Agenda for GReCEST Annual Conference

DAY 1: December 13, 2017

8:30-9:00 Registration

9:00-10:00 Opening Ceremony
Moderator: Yong Wang, Acting General Secretary, GReCEST Secretariat; Academic Deputy Director, Center for New Structural Economics at Peking University (CNSE)
? Justin Yifu Lin, Chair, GReCEST; Director, Center for New Structural Economics at Peking University
? Jorge Chediek, Director, United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC)(Video Speech)
Francois Ekoko, Regional Chief, United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC)
? Mansour Ndiaye,Regional Hub Cluster Team Leader, Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development in Addis Ababa, United Nations Development Programme(UNDP)
? FevenTsehaye, Fellow, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
? Patrick Kormawa, Representative to AU, UNECA & SRC-SFE, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

10:00-11:30 Keynote Speeches
Moderator: Teunis van Rheenen, Head of Partnerships and Business Development, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
? ArkebeOqubay, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Ethiopia’s Experiences on Economic Structural Transformation)
? CélestinMonga, Chief Economist, African Development Bank (Economic Structural Transformation in Africa)

11:30-12:00 Group Photo

12:00-13:30 Lunch

13:30-15:00 Panel Discussion I: Exploring Linkages between Structural Transformation and the Labor Market
Moderator: Francois Steenkamp, Researcher, Development Policy Research Unit at University of Cape Town
? Francois Steenkamp, Researcher, Development Policy Research Unit at the University of Cape Town (Economic Complexity and Employment Outcomes: The African context)
? Ibrahim Elbadawi, Managing Director, Economic Research Forum (Growth, Equity, and Structural Reforms in Post Secession Sudan: The Implications of Labor Market for Inclusive Growth and Poverty Reduction)

15:00-15:30 Coffee Break

15:30-17:00 Panel Discussion II: Leverage Special Economic Zones for Structural Transformation from a Comparative Perspective
Moderator: K.A.S. Murshid, DirectorGeneral, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
Panelists:
? K.A.S. Murshid, Director General, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (SEZs in Bangladesh)
? Ulrich Plein, GIZ Program Manager, Sustainable Textile Program (Ethiopia Supporting the Establishment of Environmental and Social Standards in SEZ)
? Ibrahim Elbadawi, Managing Director, Economic Research Forum (Economic Linkages between Free Zones and Main Dubai)
? Abel Alfred Kinyondo, Director of Strategic Research, Policy Research for Development (the Role and Effectiveness of Special Economic Zones in Tanzania)
? Sarah Hager, Senior Project Research Specialist, Center for New Structural Economics at Peking University; BerihuAssefa, Research Fellow, Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI) (Historical Documentation of Financing for Industrial Park Infrastructure in China and Ethiopia)
Discussant: 
ZawOo, Director, Centre for Economic and Social Development

17:00-18:30 Panel Discussion III: Green Transformation
Moderator: Tilman Altenburg, Head, Sustainable Economic and Social Development, German Development Institute
Panelists: 
? Arunabha Ghosh, Director, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (India’s Energy Transitions: Difficult Choices)  
? Cosmas Ochieng, Associate Professor, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University (Towards a Green Structural Transformation in Africa: Some Country and Sectoral Highlights)
? Tilman Altenburg, Head, Sustainable Economic and Social Development, German Development Institute (Key insights of the DIE/PAGE Report on Green Industrial Policy)
? Fatima Denton, Director, Special Initiatives Division;Linus Mofor, Africa Climate Policy Centre, UN Economic Commission for Africa (Greening Africa’s Industrialization: A Review of Empirical Evidence)

18:30 Dinner
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DAY2: December 14, 2017

8:30-9:00 Registration

9:00-10:30 Panel Discussion IV: Innovation and Structural Transformation
Moderator: Keun Lee, Director, Center for Economic Catch-Up, Seoul National University
? Keun Lee, Director, Center for Economic Catch-Up, Seoul National University (Is the 4th Industrial Revolution a Window of Opportunity or Reinforcing the Middle-Income Trap? The Case of Southeast Asia)
? Minghui Li, Research Fellow, International Economics and Finance Institute (China’s National Strategies on Innovation and Structural Transformation)
? Abdi Yuya, Lecturer,Adama University, Ethiopia
? Elias Sanidas, Professor, Center for Economic Catch-Up, Seoul National University
? TilahunTemesgen, Chief Regional Economist, African Development Bank

10:30-12:00 Panel Discussion V: Rural Transformation and the Development of Agri-Food Value Chain in Developing Countries
Moderator: Bart Minten, Senior Research Fellow and Ethiopia Program Leader, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Panelists:
? Paul Dorosh, Director, Development Strategy and Governance, International Food Policy Research Institute (Drivers of Rural Transformation and Implications for Poverty Reduction: 2030 and Beyond)
? Roman Mogilevskii, Associate Director and Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Public Policy and Administration, University of Central Asia (Development and Issues of Agri-Food Value Chains in Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan)
? Bart Minten, Senior Research Fellow and Ethiopia Program Leader, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (How cities reshape food systems)

Discussant:
? Ricardo Fort, Senior Researcher, Group for the Analysis of Development

12:00-13:30 Lunch

13:30-15:30 Roundtable: Africa’s Economies in 2050
Moderator: Gebrehiwot Ageba Kebedew, Director of Programmes, Ethiopian Development Research Institute
? Justin Yifu Lin, Director, Center for New Structural Economics at Peking University
? K.Y. Amoako, President and Founder, African Center for Economic Transformation
? Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute 
? Tilman Altenburg, Head, Sustainable Economic and Social Development, German Development Institute
? Annalisa Primi, Head, Structural Policies and Innovation Unit, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break

16:00-17:30 2017 Work Review & Work Plan for 2018
Moderator: 
? Yong Wang, Acting General Secretary, GReCEST Secretariat; Academic Deputy Director, Center for New Structural Economics at Peking University
? Introduction to New Members
- Minghui Li, Research Fellow, International Economics and Finance Institute
- Zaw OO, Director, Centre for Economic and Social Development
? Q&A and Feedback 

17:30-18:00 Concluding Remarks (10 min each)
Moderator: Yong Wang, Acting General Secretary, GReCEST Secretariat; Academic Deputy Director, Center for New Structural Economics at Peking University
? Justin Yifu Lin, Chair, GReCEST; Director, Center for New Structural Economics at Peking University
? Shenggen Fan, Vice-Chair, GReCEST; Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute
? K.Y. Amoako, Vice-Chair, GReCEST; President and Founder, African Center for Economic Transformation

18:00 Dinner

Organizing committee

Acting General Secretary: Dr. Yong Wang, yongwang@nsd.pku.edu.cn

Coordinator: Dr. Yanchao Li, yanchaoli@nsd.pku.edu.cn

Assistant Coordinator:Miss Xinyue Wu, xinyuewu@nsd.pku.edu.cn

Conference Assistant:Ms. Sarah Hager, sarahhager@nsd.pku.edu.cn

Conference Assistant:Mr. Ravi Prasad, raviprasad781@gmail.com

Conference Assistant:Ms. LiwenZhang, liwen.zhang@cgiar.org

 

Local support

EDRI volunteer: Ms. Bedilish Gebremedhin, bedilishbl@gmail.com

EDRI volunteer: Mr. Yilkal Tariku, yilkal29@yahoo.com

 

Hotel information

Radisson Blu Hotel, Addis Ababa

P.O.box 21555/1000.

Reg N: EIA-PC 01/1259/06

Kazanchis Business District, KirkosSubcity 17/18

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

【About GReCEST】

Initiated by the Center for New Structural Economics (CNSE) at Peking University with support from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET), the Global Research Consortium on Economic Structural Transformation (GReCEST) aspires to foster intellectual partnerships and promote original thinking and innovative practice in an effort to help developing countries to achieve economic structural transformation.

 

The GReCEST serves as one of the priority areas under the umbrella of the ‘Global Coalition of Southern Think Tank Networks,’ co-convened by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC). The GReCEST has 35 members from all over the world. The Secretariat is housed at the CNSE at Peking University.

 

The GReCEST Inaugural Conference, held on 13-14 December 2016 in Beijing, was a great success. The GReCEST 2017 Conference is now taking place on 13-14 December 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

【Memembers】