PEGNet Conference 2010

The Poverty Reduction, Equity, and Growth Network’s (PEGNet) conference 2010 on "Policies to foster and sustain equitable development in times of crises" will be held at the Development Bank of Southern Africa, Midrand, South Africa, 2-3 September 2010.

Call for papers (pdf)

Conference Format

The conference will provide a platform for high-level dialogue between development researchers, practitioners and policy-makers. The two conference days will feature parallel-sessions based on invited and contributed papers and project presentations. These will be complemented by a debate, a round-table discussion, and keynote speeches by renowned speakers from academia, economic policy and development practice.  Confirmed speakers include amongst others Pravin Gordhan (Minister of Finance, South Africa), Joachim von Braun  (ZEF Bonn) and Joachim von Amsberg (World Bank). A total of about 30 contributed papers and projects based on author’s original work, are expected to be presented in the conference.

In addition, the PEGNet Best-Practice Prize will be awarded for the second time to best-practices in cooperation between researchers and practitioners.

Conference theme

This conference sets about finding policies that reduce vulnerabilities of the poor to shocks, sustain the socioeconomic balance and promote development that is equitable in times of growth and crisis alike. We are interested in high-quality papers as well as innovative projects, including comparative works that provide new insights on the scope of policies to foster and sustain equitable development in times of crises. Sub-themes are:

     •  Insurance mechanisms
     •  Adaptation to climate change
     •  Escaping the informal-employment trap
     •  Migration and remittances
     •  ODA and shocks
     •  Income diversification

Best-Practice Award

An award will be granted to programmes, projects, and initiatives that have achieved effective interaction between research and practice. All initiatives that have proved to put research into action and have thereby fostered cooperation between development research and practice are encouraged to apply. Such initiatives can be development projects or programmes that have incorporated research tools into their design or research projects that have been particularly successful in translating their findings into policy and practice. Initiatives targeted at improving dialogue between researchers and practitioners are also encouraged to apply. The proposed projects do not necessarily have to be closely related to this year’s conference theme.

Program

Program and papers can be found here.
Program in pdf