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Panel on Population and Poverty (2007-2010)

IUSSP Seminar on “Demographics and Macroeconomic Performance”
Paris, France, 4-5 June 2010

Seminar Description

Programme

Friday, June 4 -- at Agence française de développement (AFD)
Sessions chaired by David Bloom

9:00 – 9:30	Opening by John Casterline and David Bloom: Welcome, Introductions, and Agenda
9:30 – 10:45	David Bloom, David Canning, Günther Fink, and Jocelyn Finlay "Micro foundations of the demographic dividend" Discussants: Charles Becker and Bo Malmberg
10:45 – 11:00	Break
11:00 – 12:15	Quamrul Ashraf, David Weil, and Joshua Wilde "The effect of interventions to reduce fertility on economic growth" Discussants: Günther Fink and Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz
12:15 – 1:15	Lunch (at AFD)
1:15 – 2:30	Anju Malhotra "Gender and economic growth" Discussants: Dennis Ahlburg and Philomena Nyarko
2:30 – 2:45	Break
2:45 – 4:00	Thomas Lindh "National transfer accounts and macroeconomic forecasting" Discussants: David Weil and Joshua Wilde
4:00 – 4:15	Break
Session chaired by John Casterline
4:15 – 5:30	David Bloom, Salal Humair, Andrew Mason, Olanrewaju Olaniyan, and Adedoyin Soyibo "Prospects for economic growth in Nigeria: A demographic perspective" Discussants: Peter Heller and Rachel Nugent
5:30 –	Cocktail (at AFD)
Saturday, June 5 -- at Novotel Paris-Gare de Lyon Sessions chaired by John Casterline
9:00 – 10:15	Batool Zaidi and Zeba Sathar "Pakistan’s unique demographic and economic trajectories: An exploration of interlinkages" Discussants: Julie DaVanzo and Salal Humair
10:15 – 10:30	Break
10:30 – 11:45	Julie DaVanzo, Harun Dogo, and Clifford Grammich "Demographic dividend or demographic drag?: A net assessment of population trends in China and India, 2020-2025, and their implications" Discussants: Judith Banister and Alejandro Herrin
11:45 – 12:45	Lunch (at Novotel)
12:45 – 2:00	Judith Banister, David Bloom, and Larry Rosenberg "Population Aging and Economic Growth in China" Discussants: Dennis Ahlburg and Bo Malmberg
2:00 – 2:15	Break
2:15 – 3:30	Bernardo Lanza Queiroz and Cassio Turra "Window of opportunity?: economic consequences of population changes in Brazil" Discussants: John Casterline and Peter Heller

 [NOTE: Each presentation will last 30 minutes, to be followed by a 10-minute response from each
              discussant and 25 minutes of general discussion.]