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AERC Plenary Session on
“Youth Employment in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges”
Sunday November 30, 2014
Chair of Session:
Dr. Michael Gondwe, Governor, Bank of Zambia
Opening session: 09:00- 09:30
Welcoming remarks:
Official Opening:
First session:
09:30–11:00
Paper 1:
Presenter:
Discussant:
Floor Discussion
11:00–11.20
Tea/Coffee Break
Second session:
11:20–12:50
Paper 2:
Presenter
Third session:
Skills or jobs? A diagnostic of youth employment challenges in SubSaharan Africa
Dr. Louise Fox, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Dr. Pamela Kabaso, ZIPAR, Zambia
What is in a job? The social context of youth (un)employment in Africa
Dr. Olawale Ismail, King's College London, UK
Discussant
Floor Discussion
Dr. Ita Mannathoko, Economic Advisor and Consultant, Botswana
12:50-14:00
Lunch Break
14:00–15:30
Paper 3:
Presenter:
Fourth session:
Prof. Lemma W. Senbet, Executive Director, AERC
Prof. Stephen Simukanga, Vice Chancellor, University of
Zambia
Hon. Alexander Chikwanda, Minister of Finance, Republic
of Zambia
The impact of exogenous policy shocks on young people: The case of
sectoral minimum wages in South Africa
Prof. Haroon Bhorat, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Discussant:
Floor Discussion
Prof. Francis Baye, University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon
15:30–16:00
Tea/Coffee Break
16:00– 17:50
Chair:
Special Presentation
Public/Private Sector Policy Panel
Dr. Caleb Fundanga, Executive Director, MEFMI
“Youth employment challenges in Africa: policy options and agenda for future
research” by Dr.William Baah-Boateng, University of Ghana, Ghana
Dr. Louise Fox, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Mr. Hazele Chilala, Zambia Federation of Employers (ZFE), Zambia
Ms. Peggy Mlewa, Director Research and Planning, Zambia
Dr. Francis Mangeni, Director of Trade Customs and Monetary Affairs,
COMESA .
Panelists:
Floor Discussion
17:50 -18:00
Wrap-up: Dr. Witness Simbanegavi, Director of Research, AERC
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GROUP A: POVERTY, INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND FOOD SECURITY
Monday, December 1, 2014
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
08:30–09:30 A1 Breastfeeding and child health in Uganda 08:30–09:30 A6 Genre, emplois, et Salaires sur le
(Edward Bbaale – FR)
marche du travail Camerounais (Christian
Zamo Akono - WIP)
09:30–10:30A2 Pauvreté au Togo entre 2006 et 2011:
09:30–10:30 A7 Le role de l‘education maternelle et
Explication de l’écart de pauvreté et rôle de la
des soins prenataux sur la santé des enfants
croissance économique (Golo Yao Nukunu au Cameroun (Saleu Feumeni Josiane FR)
WIP)
10:30–11:00
Tea/Coffee Break
10:30–11:00
Tea/Coffee Break
11:00–12:00A3 Inegalite d’opportunite de santé chez les
11:00–12:00 CPPA1 The economic burden of
enfants ages de moins de 5 ans au Togo
disabilities in Kenya: Analysis from survey
(Yacobou Sanoussi-WIP)
data (Ongong’a Winnie Adhiambo - CPP)
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
08:30–09:30 A8 Pro-poor growth and inequality in Chad
(Gadom D. G, Kountchou A M, and Gbetoton N
A D - NP)
09:30–10:30 A9 Microfinance et dynamique de la pouvrete
au Benin: une analyse par le processus
markovien (Chigblo Wilfried -NP)
10:30–11:00
Tea/Coffee Break
11:00–12:00 A10 Analyse des inegalities dues au genre et a
l’origine nationale dans population juvenile sur
le marche du travail Ivoirien (S. E. Aka and
A.E. Kouame - NP)
12:00–13:00 A4 Effects of maternal immunization on birth 12:00–13:00 CPPA2 Malaria and labour force
12:00–13:00 A11 Dynamique de la pauvrete en Cote
weight in rural Cameroon (Tambi Daniel Mbu participation in Nigeria (Uche Abamba –
d’Ivoire: une analyse en pseudo panel (K.
WIP)
CPP)
D.Kouassi Patrick Frankiln -NP)
13:00–14:00
Lunch Break
13:00–14:00
Lunch Break
13:00–14:00
Lunch Break
14:00–15:00 A5 Explaining well-being and inequality in
14:00 –15:00 CPPA4 Income polarization dynamics in 14:00–15:00 A12 Caracteristques et determinants du
Cameroon: A regression-based decomposition
South Africa (Machema, Ratjomose Petrose
sousemploi au Cameroun (Hyefouais
(Marinus Arrey - WIP)
–CPP)
Ngniodem Achille Stephane and Marie
Madeleine Fotso -NP)
16:00–16:15
Tea/Coffee Break
16:00–16:15
Tea/Coffee Break
16:00–16:15
Tea/Coffee Break
16:15 – 18:15 Special Session:
16:15 – 18:15 Special Session:
16:15 – 18:15 Special Session:
 “Dynamic Industrial Policy in Africa: Innovative
 Potential funding opportunities for AERC
 The Government Revenue Database – an
Institutions, Effective Processes and Flexible
graduate students’ research on child labor and
introduction to a new tax database compiled by the
Mechanisms” by Dr Adam B. Elhiraika, UNECA,
youth employment: An introduction to the
International Centre for Taxation and
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
research collaboration between the AERC and
Development (ICTD) by Oliver Morrissey
Understanding Children’s Work by Jacob de
Hoop, ILO/UCW
KEY:
NP=New Proposal RP=Revised Proposal
WIP=Work in Progress FR=Final Report CPP=Collaborative PhD Programme
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GROUP B: MACROECONOMIC POLICIES, INVESTMENT AND GROWTH
Monday, December 1, 2014
08.30–09:30 B1 Health aid and child mortality in
developing countries: Accounting for
transimission mechanisms (Douzounet
Mallaye and Thierry Yogo - FR)
09:30–10:30 B2 Analyse des déterminants des
investissements directs étrangers dans les
pays de l’UEMOA (Koudou Viviane -FR)
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
08:30–09:30 CPPB1 Determinants of external debt in
Sub Saharan Africa (Chiminya Adonia
Don –CPP)
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
08:30–09:30 B9 Sterilization measures in Botswana:
efficacy and the cost (Ita Mannathoko-NP)
09:30–10:30 CPPB2 Analysis of growth in public
09:30–10:30 B10 Enhancing domestic resource
sector recurrent costs and Olivera-Tanzi
mobilization for effective development and
effect in Kenya (Alex Oguso Ochieng’ growth in Tanzania: The role of taxation (Cornel
CPP)
Joseph - NP)
10:30–11:00
Tea/Coffee Break
10:30–11:00
Tea/Coffee Break
10:30–11:00
Tea/Coffee Break
11:00–12:00 B3 Effet des institutions sur performance
11:00–12:00 CPPB3 Fiscal policy: Sustainability and
11:00–12:00 B11 Interest rate pass-through in Malawi
des recettes fiscales au Senegal (Ameth
contribution to sustainable development in
(Austin Chiumia and Arnold Palamuleni - NP)
Ndiaye Saloum -WIP)
Benin (Avadame Rufain – CPP)
12:00–13:00 B4 Le phénomène des déficits jumeaux dans 12:00–13:00 B7 Macroeconomic consequences of
12:00–13:00 B12 External shocks and short-term
les pays de I’UEMOA: Une analyse sur
fluctuations in Ivory Coast (Oulai Sieni Toussaint
terrorism and anti-terrorism expenditure in
données de panel (Kouassi Yeboua - WIP)
- NP)
Nigeria (Chuku Chuku, Dominic Abang
and Imaabasi Isip -NP)
13:00–14:00
Lunch Break
13:00–14:00
Lunch Break
13: 00–14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00 B5 Implications des indicateurs de
14:00 - 15:00 B8 Modeling interest rate pass-through in 14.:00–15:00
performance du marche du travail pour la
Rwanda: is the interest rate adjustment
Methodological session
croissance pro-pouvre du Cameroun (Ousseni
dynamics symmetric or asymmetric?
Mongbet - WIP)
(Musoni Rutayisire -NP)
16:00–16:15
Tea/Coffee Break
16:00 –16:15
Tea/Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:15
Tea/Coffee Break
16:15 – 18:15 Special Session:
16:15 – 18:15 Special Session:
16:15 – 18:15 Special Session:
 “Dynamic Industrial Policy in Africa:
 Potential funding opportunities for AERC
 The government revenue database – an
Innovative Institutions, Effective Processes and
graduate students’ research on child labor and
introduction to a new tax database compiled by the
Flexible Mechanisms” by Dr Adam B.
youth employment: An introduction to the
International Centre for Taxation and
Elhiraika, UNECA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
research collaboration between the AERC and
Development (ICTD) by Oliver Morrissey
Understanding Children’s Work by Jacob de
Hoop, ILO/UCW
KEY: NP=New Proposal
RP=Revised Proposal WIP=Work in Progress
FR=Final Report CPP=Collaborative PhD Programme
GROUP C: FINANCE AND RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
Monday, December 1, 2014
08.30-09.30 C1 Firms’ financial performance and
corporate board diversity: Evidence from
Kenya (Samuel Oyieke - FR)
09:30–10:30 C2 Impact of microfinance on households’
welfare: The case of Dodoma region,
Tanzania (Basili S. A. Liheta and Peter Elia
Mosha-FR)
10:30–11:00
Tea/Coffee Break
11:00–12:00 C3 L’effet du capital social sur l’accès au
microcrédit par les ménages au Cameroun en
2001et 2007 (Clarisse Metseyem -FR)
12:00–13:00 C4 Determinants of capital structure choices
in the Zimbabwean corporate sector (Strike
Mbulawa - WIP)
13:00–14:00
Lunch Break
14:00–15:00 C5 Gender-based credit constraints and
firm performance in in the CEMAC Subregion (Tabi Johannes and Ndam Romanus
Adze-WIP)
16:00–16:15
Tea/Coffee Break
16:15 – 18:15 Special Session:
 “Dynamic Industrial Policy in Africa:
Innovative Institutions, Effective Processes and
Flexible Mechanisms” by Dr Adam B.
Elhiraika, UNECA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
08:30–09:30 C6 Les politiques monetaire de la BCEAO
et de la BEAC: L’apport de la regle de
Taylor augmentee (Achi Marius-WIP)
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
08:30–09:30 C9 Les banques et la transmission de la
poliatique monetaire: Une analyse comparative
des zones Cemac, Uemoa et Zmao (Kanga
Kouame Desire -NP)
09:30–10:30 C7 Improving access to banking services in 09:30–10:30 C10 Pacte de stabilité et stabilisation en union
Malawi (Chinyamata Chipeta and Esmie
économique et monétaire quest Africaine (Bezeme
Kanyumbu - NP)
Yyes Valery Franck - NP)
10:30–11:00
Tea/Coffee Break
11:00–12:00 CPP C1 Essays on stock market liquidity
(Rogers Ondiba Ochenge – CPP)
10:30–11:00
Tea/Coffee Break
11:00–12:00 C11 Surliquidite bancaire et effictivite de la
politique monetaire dans I’UEMOA (Mamadou
Diack -NP)
12:00–13:00 C8 Accès au Financement bancaire des
12:00–13:00 C12 Financial inclusion and welfare in postpetites et moyennes entreprises au Sénégal
apartheid South Africa (Elizabeth Nanziri Lwanga
(Mouhamed Abdoulaye Seck -NP)
- NP)
13:00–14:00
Lunch Break
13: 00–14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 15: 00 CPP C2 Effects of financial constraints on 14:00–15:00 C13 Institutions financières et
capital structure, investment and
approfondissement financier: le cas des pays de la
employment in sub-Saharan Africa
CEMAC (Mvogo Gregory -NP)
(Kipyegon B. Kirui - CPP)
16:00–16:15
Tea/Coffee Break
16:00–16:15
Tea/Coffee Break
16:15 – 18:15 Special Session:
16:15 – 18:15 Special Session:
 Potential funding opportunities for AERC
 The government revenue database – an
graduate students’ research on child labor and
introduction to a new tax database compiled by the
youth employment: An introduction to the
International Centre for Taxation and
research collaboration between the AERC and
Development (ICTD) by Oliver Morrissey
Understanding Children’s Work by Jacob de
Hoop, ILO/UCW
KEY: NP=New Proposal RP=Revised Proposal WIP=Work in Progress FR=Final Report CPP=Collaborative PhD Programme
GROUP D: TRADE AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION
Monday, December 1, 2014
08:30–09:30 D1 Political institutions, trade and economic
development in sub Saharan Africa (Vincent
Leyaro – FR)
09:30–10:30 D2 Intraregional FDI in SADC: A Case of
South Africa and Mauritius Outward FDI
(Onelie Nkuna –FR)
10:30–11:00
Tea/Coffee Break
11:00–12:00 D3 Market integration and price transmission
analysis between South Africa and Botswana on
wheat and wheat flour (James Maringwa –FR)
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
08:30–09:00 D6 How facilitating trade would benefit
trade in Africa (Abdoulaye Seck – WIP)
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
08:30–09:30 CPPD2 Determinants of intraregional and
traditional FDI in Africa: Are there differences?
(Kargbo Santigie Mohammed – CPP)
09:30–10:30 D7 Macroeconomics determinants of
09:30–10:30 CPPD3 Analysis of the spatial distribution of
remittance flows to Southern Africa (Kisu
income in South Africa: 2001 – 2011 (Gibson
Simwaka -WIP)
Mudiriza - CPP)
10:30–11:00
Tea/Coffee Break
10:30–11:00
Tea/Coffee Break
11:00–12:00 D8 Impact of investment climate on total 11:00–12:00 D10 Boom pétrolier et commerce transfrontalier
factor productivity of food industries in
des produits alimentaires en Afrique Centrale
Nigeria (Friday Ademola Ajagbe and
(Mireille Ntsama -NP)
Joshua Olusegun Ajetomobi - WIP)
12:00–13:00 D4 Do governance institutions matter for trade 12:00–13:00 D9 Libéralisation commerciale et
12:00–13:00 D11 Foreign direct investment, international
flows between Sub-Saharan Africa and its
mobilisation des recettes fiscale dans les
trade and productivity growth: Firm level evidence
trading partners? (Adeolu O. Adewuyi and
pays de la CEDEAO (Mamadou Laye
from Cameroon (Ousmanou Njikam and Roland
Ebenezer Olubiyi-FR)
Ndoye - NP)
Rostant Njiteu Leudjou - NP)
13:00–14:00
Lunch Break
13:00–14:00
Lunch Break
13: 00–14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00 D5 Impacts potentiels de la libéralisation des
14:00 - 15:00 CPPD1 Spatial dimensions of firm
14:00 - 15:00 D12 Reexamen de la creation de commerce au
prix des produits pétroliers sur la croissance et
activity in South Africa (Mahofa, Godfrey
sien de L’UEMOA (Eric Kouassi -NP)
la pauvreté et measures d’accompagnement
–CPP)
(Tegoum Nguetse Pierre Joubert, Eric Neguem
and Celestin Sikube Takamgno - WIP)
16:00–16:15
Tea/Coffee Break
16:00–16:15
Tea/Coffee Break
16:00–16:15
Tea/Coffee Break
16:15 – 18:15 Special Session:
16:15 – 18:15 Special Session:
16:15 – 18:15 Special Session:
 “Dynamic Industrial Policy in Africa: Innovative
 Potential funding opportunities for AERC
 The government revenue database – an introduction
Institutions, Effective Processes and Flexible
graduate students’ research on child labor
to a new tax database compiled by the International
Mechanisms” by Dr Adam B. Elhiraika, UNECA,
and youth employment: An introduction to
Centre for Taxation and Development (ICTD) by
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
the research collaboration between the
Oliver Morrissey
AERC and Understanding Children’s Work
by Jacob de Hoop, ILO/UCW
KEY:
NP=New Proposal RP=Revised Proposal WIP=Work in Progress FR=Final Report CPP=Collaborative PhD Programme
GROUP E: POLITICAL ECONOMY, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND AGRICULTURAL
POLICY ISSUES
Monday, December 1, 2014
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
08:30–09:30 E1 Assessing user satisfaction with the 08:30–09:30 E5 Private sector productivity and governance
quality of healthcare services in Cameroon
impact: Lessons for Cote d’Ivoire emerging goal
(Aloysius Mom Njong and Rosy Pascale
(N’guessan Dieu-Donne Melagne - RP)
Meyet Tchouapi - FR)
09:30–10:30E2 Analyse economique du marche de la 09:30–10:30 E6 Evaluation economique des services de
religion au Cameroun: L’emergence du
recreation du Parc Zooloqique de Hann a Dakar
pentecotisme americain (Mpabe Bodjongo
(Housseynatou Diallo - NP)
and Ibrahim Abba –WIP)
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
08:30–09:30 E10 Analyse de l’efficacité des systèmes de
production du maïs au Bénin (Fawaz Aminou
–NP)
10:30–11:00 Tea/Coffee Break
11:00–12:00 E3 Adoption et usages de L’internet au
Cameroun (Novice Patrick Bakehe ,
Bertrand Tamokwe Piaptie, and Ariel
Herbert FAmbeu - WIP)
10:30–11:00
Tea/Coffee Break
11:00–12:00 E7 The impact of cross country heterogeneity
on consumer energy efficiency: Evidence from a
panel of African countries (Morakinyo O.
Adetutu and Victor Ajayi -NP)
12:00–13:00 CPPE1 Climate change and wildlife
utilization on private land: Evidence from
wildlife ranching in South Africa (Otieno
Jackson Ongong’a – CPP)
13:00–14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00 E4 Chomage des jeunes, instabilite
politque et croissance economique dans les
pays de la CEDEAO: une analyse a l’aide
d’un panel var (Kramo Germain -NP)
16:00–16:15
Tea/Coffee Break
16:15 – 18:15 Special Session: UNECA
 “Dynamic Industrial Policy in Africa:
Innovative Institutions, Effective Processes
and Flexible Mechanisms” by Dr Adam B.
Elhiraika, UNECA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
12:00–13:00 E8 Impacts of climate change adoption on
agricultural income: evidence from Savane
Region of Togo (Pilo Mikemina - NP)
10:30–11:00
Tea/Coffee Break
11:00–12:00 E12 Savings, entrepreneurial ability and selfemployment: Evidence from selected
Ghanaian universities (Peprah James Atta and
Clifford Afoakwah - NP)
12:00–13:00 E13 Genre et performance des entreprises au
Cameroun (Steve Douanla Meli and Benjamin
Fomba -NP)
KEY:
NP=New Proposal
09:30 – 10:30 E11 Impact de la forme urbaine sur la
mobilité durable dans une agglomération en
Afrique Subsaharienne: Cas de Yaounde
(Mfoulou Patrick Olugu –NP)
13:00–14:00
Lunch Break
13:030–14:00
14:00 - 15:00 E9 Competitiveness and market of rice in Cote 14:00 - 15:00
d’Ivoire (Achy Landry – NP)
Lunch Break
Methodological session
16:00–16:30
Tea/Coffee Break
16:00–16:30
Tea/Coffee Break
16:15 – 18:15 Special Session:
16:15 – 18:15 Special Session:
 Potential funding opportunities for AERC graduate 
The government revenue database – an
students’ research on child labor and youth
introduction to a new tax database compiled by the
employment: An introduction to the research
International Centre for Taxation and Development
collaboration between the AERC and
(ICTD) by Oliver Morrissey
Understanding Children’s Work by Jacob de Hoop,
ILO/UCW
RP=Revised Proposal
WIP=Work in Progress FR=Final Report CPP=Collaborative PhD Programme
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TECHNICAL MEETING FOR RESEACHERS
Thursday, December 4, 2014
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