The task force (a) laid out a policy-oriented research agenda; (b) determined what issues are to be addressed in formal papers to be written by task force members; and (c) finalized the composition of the task force.
Participants:
- Chief Economist and Deputy Director
World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
United Nations University - Barbara Barungi
Task Force Member
Regional Program Advisor
United Nations Development Programme - Paul Collier
Task Force Member
Professor of Economics
Oxford University - Stefan Dercon
Task Force Member
Professor, Department of Economics
University of Oxford - Augustin Fosu
Task Force Member
Deputy Director
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) - Eleni Gabre-Madhin
Task Force Member
Chief Executive Officer
Ethiopia Commodity Exchange - Ato Newai Gebre-Ab
Task Force Member
Economic Adviser to Prime Minister;
Government of Ethiopia - Aime Gogue
Task Force Member
Professor
Universite de Lome Togo - David Hulme
Task Force Member
Executive Director
Brooks World Poverty Institute
- Ravi Kanbur
Task Force Member
Professor of Economics
Cornell University - Aziz Khan
Task Force Member
Professor
Columbia University - Mushtaq Khan
Task Force Member
Senior Professor in Economics
The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London - Brian Levy
Task Force Member
Advisor, Public Sector Governance
The World Bank - Thandika Mkandawire
Task Force Member
Director
UN Research Institute for Social Development - Tchetche N’guessan
Task Force Member
Professor
Universite de Cocody - Akbar Noman
Task Force Chair
Senior Policy Fellow
Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD) - Michael Nowak
Task Force Member
Deputy Director, African Department
International Monetary Fund - John Page
Task Force Member
Chief Economist, Africa Region
World Bank
- Jean-Phillipe Platteau
Task Force Member
Director
Center for Research in the Economics of Development - Howard Stein
Task Force Member
Professor, School of Public Health
University of Michigan - Nicholas Stern
Task Force Member
Director
Asia Research Centre
London School of Economics - Joseph Stiglitz
Task Force Chair
President
Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD) - Tony Venables
Task Force Member
Professor of Economics
University of Oxford - Robert Wade
Task Force Member
Professor of Political Economy, Development Studies Institute
London School of Economics - Meles Zenawi
Task Force Member
Prime Minster
Ethiopia