10:00am Welcome and Opening Address
Jeffrey Sachs, Earth Institute at Columbia University, “Common Wealth” (Video conference from Europe)
10:15-11:15am Extreme Affordability
Jim Patell, Stanford, “Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability"
Student presenters: David Klaus, Jane Chen, and Naganand Murty
11:15-12:15pm Power of a Rising Tide
Scott Rozelle, Stanford, “Biofuels and the World Food Crises: Opportunities and Challenges for the World's Poor”
Anjini Kochar, Stanford, “Learning and Earning: Education and Poverty Reduction in India”
Discussant: Nick Hope, Stanford
12:15-12:45pm Lunch upstairs in the Oksenberg Room (3rd floor)
12:45-1:30pm Keynote
William Easterly, New York University, “Can Foreign Aid End World Poverty?”
1:30-2:30pm Economic Tools for Reducing Poverty
Paul Gertler, UC Berkeley, “How to Judge What Works”
Hilary Hoynes, UC Davis, “Effective Anti-poverty Programs in the U.S.”
Discussant: Michael Lovenheim, Stanford
Break & Posters 15 minutes
2:45-3:45pm Removing Obstacles to Prosperity
Johannes Linn, Brookings, “Better Global Governance to Meet Global Problems”
David Grusky, Stanford, “Increasing Inequality in the U.S.”
Discussant: Paul Romer, Stanford
3:45-4:25pm Students Changing the World
Kjerstin Erickson, ForgeNow.org, “Refugee Economic Self-Sufficiency”
Courtney McColgan, Wokai.org, “Chinese Micro-Finance”
Abimbola Dairo, African Business Forum, “Doing Business in Africa”
4:25-5:15pm The Politics of Poverty
Panel discussion of local, state, and national politics of poverty
Rick Aubry, Rubicon Programs, Inc.
Sara Seims, Hewlett Foundation
Michael Wald, Stanford
Discussant: Ward Hanson, Stanford
5:15pm Reception |
