To that end the IPD and the Research Institute of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency joined other partners in cohost a conference on the Measurement of Well Being and Development in Durban, South Africa from November 12-14. The conference focused on alternative conceptual frameworks and statistical methods in measuring wellbeing and economic development. The IPD thanks the Government of South Africa, the OECD-hosted High Level Expert Group, Center on Global Economic Governance (Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs) and Cornell University in making this conference a success.
Partners
Participants
- Ravi Kanbur
Speaker
Professor of Economics
Cornell University - Joseph Stiglitz
Speaker
President
Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD) - Ichiro Tambo
Speaker
Director
JICA Research Institute
JICA - Murray Leibbrandt
Speaker
Professor of Economics
University of Cape Town - Jan Svejnar
Speaker
James T. Shotwell Professor of Global Political Economy; Director, Center on Global Economic Governance
School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University - Akbar Noman
Task Force Chair
Senior Policy Fellow
Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD) - Ebrahim Patel
Speaker
Minister of Economic Development
Government of South Africa - Marco Mira D’Ercole
Speaker
Head
Household Statistics and Progress Measurement
OECD - Lorenzo Fioramonti
Speaker
Professor
Political Economy
University of Pretoria - Vic Van Vuuren
Task Force Chair
Director
ILO Africa - Frances Lund
Speaker
Professor
Development Studies
University of Kwa Zulu-Natal - William Baah-Boateng
Speaker
Senior Lecturer
University of Ghana
- Haroon Bhorat
Speaker
Professor
Economics
University of Cape Town - Margaret Kakande
Task Force Chair
Head
Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit
Ministry of Finance, Uganda - Rashad Cassim
Speaker
Head
Research Department
South African Reserve Bank - Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse
Speaker
Senior Research Fellow
International Food Policy Research Institute - Daniel Masolwa
Speaker
Statistician
National Bureau of Statistics
Tanzania - Chukwudozie Ezigbalike
Speaker
Chief
Data Technology Section
African Centre for Statistics, United Nations Eocnomic Commission for Africa - Ben Turok
Task Force Chair
Director
Institute for African Alternatives - Servaas Van Der Berg
Speaker
Professor
Economics
Stellenbosch University - Luc Christiaensen
Speaker
Lead Economist
Jobs Group
World Bank - Dean Jolliffe
Speaker
Senior Economist
Development Research Group
World Bank - Ngone Diop
Task Force Chair
Senior Gender Advisor
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa - Sabina Alkire
Speaker
Professor
University of Oxford
- Gebrehiwot A. Kebedew
Speaker
Director of Programmes
Ethiopian Development Research Institute - Luc Christiaensen
Speaker
Lead Economist
Jobs Group
World Bank - Montserrat Gomendio
Speaker
Deputy Director
Directorate for Education and Skills
OECD - Akbar Noman
Speaker
Senior Policy Fellow
Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD) - Grace Bediako
Speaker
Member
National Development Planning Commission
Ghana - Margaret Kakande
Speaker
Head
Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit
Ministry of Finance, Uganda - Imraan Valodia
Speaker
Dean
Faculty of Commerce, Law, and Management
University of Witwatersrand - Jane Kabubo-Mariara
Speaker
Director
School of Economics
University of Nairobi - Pali Lehohla
Speaker
Statistician General
South Africa - Haroon Bhorat
Speaker
Professor
Economics
University of Cape Town