Supported by the World Bank and the Government of Norway Tuesday, March 25, 2008 n 8:30am to 4:30p.m
8:30–9:15 Welcome and Introduction to the Gender, Poverty, and Demography Initiative | Mayra Buvinic, Director, PREM Gender and Development, World Bank Monica Das Gupta, Senior Social Scientist, Development Economics Research Group, World Bank (PDF 28KB) | | 9:15–10:30 Demographic Implosion — Population aging | | Moderator: Manny Jimenez, Sector Director, East Asia -Human Development Sector Department, World Bank Presenters: Tim Smeeding and Qin Gao- “Elder Poverty in an Aging World: Conditions of Social Vulnerability, Low Income for Women in Rich and Middle Income Nations” (PDF 551KB) Elizabeth Frankenberg – “The Implications of Family Systems and Economic Context for Intergenerational Transfers in Indonesia and Bangladesh”. ( PDF 34KB)) Discussants: Sonalde Desai, University of Maryland (PDF 156 KB)
Arup Banerji, Sector Manager, Human Development, ECA Region, World Bank (PDF 857KB)
Audience Q&A | | 10:30–12:00 Demographic Explosion — Rapid population growth and very youthful populations | | | Thomas Merrick, Economist, World Bank Institute Presenters:
Deon Filmer, Jed Friedmann, and Norbert Schady– “Fertility preference, differential stopping behavior, and investment in child human capital in the developing world” (PDF 70KB). Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue– “African Fertility Transitions and Gender Parity in Schooling A Partial Assessment” (PDF 530KB) Michael Loshkin, Sergiy Radyakin , and Monica Das Gupta ,– “The Impact of Family Size on Boys’ and Girls’ Child Welfare in India” (PDF 180KB) Discussants: Cynthia Lloyd, Population Council John May, Senior Population Specialist, Africa Region, World Bank Audience Q&A |
Moderator: | | 12:45–2:15 Demographic bulge — The demographic “window of opportunity” | | | Moderator:
Mukesh Chawla, Sector Manager, Human Development Network - Health, Nutrition & Population Team, World Bank
Presenters:
T Paul Schultz – “The Magnitude and Gender Consequences of the Demographic Dividend” and “Consequences of Slowing Rapid Population Growth due to Demographic Transition”. ( PDF 40KB)
Jorge Saba Arbache, Joao Ricardo Faria, and Adolfo Sachsida – Labor Market Conditions, Gender Disparities, and Demographic Dynamics in Poor Countries” (PDF 60KB)
Pablo Acosta– “The Consequences of Female Migration in Child Development in Rural El Salvador" (PDF 50KB)
Jeff Edmeades, Anju Malholtra, and Margaret Greene – Gender Inequality and the Demographic Dividend” (PDF 80KB)
Discussants:
Louise Fox, Lead Specialist, Africa Region, World Bank
Sarosh Sattar, Senior Economist, ECA Region, World Bank Audience Q&A |
| | 2:15–3:30 Demographic hourglass, Part 1 — Losing working age people to HIV | | | Moderator:
Rachel Nugent, Center for Global Development Presenters: Achyuta R. Adhvaryu and Kathleen Beegle– "Impact of Prime-adult Deaths on the Elderly in Tanzania" ( PDF 90KB) Markus Goldstein, Harsha Thirumurthy, and Joshua S. Graff Zivin –"The Economic Impact of Aids Treatment: Labor Supply In Western Kenya"
(PDF 90KB) Simon Gregson– "The Impact of AIDS on children in some African and Asian countries" (PDF 160KB) David Mather and Cynthia Donovan – "The Impacts of Prime-age Mortality on Rural Household Income, Assets, and Poverty in Mozambique" (PDF 320KB)
Discussants: Martha Ainsworth, Lead Economist-Health, Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank Ariana Legovini, Lead Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Africa Region, World Bank |
| | 3:30-3:45 Demographic hourglass, Part 2 — Armed Conflict, missing Girls and migration | | | Moderator:
Mayra Buvinic, Director, PREM Gender and Development, World Bank
Presenters: Andre Medici and Adriana Alves– “The Demographic Impact of Armed Conflict: a case study of Rwanda and El Salvador” ( PDF 80KB)
Avraham Ebenstein and Ethan Jennings – “ The Economic Consequences of the ‘Missing Girls’ of China ” (PDF 80KB)
Michael Loshkin and Elena Glinskaya – “Effect of Male Migration for Work on Female Employment Patterns in Nepal” (PDF130KB)
Discussant:
Edmundo Murrugara, Senior Economist, Poverty Reduction Group, World Bank |
| | 4.30–5:00 Next Steps and Concluding Remarks | | Monica Das Gupta, Senior Social Scientist, Development Economics Research Group, World Bank Mayra Buvinic, Director, Gender and Development, World Bank |
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