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Poverty Reduction in Conflict and Fragile States: Perspectives from the Household Level
November 8-9, 2006

The Poverty Reduction in Conflict and Fragile States: Perspectives from the Household Level conference was held on November 8-9, 2006 in Washington D.C. USAID’s Office of Poverty Reduction (PR), the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN), and the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) organized this international conference to focus on the special challenge of poverty reduction in conflict and fragile states. While considerable knowledge is available on the general effects of conflict and state fragility on poverty, more understanding of what happens at the micro level is needed. Focusing at the household level provides an opportunity to understand how conflict and fragility affect household behavior, welfare and poverty. It is hoped that the conference facilitated future relevant research and more successful programmatic and policy responses to poverty reduction in these unique environments.

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Times	Sessions	Presenters
NOVEMBER 8th AGENDA
8:30 - 9:00	Breakfast & Registration
9:00 - 9:15	Welcome	Timothy Mahoney, USAID
9:15 - 9:45	Plenary: Contributions of a household level perspective to poverty reduction in conflict & fragile states	Tilman Bruck, HICN/DIW
9:45 - 10:00	Coffee Break
10:00 - 12:00	Parallel Sessions

	Governance	Narendra Mangal Joshi, Hiroshima University Tahmina Rashid, Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages & Societies Joost van der Zwan, London School of Economics Chair: Pat Fn'Piere, USAID Discussant: Patrick Meagher, IRIS Center, University of Maryland
	Household Structure & Gender	Dhrunhini Maneshka Eliatamby, George Mason University Ederlinda Fernandez, Western Mindanao State University, Philippines Olga Shemyakina, University of Southern California Chair: Muneera Salem-Murdock, World Bank Discussant: Caroline Moser, Brookings Institution
	Risk / Vulnerability & Coping Strategies	Tom Bundervoet, Vrije University, Belgium Michael Carter, University of Wicsonsin Tom De Herdt, University of Antwerp Chair: Tanya Boudreau, Food Economy Group Discussant: Philip Verwimp, Institute of Social Studies, the Netherlands
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch Plenary Introduction and Remarks Keynote	Elisabeth Kvitashvili, USAID Andrew Natsios, U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan and Professor, Georgetown University
1:00 - 3:00	Parallel Sessions

	Agriculture & Food Security	Richard Akresh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Kati Schindler, German Institute for Economic Research, DIW Berlin Chair: Phil Steffen, USAID Discussant: Marc Cohen, International Food Policy Research Institute
	Microfinance	Armin Hofmann, GTZ Evelyn Stark, USAID Balaji Venkatachalam, Forbes Arabia Chair: Stacey Young, USAID Discussant: Mayada El-Zoghbi, Banyan Global
	Migration & Displacement	Azra Abdul Cader, Centre for Poverty Analysis, Sri Lanka Ana Maria Ibanez, Universidad de Los Andes Anna Lindley, QEH Oxford, Overseas Development Institute Chair: Borany Penh, USAID Discussant: Manuel Orozco, Inter-American Dialogue
3:00 - 3:30	Coffee Break
3:30 - 5:30	Parallel Sessions
	Livelihoods & the Private Sector	Tracey Gerstle, Independent Consultant, Enterprise Development Laura Hammond, University of Reading Andrew Vonnegut, Booz Allen Hamilton Chair: Kate McKee, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor Discussant: Nick Killick, International Alert
	Post-Conflict Development in Rwanda	An Ansoms, University of Antwerp, Belgium Florence Kondylis, London School of Economics Philip Verwimp, Institute of Social Studies, the Netherlands Chair: Carola Weil, United States Institute of Peace Discussant: Alison DesForges, Human Rights Watch
6:00 - 7:00	Reception

NOVEMBER 9th AGENDA
8:30 - 9:00	Breakfast & Registration
9:00 - 10:00	Plenary: Bridging Day One and Day Two	Borany Penh, USAID
10:00 - 10:15	Coffee Break
10:15 - 12:00	Parallel Sessions
	Participation & Inclusion	Sunil Kumar Regmi, Canadian Centre for International Studies & Cooperation Marie Anne Valfort, CECO Polytechnique, France Masatomo Nao Yamaguchi, University of Oxford Chair: Susan Nan, George Mason University Discussant: Patti Petesch, World Bank
	Public Service Delivery	Tanya Bathiche, The Louis Berger Group Charles Feezel, USAID Chair: Dennis Wood, IRIS Center, University of Maryland Discussant: Tjip Walker, USAID
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch
1:00 - 2:30	Plenary: Lessons Learned for Improving Research & Practice to Reduce Poverty in Conflict & Fragile States	Panel discussion: * Tilman Bruck, HICN/DIW * Michael Carter, University of Wisconsin * Nick Killick, International Alert * Hugh Riddell, World Bank * Chair: Borany Penh, USAID
2:30 - 3:00	Closing Comments	Timothy Mahoney, USAID

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