May 9, 2025 - Portland, Oregon
Workshop Program
The 2025 Northwest Development Workshop (NWDW) is being hosted by Reed College in Portland, Oregon.
Registration is now closed.
Information about lodging in Portland can be found here: https://www.reed.edu/about/accommodations.html.
Please direct general questions to the organizing committee at dev.nwdw@gmail.com.
9:00 – 9:25 Light breakfast
9:25 – 9:30 Welcome remarks
9:30 – 11:00 Session 1: Education, human capital, and development
Lontum Nchadze, Oregon State University, and Evaewero French, Oregon State University
Foundational Numeracy at Scale? Experimental evidence from Malawi
Sayak Khatua, Oregon State University
To Not Move Forward is to Fall Behind: Evidence of Policy Failure in India
John Luke Gallup, Portland State University
Cognitive and Economic Development
11:00 – 11:20 Break
11:20 – 12:30 Lightning session
Jiayuan Wang, University of Washington
The Effect of Increased Availability of Modern Contraceptives on Use and Fertility
Hector Botello, Washington State University
Impact of Government Conditional Cash Transfers on Household Poverty During COVID-19 in Peru
Laura Mazaud, Oregon State University
Climate Change and the Growth of Cities in Africa
Matias Berthelon, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, and Diana Kruger, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
The Effect of Extreme Weather on Children's Overall and Socio-emotional Development
Roberto Toto, Oregon State University
Large-Scale Environmental Impacts of Brazil's New Forest Code
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch (buffet lunch provided onsite)
13:30 – 15:00 Session 2: Trade/labor/credit
Azraf Uddin Ahmad, Simon Fraser University
Impact of Late Wage Payments on Ready Made Garment Workers in Bangladesh
Ngan Tran, University of Oregon
Unequal Gains: The Gendered Impact of Trade Liberalization in Vietnam
Alfredo Burlando, University of Oregon
Rehabilitating Delinquent Digital Borrowers
15:00 – 15:20 Break
15:20 – 16:50 Session 3: Climate/environment/health
Hyunji Kim, University of Washington
Hot Weather, Hot Tempers: the Impact of Heat Waves on Intimate Partner Violence in Peru
Ananya Diwakant, University of Washington, and T.V. Ninan, University of Washington
Intrahousehold Differences in Perceived Health Risks of Using Solid Fuels for Cooking
Felipe Carrera, Reed College
Segregation and Death: The Consequences of Slum Clearance on Mortality
16:50 – 17:00 Closing remarks