModerator: Taejong Kim (KDIS)Yeong Jae Kim (KDIS)Identifying Optimal Financial Budget Distributions for the Low-Carbon Energy Transition between Emerging and Developed CountriesHee Kwon Seo (DIME)Group Size, Measurement Precision, and Marginal Abatement Cost Curves: Evidence from Food Waste and Greenhouse-Gas EmissionsYoujin Hahn (Yonsei)Early-Life Exposure to Cold Shocks and Child Growth: Evidence from Tanzania
15:00–15:20Coffee break
15:20–16:50Session 3: Agriculture, Food Security, and Rural DevelopmentModerator: Jin Park (KDIS)Dahyeon Jeong (DIME)The Dynamic Effects of Cash Transfers: Evidence from Rural Liberia and MalawiTaejong Kim (KDIS)The Impact of Inter-Village Competition on Collective Action: Experimental Evidence from Myanmar and CambodiaJoshua Merfeld (KDIS)Minimum Wages and Shocks to Agricultural Employment: Evidence from South Africa
Day 2 · Friday, November 11
08:40–09:00Registration
09:00–09:50Student Lightning SessionJeongkyung Won (Sogang)Disaster Damage Assessment Using Daytime Satellite Imagery and Machine LearningJeonggil Song (Sogang)Predicting Consumption Level Changes Using Street View Images: An Application in Natural DisastersKlery Chikwede (KDIS)Drought Shocks’ Impacts on Intra-Regional Agriculture Trade and Agricultural Production & Profits: Theory and Evidence from the Southern African Development Community (1990–2020)Daniel Tessema Firrisa (KDIS)Land-Grabbing: A Threat of Environmental Damage and Human Displacement or a Solution for Economic Development? Gambella (Ethiopia) in FocusFakhrul Islam Patwary (KDIS)The Impact of Forced Displacement on Children’s Education: A Case of Rohingya Refugees in BangladeshKaung Phyo Wint (KDIS)Measuring Political Interest of People in Myanmar: A Gender PerspectiveNguyen Van Bao (KDIS)Child Marriage Situation and Its Impact in Vietnam
09:50–10:10Break
10:10–11:40Session 4: Gender and Inclusive DevelopmentModerator: Yoo-mi Chin (Baylor)Asanga Nilesh Fernando (Notre Dame)Regulation by Reputation? Intermediaries, Labor Abuses, and International MigrationNarae Lee (George Mason)Does Hiring Credit Increase Jobs for Vulnerable Workers? Evaluating the First Job Act in ColombiaDavid Sungho Park (KDIS)Private but Misunderstood? Evidence on Measuring Intimate Partner Violence via Self-Interviewing in Rural Liberia and Malawi
11:40–12:40Lunch
12:40–14:10Session 5: Migration, Refugee, and Forced DisplacementModerator: Wonhyuk Lim (KDIS)Chungeun Yoon (KDIS)The Long-Run Impact of Forced Migration: Evidence from the Killing Fields in CambodiaCristina Cattaneo (EIEE)Climate Variability and Worldwide Migration: Current Evidence and Future ProjectionsArlen Guarin (DIME)Reparations as Development? Evidence from Victims of the Colombian Armed Conflict
14:10–14:30Coffee break
14:30–16:00Session 6: Labor and Human CapitalModerator: Changkeun Lee (KDIS)Hyelim Son (Univ. of Seoul)Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from MalawiNicholas Kuipers (NUS)Failing the Test: The Countervailing Attitudinal Effects of Civil Service ExaminationsDennis Egger (Oxford)Effects of Migrant Networks on Labor Market Integration, Local Firms and Employees