ACADEMIC PROGRAMME. Climate Change I: Implications for Developing Countries. Behavioural Economics: Decision- Making in Developing Countries

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1 ACADEMIC PROGRAMME OVERVIEW THURSDAY, 6 OCTOBER 2016 Parallel Session 1 Climate Change I: Implications for Developing Countries Food Security & Commodity Prices Parallel Session 2 Behavioural Economics: Decision- Making in Developing Countries Environmental Hazards & Political Conflicts Session 3 Climate Change II: Mitigation and Adaptation Policies FRIDAY, 7 OCTOBER 2016 Parallel Session 4 Natural Disasters: Effects and Implications Health Shocks: Impacts and Coping Strategies Parallel Session 5 Index Insurance: Implications and the Role of Basis Risk Macroeconomics: Coping with Economic Crises Session 6 Financial Inclusion & Insurance: Managing Shocks with Financial Instruments

2 THURSDAY, 6 OCTOBER Registration opens WELCOME ADDRESS OLIVER FIALA (Lecture Hall) KEYNOTE LECTURE Dealing with Climate Risks beyond Adaptation Ways forward for the Loss and Damage debate (Lecture Hall) REINHARD MECHLER (IIASA, Department for Risk and Resilience) Coffee break PARALLEL SESSION Climate Change I: Implications for Developing Countries (Lecture Hall) Economic Development under Climate Change: Economy-wide and Regional Analysis for Ethiopia AMSALU WOLDIE YALEW (TU Dresden, Dresden Leibniz Graduate School) Discussant: Francisco Pareira-Fontes

3 Threshold effects of drought impacts in India FRANCISCO PAREIRA-FONTES (London School of Economics and Political Science) Discussant: Amsalu Woldie Yalew Food Security & Commodity Prices (Room 138) Spatial Correlation among Maize Markets in Tanzania: A Risk Analysis ANAÏS GOBURDHUN (Ecole Polytechnique) Discussant: Raymond Frempong The Effect of Food Price Changes on Child Labour: Evidence from Uganda RAYMOND FREMPONG (University of Bayreuth) Discussant: Ismael Mohammed Nasir Impact of Commercialization on Rural Households Food Security in Major Coffee Growing Areas of South West Ethiopia: The Case of Jimma Zone ISMAEL MOHAMMED NASIR (Jimma University) Discussant: Anaïs Goburdhun Coffee break

4 PARALLEL SESSION Behavioural Economics: Decision- Making in Developing Countries (Lecture Hall) Can Nudges Improve How People Cope With Shocks? BURAK ERKUT (TU Dresden) Discussant: Oliver Fiala Experiencing natural disasters: how this influences risk aversion, trust and the demand for microinsurance OLIVER FIALA (TU Dresden) Discussant: Burak Erkut Environmental Hazards & Political Conflicts (Room 138) Risk Management of Environmental Hazards: Problems and Prospects SVITLANA MYTSIUK (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv) Discussant: Amjad Amin Determinants of Household Human Capital Investment Behavior in Conflict Zones: A Case Study of District Swat AMJAD AMIN (University of Peshawar) Discussant: Svitlana Mytsiuk

5 Coffee break SESSION Climate Change II: Mitigation and Adaptation Policies (Lecture Hall) Climate Change Mitigation versus Adaptation? MORTEN BROBERG (University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law) Discussant: Natasha Kabir Policies of Inclusion and Exclusion for the Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) interlinked with the Climate Change Adaptation: Case Study of Bangladesh NATASHA KABIR (Jahangirnagar University) Discussant: Dawson Verley Forced Displacement and Education DAWSON VERLEY (Independant Researcher) Discussant: Morten Broberg Conference Dinner Vapiano, Dresden Neumarkt

6 FRIDAY, 7 OCTOBER 2016 PARALLEL SESSION Natural Disasters: Effects and Implications (Lecture Hall) Build back better? The Long-lasting impact of the 2010 Earthquake in Haiti CAMILLE SAINT-MACARY (IRD-DIAL) Discussant: Nadine Marmai Farmers investments in innovative technologies in times of precipitation extremes: A statistical analysis for rural Tanzania NADINE MARMAI (University of Turin, Collegio Carlo Alberto) Discussant: Lubna Zaheer How National Media of Pakistan Impacts Disaster Management LUBNA ZAHEER (University of the Punjab Lahore) Discussant: Camille Saint-Macary

7 Health Shocks: Impacts and Coping Strategies (Room 138) Characterizing health shocks in lowand middle-income countries ANDREA JURACK (TU Dresden) Discussant: Elena Wölk Risk Factors for a Parametric Pandemic Insurance ELENA WÖLK (TU Dresden) Discussant: Andrea Jurack Coffee break PARALLEL SESSION Index Insurance: Implications and the Role of Basis Risk (Lecture Hall) Does index insurance help households recover from disaster? Evidence from IBLI Mongolia VERONIKA BERTRAM-HÜMMER (KfW Development Bank) & KATI KRÄHNERT (German Institute for Economic Research) Discussant: Francisco Ceballos

8 Estimating Spatial Basis Risk in Rainfall Index Insurance: Methodology and Application to Excess Rainfall Insurance in Uruguay FRANCISCO CEBALLOS (IFPRI & University of Göttingen) Discussant: Veronika Bertram-Hümmer Macroeconomics: Coping with Economic Crises (Room 138) To default or not? The aftermath of sovereign defaults and IMF austerity programs during economic crises TUOMAS MALINEN (University of Helsinki) Discussant: Ferrouhi El Mehdi Banking regulation in the context of the financial crisis: the case of Middle East and North Africa FERROUHI EL MEHDI (Mohamed V Rabat University) Discussant: Ines Karagianni Ladašić Can Islamic Finance Save GCC Budget Deficit alone? INES KARAGIANNI LADAŠIĆ (University of Applied Sciences Burgenland) Discussant: Tuomas Malinen

9 Lunch break KEYNOTE LECTURE The Economic and Social Impact of Insurance (Lecture Hall) CRAIG CHURCHILL (ILO s Social Finance Programme, Impact Insurance Facility) Coffee break SESSION Financial Inclusion & Insurance: Managing Shocks with Financial Instruments (Lecture Hall) Pooling natural disaster risks in a community ARNAUD GOUSSEBAÏLE (Ecole Polytechnique) Discussant: Olukorede Abiona Financial Inclusion, Shocks and Welfare: Evidence from the Expansion of Mobile Money in Tanzania OLUKOREDE ABIONA (University of Leicester) Discussant: Arnaud Goussebaïle