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WELCOMING REMARKS (Preston Auditorium - ground floor)

Indermit Gill, Senior Vice President & Chief Economist, Å·ÃÀÈÕb´óƬ

Deon Filmer, Director, Development Research Group, Å·ÃÀÈÕb´óƬ

Jonathan Leape, Executive Director, International Growth Centre

OPENING SESSION: Urban Expansion and the Future of Cities (Preston Auditorium - ground floor)

CHAIR AND MODERATOR
Bernice Van Bronkhorst, Global Director for Urban, Resilience and Land Global Practice, Å·ÃÀÈÕb´óƬ

PANELISTS
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, and C-40 Co-Chair

Omar Masud, Chief Executive, Urban Unit, Pakistan and Cities that Work Council Member

Don Davis, Ragnar Nurkse Professor of Economics, Columbia University

Maisy Wong, James T. Riady Associate Professor of Real Estate, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

POLICY SESSION: Planning in African Cities (Preston Auditorium - ground floor)

CHAIR
Alyssa Ayres, Dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University

POLICY ADDRESS
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, and C-40 Co-Chair

Charles Hinga, Principal Secretary, State Dept for Housing and Urban Development, Kenya

Mohammed Alhassan Damba, Immediate Past President of Ghana Institute of Planning, Ghana

RESPONDENTS
Shlomo Angel, Professor of City Planning at the Marron Institute, NYU

Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, Harvard University, and Co-Director of the Cities Research Programme, International Growth Centre

KEYNOTE ADDRESS AND DEBATE (Preston Auditorium - ground floor)

CHAIR
Mark Sundberg, Deputy Vice President and Chief Economist, Millennium Challenge Corporation

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: The Promises, Problems, and Policy Pitfalls of Urban Development
Gilles Duranton, Dean's Chair in Real Estate Professor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

RESPONDENTS
Hugh Cole, Director of Strategy, City of Cape Town, South Africa

Elena Ianchovichina, Head of Frontier Knowledge, World Bank's Jobs Cross-cutting Solutions Group

Catalina Marulanda, Practice Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa Region, Å·ÃÀÈÕb´óƬ

Omar Masud, Chief Executive, Urban Unit, Pakistan and Cities that Work Council Member

Ming Zhang, Practice Manager, East Asia and the Pacific Region, Å·ÃÀÈÕb´óƬ

3:30 - 5:00pm

THEMATIC SESSION A: Urban Expansion (Preston Auditorium - ground floor)
Subtopics: Pace of expansion, horizontal and vertical growth, densification, land use conversion

CHAIR
Mesbah Motamed, Lead Economist, Millennium Challenge Corporation

ACADEMIC SPEAKERS
Mark Roberts, Lead Economist, Å·ÃÀÈÕb´óƬ

Mathilde Lebrand, Senior Economist, Prospects Group, Å·ÃÀÈÕb´óƬ

POLICY SPEAKER
Shlomo Angel, Professor of City Planning, Marron Institute, New York University

DISCUSSANT
Harris Selod, Senior Economist, Å·ÃÀÈÕb´óƬ

3:30 - 5:00pm

THEMATIC SESSION B: Incremental Housing (MC 4-800, 4^th floor, conference room 800, in the 800s section of the building)
Subtopics: Informal housing, slum upgrading, sites and services

CHAIR
Tanner Regan, Assistant Professor, George Washington University

ACADEMIC SPEAKERS
Guy Michaels, Associate Professor of Economics, LSE

Maisy Wong, James T. Riady Associate Professor of Real Estate, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

POLICY SPEAKER
Mohammed Alhassan Damba, Immediate Past President of Ghana Institute of Planning, Ghana

DISCUSSANT
Olivia d¡¯Aoust, Senior Economist, Urban, Resilience, and Land, Å·ÃÀÈÕb´óƬ

3:30 - 5:00pm

THEMATIC SESSION C: City Structures (MC 13-121, 13^th floor, conference room 121, in the 100s section of the building)
Subtopics: Spatial organization of cities, formal and informal land markets, spatial mobility and productivity

CHAIR
Stephane Hallegate, Senior Climate Change Adviser, World Bank

ACADEMIC SPEAKERS
Stephen Redding, Harold T. Shapiro 1964 Professor in Economics, Princeton University

Nick Tsivanidis, Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley, and Co-Director of the Cities Research Programme, International Growth Centre 

POLICY SPEAKER
Hugh Cole, Director of Strategy, City of Cape Town, South Africa

DISCUSSANT
Arti Grover, Principal Economist and Regional Program Leader, IFC

Cocktail Reception

George Washington University, Elliot School of International Affairs, Lindner Commons Room (6th floor), 1957 E ST NW, Washington, DC (intersection of E and 19th Street, on E Street)

Registration and Coffee

Latecomers registration at Visitor¡¯s Center (on the side of the building) and coffee (rooms MC 2-800, MC C2-350 and MC 13-121)

9:15 - 11:15am

RESEARCH SESSION 1A: Local Economic Development (MC 2-800, 2^nd floor, conference room 800, in the 800s section of the building)

CHAIR
Jake Grover, Senior Advisor, Millennium Challenge Corporation

PAPERS
Paper 1A.1: Stephen Redding (Princeton), ¡°Neighborhood Effects: Evidence from Wartime Destruction in London¡±

Paper 1A.2: Tillman Von Carnap (Center for Food Security and the Environment), ¡°Rural Marketplaces and Local Development¡±

Paper 1A.3: Jevgenijs Steinbuks (Å·ÃÀÈÕb´óƬ), ¡°Infrastructure Complementarities and Local Economic Growth: Evidence from Electrification and Highway Construction in Brazil¡±

Paper 1A.4: Qingua Zhang (Guanghua School of Management), ¡°Build up a Metropolis: Land Use Regulations. Spatial Misallocation, and Welfare

DISCUSSANT
Ayah Mahgoub, Senior Urban Development Specialist, Å·ÃÀÈÕb´óƬ

9:15 - 11:15am

RESEARCH SESSION 1B: Segregation (MC C2-350, basement level C2, conference room 350, in the 300s section of the building)

CHAIR
Henry Telli, Senior Country Economist, Ghana, International Growth Centre

PAPERS
Paper 1B.1: Fernanda Rojas-Ampuero (University of Wisconsin), ¡°Segregation and Health: The Consequences of Slum Clearance on Mortality¡±

Paper 1B.2: Magdalena Rossetti (London School of Economics), ¡°Identifying the Spatial Patterns of Multidimensional Poverty: The Case of Chile¡±

Paper 1B.3: Shohei Nakamura (Å·ÃÀÈÕb´óƬ), "Where is Poverty Concentrated? New Evidence based on Internationally Consistent Urban and Poverty Measurements"

Paper 1B.4: Tekalign Gutu Sakketa (German Institute of Development and Sustainability), ¡°Urbanization and Social Cohesion: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Africa¡±

DISCUSSANT
Nicholas Li, Assistant Professor of Economics, George Washington University

9:15 - 11:15am

RESEARCH SESSION 1C: Transportation (MC 13-121, 13^th floor, conference room 121, in the 100s section of the building)

CHAIR
Stephane Straub, Chief Economist for Infrastructure, Å·ÃÀÈÕb´óƬ

PAPERS

Paper 1C.1: Alice Duhaut (Å·ÃÀÈÕb´óƬ), ¡°Public and Private Transit: Evidence from Lagos¡±

Paper 1C.2: Lucas Conwell (University College London), ¡°Subways or Minibuses? Privatized Provision of Public Transit¡±

Paper 1C.3: Lea Bou Sleiman (NBER), ¡°Displacing Congestion: Evidence from Paris¡±

Paper 1C.4: Shanjun Li (Cornell), ¡°The Welfare Effects of Passenger Transportation Infrastructure: Evidence from China's High Speed Rail Network¡±

DISCUSSANT
Roman Zarate, Economist, Å·ÃÀÈÕb´óƬ

11:30am - 12:30pm

YOUNG URBAN ECONOMIST WORKSHOP - PART 1 (MC 2-800, 2nd floor, conference room 800, in the 800s section of the building)

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Deon Filmer, Director, Development Research Group, the World Bank

CHAIR
Oliver Harman, Cities Economist, International Growth Centre

PAPERS
Paper YUE 1: Ronak Jain (Harvard University), ¡°Entrepreneur of Emotions: Evidence from Street Vending in India¡±

Paper YUE 2: Stefan Leeffers (University College London), ¡°It Will Rain: The Effect of Information on Flood Preparedness in Urban Mozambique¡±

USING QUANTITATIVE SPATIAL MODELS FOR POLICY WORKSHOP (MC 3-570, 3^rd floor, conference room 570, in the 500s section of the building)

CHAIR
Juliana Oliveira-Cunha, Policy Economist, International Growth Centre

SPEAKERS
Steve Redding, Harold T. Shapiro 1964 Professor in Economics, Princeton University

Nick Tsivanidis, Assistant Professor in Real Estate, UC Berkeley, and Co-Director of the Cities Research Programme, International Growth Centre

Roman Zarate, Economist, Å·ÃÀÈÕb´óƬ

RESPONDENT
Hugh Cole, Director of Strategy, City of Cape Town, South Africa

YOUNG URBAN ECONOMIST WORKSHOP - PART 2 (MC 2-800, 2nd floor, conference room 800, in the 800s section of the building)

CHAIR
Oliver Harman, Cities Economist, International Growth Centre

PAPERS
Paper YUE 3: Fabiola Alba-Vivar (Columbia University), ¡°Opportunity Bound: Transport and Access to College in a Megacity¡±

Paper YUE 4: Olivia Bordeu (Chicago Booth), ¡°Commuting Infrastructure in Fragmented Cities¡±

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: "Cities, Infrastructure, and Government Capacity"
Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, Harvard University, and Co-Director of the Cities Research Programme, International Growth Centre

POLICY SESSION: Connecting Policy, Projects, and Research (MC 13-121, 13th floor, conference room 121, in the 100s section of the building)

CHAIR
Mesbah Motamed, Lead Economist, Millennium Challenge Corporation

Jonathan Leape, Executive Director of the International Growth Centre

RESPONDENTS
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, and C-40 Co-Chair

Hugh Cole, Director of Strategy, City of Cape Town, South Africa

Mohammed Alhassan Damba, Immediate Past President of Ghana Institute of Planning, Ghana

Charles Hinga, Principal Secretary, State Dept for Housing and Urban Development, Kenya

James Maina, State Department of Housing and Urban Development, Kenya

Omar Masud, Chief Executive, Urban Unit, Pakistan and Cities that Work Council Member

3:00 - 5:00pm

RESEARCH SESSION 2A: Crime and Conflict in Cities (MC 2-800, 2nd floor, conference room 800, in the 800s section of the building)

CHAIR
Camilla Sacchetto, Senior Country Economist, Jordan, International Growth Centre

PAPERS
Paper 2A.1: Carlos Schmitt-Padilla (Penn Development Research Initiative), ¡°Gangs, Labor Mobility, and Development¡±

Paper 2A.2: Daniel Ramos Menchelli (Johns Hopkins SAIS), ¡°Spatial Mobility, Economic Opportunity, and Crime¡±

Paper 2A.3: Joaquin Urrego (UC Berkeley), ¡°The Evolution of Slums in Chile, 2000-2021¡± 

Paper 2A.4: Andre Gray (UC San Diego), ¡°Diversity, Conflict, and Agglomeration in African Cities¡±

DISCUSSANT
Paul Carrillo, Professor, George Washington University

3:00 - 5:00pm

RESEARCH SESSION 2B: Housing (MC C2-350, basement level C2, conference room 350, in the 300s section of the building)

CHAIR
Hina Shaikh, Senior Country Economist, Pakistan, International Growth Centre

PAPERS
Paper 2B.1: Daniel Agness (UC Berkeley), ¡°Housing and Human Capital: Condominiums in Ethiopia¡±

Paper 2B.2: Qiayo Zhou (University of Maryland), ¡°Haste or Waste? The Role of Presale in Residential Housing¡±

Paper 2B.3: Vaidehi Tandel (University of Manchester), ¡°Do Mandatory Disclosures Squeeze the Lemons? The Case of Housing Markets¡± 

Paper 2B.4: Kala Sridhar (Institute for Social and Economic Change), "Urban Form in India 1975-2015: Have India¡¯s cities become flat?¡± 

DISCUSSANT
Leah Brooks, Professor, George Washington University

3:00 - 5:00pm

RESEARCH SESSION 2C: Urban Labor Markets (MC 13-121, 13^th floor, conference room 121, in the 100s section of the building)

CHAIR
Louise Fox, Senior Non-Resident Fellow, Africa Growth Initiative, Brookings

PAPERS
Paper 2C.1: Eunjee Kwon (University of Cincinatti), ¡°High-Speed Rail and the Gender Gap in Labor Market: Evidence from South Korea¡±

Paper 2C.2: Luc Christiansen (World Bank), ¡°Do More Urban Migrants Lead to Better Urban Wages and Welfare? Insights from Uganda¡±

Paper 2C.3: Yao Wang (Ohio State University), ¡°Evaluating the Relocation of Indonesia¡¯s Capital: A Quantitative Spatial Model Approach¡±

Paper 2C.4: Victoria Xie (Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara), ¡°Do Resource Rents Drive Urbanization and Structural Transformation? A Global Analysis¡±

DISCUSSANT
Elena Ianchovichina, Head of Frontier Knowledge, World Bank's Jobs Cross-cutting Solutions Group