Conference Agenda

Overview and details of the sessions of this conference.

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Some information on the session logistics:

If not stated otherwise, the discussant is the following speaker, with the first speaker being the discussant of the last paper. The last speaker of each session is the session chair.

Presenters should speak for no more than 20 minutes, and discussants should limit their remarks to no more than 5 minutes. The remaining time should be reserved for audience questions and the presenter’s responses. We suggest following these guidelines also in the (less common) 3-paper sessions in a 2-hour slot, to allow participants to move between sessions. Discussants are encouraged to avoid summarizing the paper. By focusing on a few questions and comments, the discussants can help start a broader discussion with the audience.

Only registered participants can attend this conference. Further information available on the congress website https://www.usiu.ac.ke/iipf/ .

Venue address: United States International University Africa, USIU Road, Off Thika Road (Exit 7, Kenya), P.O. Box 14634, 00800 Nairobi, Kenya

Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 9th Oct 2025, 03:25:23am EAT

 
 
Session Overview
Location: SS11
Date: Wednesday, 20/Aug/2025
11:00am - 1:00pmA08: Subsidies
Location: SS11
Session Chair: Sonia Laszlo, McGill University
Discussant 1: Nikolai Stähler, Deutsche Bundesbank
Discussant 2: Abhijeet Singh, Stockholm School of Economics
Discussant 3: Sonia Laszlo, McGill University
Discussant 4: Anastasia Terskaya, University of Barcelona, IEB
2:15pm - 4:15pmB08: Informality
Location: SS11
Session Chair: Anne Brockmeyer, World Bank
Discussant 1: Luciano Greco, University of Padua
Discussant 2: Kwabena Adu-Ababio, UNU-WIDER
Discussant 3: Anne Brockmeyer, World Bank
Discussant 4: Maximiliano Lauletta, Federal Reserve Board
Date: Thursday, 21/Aug/2025
2:00pm - 4:00pmC08: Subnational Budgeting and Finance
Location: SS11
Session Chair: Akinobu Ogawa, Niigata University
Discussant 1: Julian Koller, ETH Zürich
Discussant 2: Akinobu Ogawa, Niigata University
Discussant 3: Martin Mosler, University of Lucerne
4:30pm - 6:30pmD08: Education Policy
Location: SS11
Session Chair: A. Abigail Payne, University of Melbourne
Discussant 1: Ben Waltmann, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Discussant 2: Mikayel Tovmasyan, Catholic Unversity Eichsaett-Ingolstadt
Discussant 3: A. Abigail Payne, University of Melbourne
Discussant 4: Eric A. Hanushek, Stanford University
Date: Friday, 22/Aug/2025
11:00am - 1:00pmF08: Health Outcome
Location: SS11
Session Chair: Eva Mörk, Uppsala University
Discussant 1: Tim Cejka, UC Berkeley
Discussant 2: Marianne Bitler, UC Davis
Discussant 3: Eva Mörk, Uppsala University
Discussant 4: Olli Ropponen, Etla Economic Research
2:15pm - 4:15pmG08: Empirics of Investment and Innovation
Location: SS11
Session Chair: Clara Martínez-Toledano, Imperial College London
Discussant 1: Sarah Necker, ifo institute
Discussant 2: Marius Bendoma, University of Douala / Higher School of Economics and Management (ESSEC)
Discussant 3: Clara Martínez-Toledano, Imperial College London
Discussant 4: Emilia Gschossmann, University of Mannheim