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Day 1: Wednesday July 24, 2013 

08:00 Arrival & Registration 

08:25 Introduction – Prof. Peter Quartey (Head, Economics Department, University of Ghana) 

08:30 Welcome Remarks – Prof. Ernest Aryeetey (Vice Chancellor, UG) 

09:00 Opening Speech – Mrs. Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade (AfDB)/ Dr. Frannie Leautier (ACBF)/ Prof. 

Yaw Nyarko (AES President) 

09:30 Keynote Address: Dr K. Wampah (Governor, Bank of Ghana) 

10:00 BREAK 

10:15 Plenary Session I (Main Hall: Adae Kesie): Joon Park (Indiana University, USA) 

11:15 – 13:00 – Parallel Sessions 

Fiscal Policy 

Session 1: Kundum 

Chair: Dickson 

Oruko, Kenya 

Institute for Public 

Policy Research & 

Analysis 

Fiscal Rules And Fiscal 

Prudence In Nigeria: A 

Bounds Testing 

Analysis 

Golit, Peter Dada 

Econometric Analysis 

Of The Impact Of Fiscal 

Policy On Nominal 

Exchange Rate In 

Nigeria 

Mr. Sanni. H. Taiwo, 

Yilkudi Dinci J. 

A SVAR Analysis of 

Macroeconomic Effects 

of Fiscal Policy Shocks 

in Nigeria (1970-2010) 

Monica A. Orisadare. 

Modelling Of 

Government Capital 

Expenditure And 

Revenue: Error 

Correction Model 

Approach 

Kayode Ayinde 

O. E. Ayinde 

Fiscal and Monetary 

Policies Coordination in 

Kenya: An Empirical 

Analysis 1996-2012 

Moses Mathu, 

Esman Nyamongo 

Household 

Economics 

Session 2: Bugum 1 

Chair: Prof. Peter 

Quartey, University 

of Ghana 

Determinants of 

Poverty among Male- 

Headed and Female- 

Headed Households in 

Ghana 

Daniel K. Twerefou, 

Bernardin Senadza, 

John Owusu-Afriyie 

Households’ 

Willingness-to-pay for 

Improved Electricity 

Supply in Ghana 

Daniel Kwabena 

Twerefou 

Income Status And 

Homeownership: 

Microeconometric 

Evidence On Nigerian 

Households 

P.C. Nwakanma, 

Kelechi C. Nnamdi 

Non-monetary Poverty 

Analysis in a 

Developing Country: 

Case Study of Cameroon 

Gankou Jean-Marie, 

Tchitchoua Jean, 

Feubi Eric Patric 

Investment 

Session 3: Odwira 1 

Chair: Mr. Theodore 

Antwi-Asare, 

University of Ghana 

Foreign Direct 

Investment, Financial 

Depth And Output 

Performance In The 

Presence Of Structural 

Breaks: Evidence For 

Nigeria 

Mohammed I. 

Shuaibu 

Corporate Tax 

Competition & FDI In 

Ghana 

Camara Kwasi 

Obeng 

From the Ground up: 

An impact Evaluation 

of the Community 

Infrastructure 

Upgrading Programme 

in Dar Es Salem 

Aiden Coville, 

Yu-hsuan Su 


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Banking and Finance 

I 


Chair: Moses 

Chesang Kiptui, 

Kenya School of 

Monetary Studies 

Research Centre 

Macroeconomic 

Determinants Of The 

Nigerian Stock Market: 

A Cointegration 

Approach 

Nkenchor N. Igue 

Yusuf Adamu 

Ibrahim Al-Hassan 

Access to and Use of 

Financial Services in 

Nigeria: Microeconometric 

Evidence 

Beecroft 

Efobi Uchenna 

Osabuohien Evans 

Market Structure, 

Ownership Structure 

And Bank Risk-Taking 

Behaviour: African 

Evidence 

James N. Doku, 

Joshua Abor, 

Charles K. D. Adjasi, 

Charles Andoh 

Efficiency Measurement 

Using a ‘True’ Random 

Effects and 

Random Parameter 

Stochastic Frontier 

Models: An Application 

to Rural 

and Community Banks 

in Ghana 

Michael Danquah, 

Williams Ohemeng 

Alfred Barimah 

Risk-Taking, Ownership 

And Excess Reserves In 

The Ghanaian Banking 

System 

Theodora A. 

Odonkor, 

Bo Sjö 

AAAWE/AFEA - Natural 

Resources 


Chair: Prof. Ernest 

Aryeetey, University of 

Ghana 

Frannie A. Léautier, 

African Capacity 

Building Foundation, 

Zimbabwe, 

f.leautier@acbf-pact.org 

Emmanuel Nnadozie, 

Economic Commission 

for Africa, Ethiopia, 

ENnadozie@uneca.org 

Abebe Shimeles, African 

Development Bank, 

a.shimeles@afdb.org 

Sheila Khama, African 

Center for Economic 

Transformation, Africa; 

skhama@acetforafrica.org


13:00 LUNCH 

Special Session on 

Economic 

Transformation 


Chair: Dr Yaw Ansu, 

African Centre for 

Economic 


(ACET) 

Skills Development and 

Competitiveness in 

Africa 

Eugenie Maiga 

What Drives Foreign 

Direct Investments in 

Africa An Empirical 

Investigation with Panel 

Data 

Abdoul Mijiyawa 

Optimal Agroprocessing 

Policy for 

Economic 

Transformation in 

Africa: A case study of 

Ghana Cocoa Industry 

Francis Mulangu 


Agriculture, ICT, 

Energy, Environment 

& Climate change 


Chair: Yaw Nyarko 

(New York 

University) 

Structure of Food Prices 

in Ghana 

Emilia Soldani, 

Yaw Nyarko, 

Victor Archavski 

Insuring against the 

weather: index insurance 

and informal risk 

sharing in Ethiopia 

Alemayehu Seyoum 

Taffesse 

Information is power 

Impact of SMS-based 

market intervention 

system on farmers in 

Ghana 

Nicole Hildebrandt, 

Yaw Nyarko, 

Giorgia Romagnoli, 

Emilia Soldani 

Africa’s value chains on 

the move: The case of 

Teff in Ethiopia 

Senishaw Tamiru 

Bart Minten 

Ermias Engeda 

Tadesse Kuma 

Production Decision 

using Jumps and 

Seasonal 

Volatility in Futures and 

Spot Prices 

Zoulkiflou 

Moumouni, 

Michel Deshons 


Econometric Theory 

& Methods 


Chair: Dr. Osei 

Akoto, ISSER 

Bayesian Model 

Averaging (BMA): 

Applications In GDP Of 

Nigeria 

Olusanya E. 

Olubusoye, 

Onyeka C. Okonkwo 

Comparison of stochastic 

frontier approaches for 

estimating national 

efficiency of sub-Saharan 

African countries 

Michael Danquah, 

Bazoumana Ouattara 

Using Engel’s Law to 

Estimate CPI Bias for 

Nigeria 

Afolabi Emmanuel 

Olowookere, 

Sam O. Olofin 

A dynamic stochastic 

General Equilibrium 

model under 

Uncertainty for BEAC 

issuing Zone 

Kame Babilla Thiery 

Urgue 

Developing Inflation 

Forecasting Models For 

Nigeria: A Comparison 

Of Univariate Structural 

Time Series Models With 

Multivariate Structural 

Vector Autoregressive 

Models 

Adebiyi Michael 

Adebayo, 

Charles N.O. Mordi 

Banking and Finance 

II 


Chair: Dr. Fritz A. 

Gockel, University of 

Ghana 

Demand of Savings in 

Kenya: A discrete choice 

approach 

Isaac Mwangi, 

Moses Mathu, 

Evelyne Kihiu 

Sustainability And 

Outreach: Analysis Of 

Microfinance 

Institutions In Nigeria 

Toyin Segun 

Ogunleye 

Determinants of Interest 

Rate Spread in Kenya 

Joseph K. Wambua, 

Maureen Sikali 

Competition In The 

Banking And General 

(Non-Life) Insurance 

Sectors Of Ghana 

Theodore O. 

Antwi-Asare, 

Emmanuel Abbey 

Hedging Under 

Uncertainty: Price 

Risk Management For 

Cocoa Exporting 

Countries 

BO SJO, 


Firm level governance 

and institutional 

determinants of 

liquidity: Evidence 

from Sub Saharan 

Africa 

Bruce Hearn, 

Jenifer Piesse 

AAAWE/AFEA – 

Economic 

Development & 

Growth in Africa 


Chair: Kwabena 

Gyimah-Brempong, 

University of South 

Florida, USA 

Growth and Inequality 

in Africa 1960-2010 

Mwangi wa Githinji, 

Depankar Basu 

African growth 

experiences: lessons from 

the past decade 

Elsabe Loots 

Dynamics and 

Persistence of Intra- 

African Trade 

Suwareh Darbo, 

Victor Murinde 

Qing Meng 

Sustainable 

Development, 

Governance and Poverty 

Reduction: A panel data 

study 

Reham Rizk 

Fossil Fuel Subsidy 

Reform, a Mean of 

Poverty Reduction in 

Africa: Evidence from 

Senegal 

Nadège Désirée 

Abebe Shimeles 

Ismael Fofana 

17:00 – 18:00 COCKTAIL (Damba 3) 


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Day 2: Thursday July 25, 2013 

08:30 Arrival 

09:00 Plenary Session II(Main Hall - Adae Kesie): AfDB Networking with Think Tanks for Policy Dialogue 

Davos Style: Moderator – Victor Murinde, AfDB. 

Panellists: Dickson Oruko Khainga (KIPPRA, Kenya) ; Musa Mayanja Lwanga (EPRC, Uganda); 

Nuama Ekou (CIRES, Cote d’Ivoire); Gaye Daffe (CRES, Senegal); Eline Okudzeto (AfDB, Ghana). 

11:00 BREAK 

11:15 – 13:00 - Parallel Sessions 


Agriculture 


Chair: Bernadette 

Kamgnia, African 

Development Bank 

Household Food 

Consumption Diversity, 

Access to Credit and 

Income in 

Ghana. Evidence from 

1991 to 2005. 

Samuel Annim 

Raymond Boadi 

Frempong 

An Econometric 

Analysis of Rice 

Demand in Nigeria 

Oluyemisi Kuku- 

Shittu 

Angga Pradesha 

Contribution of 

Agriculture to Economic 

Growth in Nigeria 

Tolulope Olutayo 

Odetola 

Chinonso Ezenwa 

Etumnu 

Resource Management 

and Food Insecurity in 

Nigeria 

Eme Dada 

Effects of Policies on 

Yam Production and 

Consumption in Nigeria 

Felicia 

Oluwafunmilola 

Adesiyan 

Health & Education 

Economics 


Chair: Dr. E. Nketiah- 

Amponsah, 

University of Ghana. 

Efficiency of Hospitals in 

Ghana: A Case Study of 

Greater Accra Region 

Akosua Afumaa Gyan 

Socio-Economic 

Derterminants Of Life 

Expectancy In Nigeria 

(1970 – 2010) 

Sede I. Peter 

Ohemeng Williams 

Gender Pattern In Out- 

Of-Pocket Health 

Payments In Nigeria 

Olanrewaju Olaniyan 

Noah Olasehinde 

Foreign Aid And 

Educational Outcomes 

In Ghana: An Empirical 

Analysis Using Bounds 

Testing 

Kafayat Amusa 


Gender & 

Development 


Chair: Elsabe Loots, 

University of Pretoria. 

Bride Price and Fertility 

Decisions: Evidence from 

Rural Senegal 

Linguère Mously 

Mbaye 

Does Female Genital 

Mutilation Explain 

Gender Income 

Inequality In Sub- 

Saharan Africa 

Evidence From Nigeria. 

Juliet Elu 

Gregory N. Price 

The Determinants of Aid 

in Family Planning: 

How Relevant is the 

Mexico City Policy 

Malokele Nanivazo 

Elizabeth Asiedu 

Mwanza Nkusu 

Gender Gap in the Labor 

Market in Swaziland 

Thierry Kangoye 

Zuzana Brixiova 

The determinants of 

Agricultural decisionmaking 

among landowning 

married women: 

some Evidence from 

Ghana 

Abena D. Oduro 

William Baah- 

Boateng 

Louis Boakye-Yiadom 

Economic Growth & 

Institutions 


Chair: Eme Dad, 

Office of the Chief 

Economic Advisor to 

the President, 

Nigeria. 

Business Cycles 

synchronicity and 

Income Levels: Has 

Globalization brought us 

closer than ever 

Daniel Simons 

Rosmy Jean Louis 

Analysis Of The 

Implications Of The 

Declining Us Oil 

Imports On The 

Nigerian Economy 

Abeng Magnus Okoi, 

Hilili M. Johnson 

Exports And Economic 

Growth In Nigeria: A 

Reconsideration Of The 

Empirical Evidences 

Uche M. Ozughalu 

Private Investment And 

Economic Growth In 

ECOWAS Countries: 

Panel Data 

Cointegration Analysis. 

Aremo Adeleke 

Gabriel 

The Linkages among 

Financial Deepening, 

Trade Openness, and 

Economic Growth in 

West African Economic 

and Monetary Union 

(WAEMU) 

Bernard Njindan Iyke 


Migration & 

Remittances 


Chair: Prof. Peter 

Quartey, University 

of Ghana 

Migration Across Africa 

& Europe (MAFE) 

Peter Quartey, 

Cynthia Addoquaye 

Tagoe 

Internal Migration in 

Ghana: Determinants 

and Welfare Impacts 

Charles Ackah 

Denis Medvedev 

The Role of Return 

Migrants on The 

Diffusion of Agriculture 

Technology in Asella 

Ethiopia 

Ayu Pratiwi 

Ghana’s Internal 

Migration: A Gender 

Analysis Of The 

Determinants 

Nicholas Kwame 

Essah 


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13:00 LUNCH 


Trade, Foreign Aid, 

Remittances & 

Migration 


Chair: Mwangi wa 

Githinji, University 

of Massachusetts 

The Role of Education 

and Migration in Social 

Safety Nets: Some 

Empirics 

Kwabena Gyimah- 

Brempong, 

Yaw Nyarko 

Foreign Aid for Trade 

Policy Reforms: The 

Case of Borrowing 

Constraints 

Malokele Nanivazo 

Analysis of Chinese 

Investment in the 

ECOWAS Region: 

Trends, Impact, and 

Future Implications 

Jane Karonga 

Does Exporting Matter 

for Poverty Reduction: 

The Case of Kenyan 

Manufacturing 

Nancy Mwange 

Agriculture & 

Environment 


Chair: Prof. Baah- 

Nuakoh, University 

of Ghana 

Land tenure security and 

agricultural productivity 

in Cameroon 

Niee Foning Maxime, 

Ambagna Jean Joel, 

Fondo Sikod 

A Ricardian analysis of 

the impact of climate 

change on cropland: The 

case of Sudano-Sahelian 

area of Cameroon 

Ngondjeb Yong 

Dorothé, 

Abessolo N. Hélene 

NERICA Varieties to 

raise farmer’s livelihood 

in Benin: Gendered 

impact 

Lidia 

Dandedjrohoun, 

Rita Agboh- 

Oameshie, 

Aliou Diagne 

The Role of Middlemen 

In Marketing and Credit 

Outcomes In Ghana 

Peter Quartey, 

Christopher Udry, 

Seidu Al-hassan, 

Hellen Seshie-Nasser 

Value-at-risk and 

Expected Shortfall 

computation with 

interval-valued risk 

factors: application to 

agricultural commodities 

portfolio selection 

Mbairadjim Moussa, 

A. Diallo, 

J. Sadefo Kamdem 



Issues in African 

Development 


Chair: Nii Sowa, 

International Growth 

Centre, Ghana 

Social Network and the 

Adoption of the Urea 

Deep Placement 

Technology in 

Nigeria: Information 

versus Behavior Change. 

(Knowledge versus 

adoption) 

Oluyemisi Kuku- 

Shittu 

Lenis Saweda 

Liverpool-Tasie 

Income Dynamics and 

Shocks in Rural 

Ethiopia: Evidence from 

Panel Data 1994-2009 

Abebe Shimeles, 

Daniel Zerfu 

Resource-based 

sustainable development 

- an energy planning 

model for 

Nigeria 

Donapo Enahoro 

Gum Arabic Producers’ 

Contracting Preferences 

in Sudan: Agency and 

Transaction Costs 

Perspectives 

Asia Adlan 

Mohamed 

Jobless Economic 

Growth in Africa: Is 

there a Role for 

Agriculture 

Frannie A Leautier 

Subjective Poverty 

versus Monetary 

Poverty: Discussion on 

the Robustness of the 

2010 Poverty 

Measurement in Burkina 

Faso 

Hervé Jean-Louis 

International Trade & 

Finance 


Chair: Dr. Robert 

Osei, ISSER 

Is West African 

Monetary Zone 

(WAMZ) A Common 

Currency Area 

Simon K. Harvey, 

Matthew J. Cushing 

Determinants Of Real 

Exchange Rate And 

Macroeconomic Policy 

Reforms In Nigeria: A 

Simulation Approach 

Ulua Kalu 

Christopher 

Modelling Import 

Demand With Product 

Differentiation: Evidence 

From Nigeria’s Import 

From China 

Adeolu O. Adewuyi, 

Damilola F. Arawomo 

Impact Of Incomes and 

Real Effective Exchange 

Rate On the Trade 

Balance: The Case Of 

Gabon 

Chomteu Kouam 

Sorel Francine 

Real Economic Shocks 

and Sovereign Credit 

Risk 

Patrick Augustin, 

Romeo Tedongapz 

Measuring Trade Costs 

in ECOWAS 

Festus Ebo Turkson, 

Charles Ackah, 

Kwadwo Opoku 

Health Economics 


Chair: Dr. Moses 

Aikens, School of 

Public Health, 


Parental Preferences and 

Gender Bias in 

Educational Expenditure 

in Progeny in Rural 

Ghana 

Ferdinad Ahiakpor, 

Raymond Swaray 

Determinants of 

Utilization of Antenatal 

Care Services in 

Developing Countries: 

Recent Evidence from 

Ghana 

E Nketiah-Amponsah, 


Eric Arthur 

Measuring the Possible 

Impact of Accelerating 

the Fertility Decline 

through the Median Age 

at Marriage Proximate 

Determinant: Multi- 

Variable Regression 

Analysis 

Julia Zinkina, 

Andrey Korotayev 

Estimating the effects of 

neighbourhoods’ 

socioeconomic structure 

on the incidence of 

maternal mortality in 

Ghana: Count Data 

Approach 

Clement Adamba 

Isaac Osei-Akoto 

18:00 – 20:00 GALA DINNER (Main Hall - Adae Kesie) 


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Day 3: Friday July 26, 2013 

08:00 Arrival 

09:00 Plenary Session III (Main Hall - Adae Kesie): Chang Yousoon (Indiana University, USA) 

10.00 Plenary Session IV (Main Hall - Adae Kesie): Lemma Senbet (Executive Director, AERC) 

11:00 BREAK 


Investment 


Chair: Musa Mayanja 

Lwanga, Economic 

Policy Research 

Centre, Makerere 

University, Kampala. 

The Effect Of 

Infrastructure On 


Investment In Kenya 

Esther Nyabiage 

Nyaosi 

Macroeconomic 

Volatility And Physical 

Capital Accumulation In 

Sub-Saharan Africa 

Chopkeng A. Arthur, 


Kobou Georges 


Investment and 

Domestic Investment: A 

Test Of Crowding-In 

Hypothesis For Ghana 

And Nigeria 

Jimoh Olakunle Saka, 

Eme Dada, 

Sikiru Jimoh Babalola 

Determinants of FDI 

Flows in Africa: New 

Evidence from a 

Threshold Analysis 

Ibrahim D. Raheem, 

Aminat A. Busari 

International Trade, 

Finance & Industrial 

Organization 


Chair: Thomas 

Bwire, Bank of 

Uganda 

Non-Linear Approaches 

In Testing 

Purchasing Power 

Parity Behaviour Of 

SADC Economies: 

Towards An OCA 

Mulatu F. Zerihun, 

Marthinus C. 

Breitenbach, 

Francis Kemegue 

Exchange Rate 

Volatility and 

Exchange Rate 

Uncertainty in Nigeria: 

A Financial 

Econometric Analysis 

(1970- 2012) 

Ebele P. Ifionu, 

Kelechi C. Nnamdi 

Measuring The 

Barriers To Trade In 

Services In ECOWAS 

Countries 

Abiodun S. Bankole, 

Basiru O. Fatai 

Growth of Firms and 

Business Networks in a 

Tailor Cluster in 

Ethiopia 

Ayako Ishiwata, 

Yasuyuki Todo, 

Petr Matous 

The Institutional 

Determinants Of Long 

Term Foreign Partner 

Involvement In 

Emerging Economy 

IPO Firms 

Bruce Hearn 

Econometric Theory 

& Methods 


Chair: Prof. Yaw 

Nyarko, New York 

University 

Specifying Asymmetric 

STAR models with 

Linear and Nonlinear 

GARCH Innovations: 

Monte Carlo 

Simulation Approach 

OlaOluwa S. Yaya, 

Olanrewaju I. Shittu 

Bootstrapping realized 

volatility and realized 

beta under a local 

Gaussianity 

assumption 

Ulrich Hounyo 

The P-Star model of 

inflation and its 

forecasting performance 

in Kenya 

Moses Kiptui 

Testing for Common 

GARCH Factors 

Prosper Dovonon, 

Eric Renault 

Covariate Unit Root 

Test for Cross- 

Sectionally Dependent 

Panel Data 

Eiji Kurozumi, 

Daisuke Yamazaki, 

Kaddour Hadri 

Household & Labour 

Economics - I 


Chair: Dr. Charles 

Ackah, ISSER 

To What Extend Can 

Religious And Cultural 

Factors Affect The 

Prevalence Of Hiv 

Alisa R. Shishkina 

Household non-farm 

enterprise income in 

Ghana: Do capital and 

credit sources matter 

James Atta Peprah 

Estimating Household 

Vulnerability To 

Poverty From Cross 

Section Data: An 

Empirical Evidence 

From Ghana 

Jacob Novignon 

The Gender Dimension 

of the Effects of Land 

Tenure Security on 

Agricultural 

Productivity: Some 

Evidence from Two 

Districts in Kenya 

Nkechi S. Owoo 

Louis Boakye- 

Yiadom 

The Impact Of Multiple 

Imputation Of Mothers 

Genital Mutilation 

Data On Girls Genital 

Mutilation Decision 

Making Policy In 

Ouagadougou 

Households 

Kabore Théophile 


Institutions - I 


Chair: Babacar Ndir, 

Ministry of Economics & 

Finance, Senegal. 

Does Unemployment 

Converge To Its Natural 

Level In Nigeria: An 

Application Of Unit Root 

Test With Structural Breaks 

Abiodun O. Folawewo 

Fiscal Deficit and Economic 

Growth of the Nigerian 

Economy: An 

Autoregressive Distributive 

Lagged (ARDL) Approach 

Kamaldeen Ajala, 

Derek Ibeagha, 

Erowo Helen Ibi 

Capital Flight from the 

Franc Zone: Exploring its 

Impact on Economic Growth 

Ameth Saloum Ndiaye 


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13:00 LUNCH 


Commodity Markets 

& Structural 



Chair: Abebe 

Shimeles (African 

Development Bank) 

The structural change in 

Africa: Factors and 

challenges 

Abebe Shimeles 

Jacob Oduor 

Commodity markets in 

Africa: Transformation 

from Subsistence farmer 

to entrepreneur 

Yaw Nyarko 

Measuring and indexing 

economic transformation 

Joe Amoako Tuffuor 

The oil and gas sector in 

structural 

transformation 

Philip Liverpool 

The Ghana commodities 

exchange and structural 

transformation 

TBC, Gov. of Ghana 

Segmentation and 

Efficiency of the 

Interbank Market and 

their Implication for the 

Conduct of Monetary 

Policy 

Jacob Oduor, 

Muse Sichei, 

Samuel Tiriongo, 

Chris Shimba 


Institutions II 


Chair: Nancy 

Mwange, Kenya 

Institute for Public 

Policy & Research 

Analysis 

Natural Resource 

Abundance, Institutions 

And Economic Growth: 

Turning Blessing Into 

Curse 

Mutiu A. Oyinlola, 

Oluwatosin Adeniyi, 

Ibrahim D. Raheem 

An Econometric 

Analysis of Fiscal 

Decentralization and 


Nigeria 

Blessing O. Oligbi 

The Effects Of Interest 

Rate Liberalisation On 

Sectoral Growth;A Panel 

Study 

Racheal Nakhumicha 

Musitia 

An Econometric Study 

of Unemployment, 

Investment and 


Nigeria using VAR 

methodology 

Patricia A. Adamu, 

Milton A. Iyoha 


Monetary Policy & 

Finance 


Chair: Emmanuel 

Kingful, Bank of 

Ghana 

What drives behavioural 

Intention of Mobile 

Money Adoption The 

Case of Ancient Susu 

Saving Operations in 

Ghana 

Eric Osei-Assibey 

Interest Rate Pass- 

Through to 

Macroeconomic 

Variables: The Nigerian 

Experience 

Ogundipe Adeyemi, 

Alege Philip O. 

Analysing the Monetary 

Effects of Ghana’s Oil 

Windfall 

Qaurtey P., 

Afful Mensah G. 

Asymmetries of 

exchange rate pass 

through to Nigeria’s 

domestic inflation 

Adebola Aremu, 

Oladunni Adesanya, 

Emmanuel Adamgbe 

Credit Supply Shocks, 

Growth and Monetary 

Policy in Nigeria 


Emmanuel Adamgbe 

Agriculture, ICT, 

Energy, Environment 

& Climate Change 


Chair: Asia Adlan 

Mohamed, University 

of Kartoum, Sudan. 

Econometric Analysis Of 

Influences Of Trade, 

Economic Growth And 

Urbanization On Green 

House Gas Emission In 

Africa (1960-2010) 

Onoja, Anthony O., 

Achike A. I. 

Constraints to Fertilizer 

Use in Uganda: Insights 

from Uganda Census of 

Agriculture 2008/9 

Geoffrey Okoboi, 

Mildred Barungi 

Cotton Culture, 

International Trade And 

Poverty In Burkina 

Sakande Souleymane 

Does Social Network 

Capital Buy Higher 

Producer Prices 

A Case of Coffee in 

Masaka District, 

Uganda 

Joseph Mawejje, 

Stein Holden 

Agricultural 

Productivity Impacts of 

membership to farmer 

groups in Uganda: 

Application of the 

matching and control 

function approaches to 

impact evaluation 

Adong Annet 

Household & Labor 

Economics - II 


Chair: Dr. L. Boakye- 

Yiadom, University of 

Ghana 

Inclusive labor market 

policies in Africa 

Marva Corley- 

Coulibaly 

Determinants of Child 

work in Cameroun: 

taking into account 

Non-linearity of the 

Income and the Space 

Dependence 

Kaffo Jean Faustin, 

Chameni Nembua 

Célestin, 

Kana Kenfack 

Christophe 

Wage disparity and 

productivity in the 

Ivorian companies: A 

Microeconometric 

analysis base on the 

Ricardian approach 

Tape Jean Georges, 

Innocent Magloire 

Intergenerational 

Transmission Of 

Entrepreneurship And 

Performance Of Informal 

Production Units. 

Mboutchouang 

Vincent De Paul, 

Mbenga Bindop Kunz 

Modeste 

15:45 Concluding Session (Main Hall - Adae Kesie) 

16:00 Annual General Meeting 

16:30 Executive Session 


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APPENDICES 

Appendix 1: AES 2013 Conference Papers 

NAME TOPIC INSTITUTION COUNTRY 

1. Golit, Peter Dada Fiscal Rules And Fiscal Prudence In Nigeria: A Bounds Testing Analysis Central Bank of Nigeria Nigeria 

2. Mr. Sanni. H. Taiwo, 

Econometric Analysis Of The Impact Of Fiscal Policy On Nominal Exchange Rate In Central Bank of Nigeria 

Nigeria 

Yilkudi Dinci J. (Mrs) 

Nigeria 

3. Monica A. Orisadare. PhD A SVAR Analysis of Macroeconomic Effects of Fiscal Policy Shocks in Nigeria (1970- Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Nigeria 

2010) 

4. Kayode Ayinde, 

Modelling Of Government Capital Expenditure And Revenue: Error Correction Model 

Nigeria 

O. E. Ayinde 

Approach 

5. Moses Mathu, 

Fiscal and Monetary Policies Coordination in Kenya: An Empirical Analysis 1996- Central Bank of Kenya 

Kenya 

Esman Nyamongo 

2012 

6. John Owusu-Afriyie Determinants of Poverty among Male-Headed and Female-Headed Households in University of Ghana 

Ghana 

Ghana 

7. Daniel Kwabena Twerefou Households’ Willingness-to-pay for Improved Electricity Supply in Ghana University of Ghana Ghana 

8. Kelechi C. Nnamdi Income Status And Homeownership: Microeconometric Evidence On Nigerian University of Port Harcourt 

Nigeria 

Households 

9. Feubi Pamen Eric Patrick Non-monetary Poverty Analysis in a Developing Country: Case Study of Cameroon University of Yaoundé II - Soa Cameroun 

10. Mohammed I. Shuaibu Foreign Direct Investment, Financial Depth And Output Performance In The Presence University of Ibadan 

Nigeria 

Of Structural Breaks: Evidence For Nigeria 

11. Camara Kwasi Obeng Corporate Tax Competition And FDI In Ghana University of Cape Coast Ghana 

12. Aiden Coville, 

Yu-hsuan Su 

From the Ground up: An impact Evaluation of the Community Infrastructure 

Upgrading Programme in Dar Es Salem 

13. Nkenchor Neville Igue, Macroeconomic Determinants Of The Nigerian Stock Market: A Cointegration Central Bank of Nigeria 

Nigeria 

Yusuf Adamu, 

Ibrahim Al-Hassan Uba 

Approach 

14. Beecroft Efobi Uchenna, 

Osabuohien Evans 

Access to and Use of Financial Services in Nigeria: Micro-econometric Evidence Covenant University Nigeria 

15. James Ntiamoah Doku, 

Joshua Abor, 

Charles Komla Delali Adjasi, 

Charles Andoh 

16. Michael Danquah, 


Alfred Barimah 

Market Structure, Ownership Structure And Bank Risk-Taking Behaviour: African 

Evidence 

Efficiency Measurement Using a ‘True’ Random Effects and Random Parameter 

Stochastic Frontier Models: An Application to Rural and Community Banks in Ghana 


Ghana Institute of Management and 

Public Administration (GIMPA) 


Ghana 

Ghana 

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17. Theodora Akweley Odonkor, 

Bo Sjö 

Risk-Taking, Ownership And Excess Reserves In The Ghanaian Banking System University of Professional Studies 

Linkoping University 

Ghana 

Sweden 

18. Zoulkiflou Moumouni, Production Decision using Jumps and Seasonal Volatility in Futures and Spot Prices LAMETA - Universite Montpellier 1 France 

Michel Deshons 

19. Olusanya E. Olubusoye, Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA): Applications In GDP Of Nigeria Ajayi Crowther University Nigeria 

Onyeka C. Okonkwo 

20. Michael Danquah Comparison of stochastic frontier approaches for estimating national efficiency of sub- Ghana Institute of Management and Ghana 

Saharan African countries 


21. Afolabi Emmanuel 

Using Engel’s Law to Estimate CPI Bias for Nigeria 

Nigeria 

Olowookere, 

Sam O. Olofin 

22. Kame Babilla Thiery Urgue A Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium model under Uncertainty for BEAC University of Yaoundé II 

Cameroon 

issuing Zone 

23. Adebiyi Michael Adebayo Developing Inflation Forecasting Models For Nigeria: A Comparison Of Univariate Central Bank of Nigeria 

Nigeria 

(PhD), 


Structural Time Series Models With Multivariate Structural Vector Autoregressive 

Models 

24. Isaac Mwangi, 

Demand of Savings in Kenya: A discrete choice approach Central Bank of Kenya Kenya 

Moses Mathu, 

Evelyne Kihiu 

25. Toyin Segun Ogunleye Sustainability And Outreach: Analysis Of Microfinance Institutions In Nigeria Central Bank of Nigeria Nigeria 

26. Maureen Sikali Determinants of Interest Rate Spread in Kenya Central Bank of Kenya/WTO Kenya 

27. Theodore O. Antwi-Asare, 

Emmanuel N. Abbey 

Competition In The Banking And General (Non-Life)Insurance Sectors Of Ghana University of Ghana Ghana 

28. BO SJO, 


Hedging Under Uncertainty: Price Risk Management For Cocoa Exporting Countries 

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Linkoping University 

Ghana Institute of Management & 


University of Sussex 

29. Bruce Hearn, 

Jenifer Piesse 

Firm level governance and institutional determinants of liquidity: Evidence from Sub 

Saharan Africa 

United 

Kingdom 

30. Akosua Afumaa Gyan Efficiency of Hospitals in Ghana: A Case Study of Greater Accra Region University of Ghana Ghana 

31. Sede I. Peter (Phd) 

Socio-Economic Determinants Of Life Expectancy In Nigeria (1970 – 2010) 

University of Benin 

Nigeria 

Ohemeng Williams (Phd) 

Ghana Institute of Management & Ghana 


32. Olanrewaju Olaniyan, 

Gender Pattern In Out-Of-Pocket Health Payments In Nigeria University of Ibadan Nigeria 

Noah Olasehinde 

33. Kafayat Amusa Foreign Aid And Educational Outcomes In Ghana: An Empirical Analysis Using University of South Africa 

South Africa 

Bounds Testing 

34. William Baah-Boateng, The determinants of agricultural decision-making among land-owning married women: University of Ghana 

Ghana 

Louis Boakye-Yiadom, some evidence from Ghana 

Abena D. Oduro 

Sweden 

Ghana

35. Daniel Simons Business Cycles synchronicity and Income Levels: Has Globalization brought us closer Vancouver Island University 

Canada 

than ever 

36. Abeng,Magnus Okoi, 

Analysis Of The Implications Of The Declining Us Oil Imports On The Nigerian Central Bank of Nigeria 

Nigeria 

Hilili, Margaret Johnson Economy 

37. Uche M. Ozughalu Exports And Economic Growth In Nigeria: A Reconsideration Of The Empirical University of Nigeria, Nsukka 

Nigeria 

Evidences 

38. Aremo, Adeleke Gabriel Private Investment And Economic Growth In ECOWAS Countries: Panel Data Obafemi Awolowo University,Ile-Ife Nigeria 

(Ph.D) 

Cointegration Analysis. 

39. Bernard Njindan Iyke The Linkages among Financial Deepening, Trade Openness, and Economic Growth in University of Ghana 

Ghana 

West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) 

40. Charles Ackah, 

Denis Medvedev 

Internal Migration in Ghana: Determinants and Welfare Impacts 

ISSER 

World Bank 

Ghana 

USA 

41. Ayu Pratiwi The Role of Return Migrants on The Diffusion of Agriculture Technology in Asella University of Tokyo 

Japan 

Ethiopia 

42. Nicholas Kwame Essah Ghana’s Internal Migration: A Gender Analysis Of The Determinants University of Ghana Ghana 

43. Niee Foning Maxime, 

Land tenure security and agricultural productivity in Cameroon University of Yaounde II - Soa Cameroon 

Ambagna Jean Joel, 

Fondo Sikod 

44. Ngondjeb Yong Dorothé, A Ricardian analysis of the impact of climate change on cropland: The case of Sudano- University of Yaoundé II 

Cameroun 

Abessolo Nathalie Hélene Sahelian area of Cameroon 

45. Lidia Dandedjrohoun, 

NERICA Varieties to raise farmer’s livelihood in Benin: Gendered impact 

Benin 

Rita Agboh- Oameshie Aliou 

Diagne 

46. Peter Quartey, 

The Role of Middlemen In Marketing and Credit Outcomes In Ghana University of Ghana Ghana 

Christopher Udry, 

Seidu Al-hassan, 

Hellen Seshie-Nasser 

47. Mbairadjim Moussa, 

Value-at-risk and Expected Shortfall computation with interval-valued risk factors: application to LAMETA - Université Montpellier I France 

A. Diallo, 

J. Sadefo Kamdem 

agricultural commodities portfolio selection 

48. Simon K. Harvey, 

Is West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) A Common Currency Area University of Ghana Ghana 

Matthew J. Cushing 

49. Ulua Kalu Christopher Determinants Of Real Exchange Rate And Macroeconomic Policy Reforms In Nigeria: Nnamdi Azikiwe University 

Nigeria 

A Simulation Approach 

50. Damilola F. Arawomo Modelling Import Demand With Product Differentiation: Evidence From Nigeria’s 

Import From China 

University of Ibadan 

Nigeria 

51. CHOMTEU KOUAM Sorel 

Francine 

Impact Of Incomes & Real Effective Exchange Rate On The Trade Balance: The Case 

Of Gabon 

Ministry Of Economy Planning And 

Regional Development (MINEPAT) 

Cameroon 

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52. Patrick Augustin, 

Real Economic Shocks and Sovereign Credit Risk 

Romeo Tedongapz 

53. Festus Ebo Turkson, 

Measuring Trade Costs in ECOWAS University of Ghana Ghana 

Charles Ackah, 

Kwadwo Opoku 

54. Ferdinad Ahiakpor, 

Raymond Swaray 

Parental Preferences and Gender Bias in Educational Expenditure in Progeny in Rural 

Ghana 

University of Cape Coast 

University of Hull 

Ghana 

UK 

55. Edward Nketiah-Amponsah, Determinants of Utilization of Antenatal Care Services in Developing Countries: University of Ghana 

Ghana 


Eric Arthur 

Recent Evidence from Ghana 

56. Andrey Korotayev Measuring the Possible Impact of Accelerating the Fertility Decline through the Institute for African Studies of the Russia 

Median Age at Marriage Proximate Determinant: Multi-Variable Regression Analysis Russian Academy of Sciences 

57. Clement Adamba,, 

Estimating the effects of neighbourhoods’ socioeconomic structure on the incidence of ISSER, University of Ghana 

Ghana 

Isaac Osei-Akoto 

maternal mortality in Ghana: Count Data Approach 

58. Esther Nyabiage Nyaosi The Effect Of Infrastructure On Foreign Direct Investment In Kenya University of Nairobi Kenya 

59. Chopkeng Awounang Arthur, Macroeconomic Volatility And Physical Capital Accumulation In Sub-Saharan Africa University of Yaoundé II Cameroon 


Kobou Georges 

60. Eme Dada (Phd) Foreign Direct Investment And Domestic Investment: A Test Of Crowding-In Office of Chief Economic Adviser to the Nigeria 

Hypothesis For Ghana And Nigeria 

President, Abuja 

61. Ibrahim D. Raheem Determinants of FDI Flows in Africa: New Evidence from a Threshold Analysis University of Ibadan Nigeria 

62. Mulatu F. Zerihun, 

Non-Linear Approaches In Testing 

University of Pretoria. 

South Africa 

Marthinus C. Breitenbach, 

Francis Kemegue 

Purchasing Power Parity Behaviour Of SADC Economies: Towards An OCA 

63. Kelechi C. Nnamdi Exchange Rate Volatility and Exchange Rate Uncertainty in Nigeria: A Financial University of Port Harcourt 

Nigeria 

Econometric Analysis (1970- 2012) 

64. Abiodun S. Bankole, 

Measuring The Barriers To Trade In Services In ECOWAS Countries University of Ibadan Nigeria 

Basiru O. Fatai 

65. Ayako Ishiwata Growth of Firms and Business Networks in a Tailor Cluster in Ethiopia The University of Tokyo Japan 

66. Bruce Hearn The Institutional Determinants Of Long Term Foreign Partner Involvement In 

Emerging Economy IPO Firms 

University of Sussex 

United 

Kingdom 

67. OlaOluwa S. Yaya 

Specifying Asymmetric STAR models with Linear and Nonlinear GARCH 

Nigeria 

Olanrewaju I. Shittu 

Innovations: Monte Carlo Simulation Approach 

68. Ulrich Hounyo Bootstrapping realized volatility and realized beta under a local Gaussianity 

assumption 

University of Oxford 

United 

Kingdom 

69. Moses Kiptui The P-Star model of inflation and its forecasting performance in Kenya Kenya School of Monetary Studies Kenya 

70. Prosper Dovonon, 

Eric Renault 

Testing for Common GARCH Factors Concordia University Canada 

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71. Eiji Kurozumi, 

Daisuke Yamazaki, 

Kaddour Hadri 

Covariate Unit Root Test for Cross-Sectionally Dependent Panel Data 

Hitotsubashi University 

Queen’s University, Belfast 

72. Alisa R. Shishkina To What Extend Can Religious And Cultural Factors Affect The Prevalence Of HIV Russia 

73. James Atta Peprah Household non-farm enterprise income: Do capital and credit sources matter University of Cape Coast Ghana 

74. Jacob Novignon Estimating Household Vulnerability To Poverty From Cross Section Data: An University of Ibadan 

Nigeria 

Empirical Evidence From Ghana 

75. Nkechi S. Owoo, 

The Gender Dimension of the Effects of Land Tenure Security on Agricultural 


Ghana 

Louis Boakye-Yiadom 

Productivity: Some Evidence from Two Districts in Kenya 

76. Kabore Théophile The Impact Of Multiple Imputation Of Mothers Genital Mutilation Data On Girls 

Burkina Faso 

Genital Mutilation Decision Making Policy In Ouagadougou Households 

77. Abiodun O. Folawewo, Ph.D Does Unemployment Converge To Its Natural Level In Nigeria: An Application Of University of Ibadan 

Nigeria 

Unit Root Test With Structural Breaks 

78. Kamaldeen Ajala, Fiscal Deficit and Economic Growth of the Nigerian Economy: 

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) 

Nigeria 

An Autoregressive Distributive Lagged (ARDL) Approach 

79. Ameth Saloum Ndiaye Capital Flight from the Franc Zone: Exploring its Impact on Economic Growth University of Dakar Senegal 

80. Ibrahim D. Raheem Natural Resource Abundance, Institutions And Economic Growth: Turning Blessing University of Ibadan 

Nigeria 

Into Curse 

81. Blessing O. Oligbi (Mrs.) An Econometric Analysis of Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in Nigeria University Of Benin Nigeria 

82. Racheal Nakhumicha Musitia The Effects Of Interest Rate Liberalisation On Sectoral Growth; A Panel Study Kenya 

83. Patricia A. Adamu An Econometric Study of Unemployment, Investment and Economic Growth in West African Institute for Financial and Nigeria 

Nigeria using VAR methodology 

Economic Management (WAIFEM) 

84. Eric Osei-Assibey What drives behavioural Intention of Mobile Money Adoption The Case of 

Ghana 

Ancient Susu Saving Operations in Ghana 

85. Ogundipe, Adeyemi A., Interest Rate Pass-Through to Macroeconomic Variables: The Nigerian Experience Covenant University, Ota Nigeria 

Alege Philip O. (Phd) 

86. Qaurtey, P., 

Analysing the Monetary Effects of Ghana’s Oil Windfall University of Ghana Ghana 

Afful Mensah, G. 

87. Adebola Aremu, 

Asymmetries of exchange rate pass through to Nigeria’s domestic inflation Central Bank of Nigeria Nigeria 

Oladunni Adesanya, 

Emmanuel T. Adamgbe 

88. Charles N.O. Mordi, 

Credit Supply Shocks, Growth and Monetary Policy in Nigeria Central Bank of Nigeria Nigeria 

Emmanuel T. Adamgbe 

89. Onoja, Anthony O. Econometric Analysis Of Influences Of Trade, Economic Growth And Urbanization University of Port Harcourt 

Nigeria 

On Green House Gas Emission In Africa (1960-2010) 

90. Mildred Barungi Constraints to Fertilizer Use in Uganda: Insights from Uganda Census of Agriculture Economic Policy Research Centre Uganda 

2008/9 

(EPRC) 

91. Sakande Souleymane Cotton Culture, International Trade And Poverty In Burkina Burkina Faso 

Japan 

UK 

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92. Joseph Mawejje, 

Stein Holden 

Does Social Network Capital Buy Higher Producer Prices 

A Case of Coffee in Masaka District, Uganda 

93. Adong Annet Agricultural Productivity Impacts of membership to farmer groups in Uganda: 

Application of the matching and control function approaches to impact evaluation 

94. Kaffo Jean Faustin 

Determinants of Child work in Cameroun: taking into account Non-linearity of the 

Chameni Nembua Célestin Income and the Space Dependence 

Kana Kenfack Christophe 

95. Tape Jean Georges Innocent Wage disparity and productivity in the Ivorian companies: A Microeconometric 

Magloire 

analysis base on the Ricardian approach 

96. Mboutchouang Vincent De Intergenerational Transmission Of 

Paul 

Entrepreneurship And Performance Of Informal Production Units. 

97. Douzounet Mallaye, 

Health Aid And Health Improvement In Sub Saharan Africa 

Thierry U. Yogo 

Economic Policy Research Centre 

Economic Policy Research Centre 

Universite Felix Houphouet Boigny 

University of Yaoundé II 

Uganda 

Uganda 

Cameroun 

Cote D’Ivoire 

Cameroon 

Cameroun 

Appendix 2: Association for the Advancement of African Women Economists (AAAWE)/ The African Finance Economics 

Association (AFEA) Sessions 

Name Topic Country 

1 Samuel Annim, 

Household Food Consumption Diversity, Access to Credit and Income in Ghana. Evidence from 1991 to 2005 Ghana 

Raymond Boadi Frempong 

2 Oluyemisi Kuku-Shittu, 

An Econometric Analysis of Rice Demand in Nigeria 

Nigeria 

Angga Pradesha 

3 Tolulope Olutayo Odetola, 

Contribution of Agriculture to Economic Growth in Nigeria 

Nigeria 

Chinonso Ezenwa Etumnu 

4 Eme Dada Resource Management and Food Insecurity in Nigeria Nigeria 

5 Felicia Oluwafunmilola Adesiyan Effects of Policies on Yam Production and Consumption in Nigeria Nigeria 

6 Linguère Mously Mbaye Bride Price and Fertility Decisions: Evidence from Rural Senegal Germany 

7 Juliet Elu, 

Does Female Genital Mutilation Explain Gender Income Inequality In Sub-Saharan Africa Evidence From USA 

Gregory N. Price 

Nigeria 

8 Malokele Nanivazo, 

The Determinants of Aid in Family Planning: How Relevant is the Mexico City Policy 

USA 

Elizabeth Asiedu, 

Mwanza Nkusu 

9 Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong, 

Yaw Nyarko 

The Role of Education and Migration in Social Safety Nets: Some Empirics 

USA 

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10 Malokele Nanivazo Foreign Aid for Trade Policy Reforms: The Case of Borrowing Constraints Finland 

11 Jane Karonga Analysis of Chinese Investment in the ECOWAS Region: Trends, Impact, and Future Implications Ethiopia 

12 Nancy Mwange Does Exporting Matter for Poverty Reduction: The Case of Kenyan Manufacturing Kenya 

13 Mwangi wa Githinji, 

Growth and Inequality in Africa 1960-2010 

USA 

Depankar Basu 

14 Elsabe Loots African Growth Experiences: Lessons from the Past Decade South Africa 

15 Suwareh Darbo, 

Dynamics and Persistence of Intra-African Trade 

Tunisia 

Victor Murinde 

Qing Meng 

16 Reham Rizk Sustainable Development, Governance and Poverty Reduction: A panel data study Egypt 

17 Nadège Désirée Yameogo, 

Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform, a Mean of Poverty Reduction in Africa: Evidence from Senegal 

Tunisia 

Abebe Shimeles, 

Ismael Fofana 

18 Marva Corley-Coulibaly Inclusive labour market policies in Africa Geneva 

19 Kobena T. Hanson, 

Jobless Economic Growth in Africa: Is there a Role for Agriculture 

Zimbabwe 

Frannie A. Léautier 

20 Thierry Kangoye , 

Gender Gap in the Labour Market in Swaziland 

Tunisia 

Zuzana Brixiova 

21 Jacob Oduor, Muse Sichei, 

Segmentation and Efficiency of the Interbank Market and their Implication for the Conduct of Monetary Policy Tunisia 

Samuel Tiriongo, 

Chris Shimba 

22 Hervé Jean-Louis GUENE Subjective Poverty versus Monetary Poverty: Discussion on the Robustness of the 2010 Poverty Measurement Burkina-Faso 

in Burkina Faso 

23 Oluyemisi Kuku-Shittu, 

Social Network and the Adoption of the Urea Deep Placement Technology in Nigeria: Information versus Nigeria 

Lenis Saweda 

Behaviour Change. (Knowledge versus adoption) 

24 Abebe Shimeles, 

Income Dynamics and Shocks in Rural Ethiopia: Evidence from Panel Data 1994-2009 

Tunisia 

Daniel Zerfu 

25 Donapo Enahoro Resource-based sustainable development - an energy planning model for Nigeria Ghana 

26 Asia Adlan Mohamed Gum Arabic Producers’ Contracting Preferences in Sudan: Agency and 

Sudan 

Transaction Costs Perspectives 

27 Frannie A. Léautier Panel Session: Natural Resources Zimbabwe 

28 Emmanuel Nnadozie Panel Session: Natural Resources Ethiopia 

29 Abebe Shimeles Panel Session: Natural Resources Tunisia 

30 Sheila Khama Panel Session: Natural Resources Ghana 

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Appendix 3: Other Special Sessions 

Session 

Number of Papers 

1. Technology & Economic Development 

2. Roundtable Discussion on Commodity Markets and Structural 


9 

3. ACET Session on Economic Transformation 3 

4. Migration Across Africa & Europe (MAFE Project) 1 

Appendix 4: Cocktail Program 

Opening Speeches 

Optional Speeches 

Appendix 5: Gala Dinner Program 

Opening Speech 

Dinner Speech 

Special: Department of Economics Alumni 

Speech 

Mrs. Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, AfDB 

ACET Director 

UG Economics Alumni 

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