Dates
Nov 2–3, 2023
Venue
World Bank HQ, Washington, D.C.
Keynote
Jenny C. Aker, Tufts University
Hosts
World Bank DIME · KDI School
Keynote speaker
Jenny C. Aker
Professor of Development Economics, Tufts University
Program
Day 1 · Thursday, November 2
08:00–08:30Registration
08:30–09:15Opening remarksArianna Legovini, Director, DIME, World Bank · Jong-Il You, Dean, KDI School
09:15–10:40Agriculture & Food SecurityChair: Florence Kondylis (DIME)Vanisha Sharma (Cornell)Social (Media) Learning: Experimental Evidence from Indian FarmersJavier Romero (World Bank)Digital Information and Market Access for Smallholder Farmers: Experimental Evidence from Rural GuatemalaMai Mahmoud (Tufts)Pricing and Allocative Efficiency of a New Agricultural TechnologyNicholas Swanson (UC Berkeley)General Skills and Underinvestment in New Technologies: Evidence from Burundi
10:40–11:00Coffee break
11:00–12:30Climate Change & PollutionChair: Forhad Shilpi (World Bank)Shotaro Nakamura (US FTC)Beliefs, Signal Quality, and Information Sources: Experimental Evidence on Air Quality in PakistanPaul Christian (DIME)Forecast-Based Financing in NepalAshley Pople (World Bank)The Value of Early Response to Climatic Shocks: Shock-Responsive Cash Transfers for Drought in NigerJoshua Merfeld (KDIS)Air Pollution and Agricultural Productivity in a Developing Country
12:30–13:30Lunch
13:30–14:15Lightning talksJafar Jafarov (Georgia State)Air Pollution and Time Use: Evidence from IndiaJessica Gagete Miranda (Milan-Bicocca)Air Pollution, Human Capital Accumulation, and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from BrazilEmir Murathanoglu (Michigan)When the Weather Turns: Coping with Shocks through International Migration in the Presence of Search FrictionsJorge Luis Ochoa Rincon (DIME)The Welfare Effects of Subsidies: A Case Study of Public TransportKelsey Wright (Paris School of Economics)Social Protection Programs in Polygamous Households
14:15–15:30Keynote — Jenny C. AkerProfessor of Development Economics, Tufts University
15:30–16:00Coffee break
16:00–17:30Human Development and MigrationChair: John Giles (World Bank)Christian Posso (Banco de la República)Luck of the Draw: The Causal Effect of Physicians on Birth OutcomesHenrique Pita Barros (Brown)The Power of Dialogue: Forced Displacement and Social Integration amid an Islamist Insurgency in MozambiqueJohn Giles (World Bank)Private Provisioning of Employment Intermediation: Experimental Evidence from Bosnia and HerzegovinaDaniel Gilligan (IFPRI)Do Ultra-Poor Graduation Programs Build Resilience against Droughts? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
Day 2 · Friday, November 3
09:00–10:30EducationChair: Alaka Holla (World Bank)Vesall Nourani (UChicago)Learning to Teach by Learning to LearnLelys Dinarte (World Bank)Violent Discipline and Parental Behavior: Short- and Medium-Term Effects of Virtual Parenting Support to CaregiversRaissa Fabregas (UT Austin)Broadcasting Education at Scale: The Long-Term Effects of Television-Based SchoolsSandra Rozo (World Bank)The Fine Line between Nudging and Nagging: Increasing Take-Up Rates through Social Media Platforms
10:40–11:00Coffee break
11:00–12:30GovernanceChair: Daniel Rogger (DIME)Ajay Shenoy (UC Santa Cruz)Political Organizations and Political ScopeDongil Lee (KDIS)Empowering the People: How to Promote Responsiveness to the PoorMahvish Shaukat (World Bank)Turnover, Morale, and Performance in Bureaucracies: Evidence from Indonesian VillagesMattia Fracchia (Nova SBE)Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau’s Health Sector
12:30–13:30Lunch
13:30–14:15Lightning talksGabriela Smarrelli (CGD)Improving School Management of Violence: Evidence from a Nation-Wide Policy in PeruIsaac Ahimbisibwe (UC Davis)Peer Effects and Ethnicity in Uganda: Impacts of Coethnic and High-Ability Peers on University PerformanceNarae Lee (George Mason)Inland and Portside Freight Railway Repairments and the Geography of Local Labor Markets in ColombiaJuni Singh (Caltech)Can Network Ties Help Facilitate Women Entrepreneurship?Daniel Maggio (Cornell)Family Planning and Children’s Human Capital: Experimental Evidence from Urban Malawi
14:15–15:45GenderChair: Laura Rawlings (World Bank)Girija Borker (DIME)Sexual Harassment in Public Spaces and Police Patrols: Experimental Evidence from Urban IndiaAntonia Paredes-Haz (UC Berkeley)Gender Quotas and Strategic Voters: Experimental Evidence from Chile’s Constitutional ConventionHannah Uckat (DIME)Leaning In at Home: Women’s Promotions and Intra-Household Bargaining in BangladeshDavid Sungho Park (KDIS)Reducing Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from a Multifaceted Female Empowerment Program in Urban Liberia
15:45–16:15Coffee break
16:15–17:30Cost EffectivenessChair: Aidan Coville (DIME)John Loeser (DIME)Intervention Size and PersistenceJoe Amick (Social Impact)Challenges with Applying Cost Effectiveness EvidenceXavier Gine (World Bank)Anticipation, Disappointment and Adaptation: Evidence from a Home Upgrading Project
17:30–17:40Closing