2013 Schedule @ Amherst College

Friday, October 4th:

(Red Room, Converse Hall)

11:45 - 12:15: Registration and coffee

12:15 - 12:30: Introductory Remarks by Dean of the Faculty of Amherst College, Gregory Call

12:30 - 1:30: Session I; Infrastructure

Chair: David Stifel

1:30 - 2:30: Lunch

2:30 - 4:30: Session II: Political Economy

Chair: Emily Conover

4:40 - 5:00: Coffee Break

5:00 - 6:30: Session III: Schooling

Chair: Carolina Castilla

6:45 - 9:00: Conference Dinner

9:15: Departure for Howard Johnson hotel on shuttle bus from Converse Hall with student host.

Saturday, October 5th:

(Paino Lecture Hall, Beneski Museum of Natural History)

8:15: Departure for Converse Hall from hotel. Walk to Beneski Museum of Natural History.

8:30 - 9:30: Breakfast

9:30 - 11:30: Session IV: Health

Chair: Sarah Pearlman

11:30 - 12:00: Coffee Break

12:00 - 1:30: Session V: Latin American Development

Chair: Melanie Khamis

1:30 - 2:15: Lunch

2:15 - 3:00: Teaching Development Economics Session

Speakers:

David Lindauer (Wellesley College)

David Stifel (Lafayette College)

Ira Gang (Rutgers University)

3:00 - 4:30: Session VI; Role of Public Sector

Chair: Prakarsh Singh

4:30 - 5:30: Keynote Speech by Dean Karlan

(Yale University and Innovations for Poverty Action)

5:30: End of conference