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IPD/JICA co-host Conference on Measurement of Well Being and Development in Durban, South Africa

The Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi (SSF) Commission Report revealed numerous issues in using GDP as the dominant factor in measuring human wellbeing and economic development in developing countries.
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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
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