Africa’s Growth and Opportunities – A Research Agenda

Chair(s): Francesca Utili (Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance)

Presentations of the Symposium

Speakers

Carola Alvarez¹, Kevin Chika Urama², Stefan Dercon³, Karim El Aynaoui⁴, Giacomo Falchetta^5
1IFAD, ²African Development Bank, ³University of Oxford, UK, ⁴Policy Center for the New South (MA), ⁵Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC)

The North-South Question and the Development of the Mediterranean (SVIMEZ)

Chair(s): Adriano Giannola (Svimez)

Presentations of the Symposium

Old Wine in a New Bottle: The SVIMEZ Econometric Model. Main Features and Impact Assessments

Stefano Prezioso
Svimez

An Innovative Spatial Dynamic General Equilibrium Model. Evidence From Italy’s Recovery Plan

Pasquale Lucio Scandizzo¹, Daniele Cufari¹, Federico Perali², Riccardo Magnani^3
1Uni Roma Tor Vergata, ²Uni Verona, ³Uni Paris

What Explains the Evolution of the North South Divide in Italy? A Test of the Balassa-Samuelson Hypothesis

Federico Perali¹, Ranjan Ray², Martina Menon¹, Nicola Tommasi^1
1Uni Verona, ²Uni Monash Aus

Do corporations in Southern Italy face higher corporate effective tax rates?

Antonella Caiumi
Istat

Household Perceptions and Responses to Climate Shocks: Evidence from Tanzania

Irmak Günal¹, Federico Mutasci²

1: University of Copenhagen, Denmark; 2: University of Milan, Italy

CLARE: a Causal machine Learning Approach to Resilience Estimation

Pierluigi Montalbano¹, Marco Letta¹, Federica Petruccelli¹, Talip Kilic²

1: Sapienza University, Italy; 2: Development Data Group, World Bank

Econometric Specification of the Resilience Threshold Model

marco derrico¹, Mark Constas²

1: GCF, Italy; 2: Cornell University, USA

Does sustainable intensification improve resilience to extreme weather shocks? Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

Sedi-Anne Boukaka¹, Beliyou Haile², Carlo Azzarri¹, Sveva Vitellozzi³, Gebrelibanos Gebremariam⁴

1: IFPRI, United States of America; 2: IFC, United States of America; 3: University of Bologna; 4: Mekelle University

Can social pensions for the elderly mitigate shocks? Lessons from Mozambique

Sara Almeida², Hanna Berkel¹, Sam Jones¹, Patricia Justino¹, Hilário Muchabel¹

1: UNU-WIDER, Mozambique; 2: WHO

Born Under a Hungry Star: Nutritional and Environmental Pathways of Child Stunting in Mozambique

Giulia Barletta, Irmak Günal

Development Economics Research Group, University of Copenhagen

The Economics of Child Labor

Furio Camillo Rosati

University of Rome "Tor Vergata", United Kingdom

Gender-Targeted Transfers and Women’s Consumption: A Structural Regression Discontinuity Approach

Olivier Bargain

BSE, France

DEBT RELEASE FOR SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: A Jubilee Initiative for a Generative Cooperation Between Creditors and Debtors - Session In Memoriam of Andrea Cornia, Università di Firenze

Chair(s): Mario Biggeri (University of Florence)

Presentations of the Symposium

Ecological Debt and the Moral Imperative for Debt Relief

Giulio Guarini
Università della Tuscia, Viterbo

Debt for Sustainable Development Scheme for a Twin Debt Justice: A Position Paper

Leonardo Becchetti
University of Rome, Tor Vergata

Debt Relief for The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC): an Innovative Perspective

Domenico Fanizza
AFDB

Debt sustainability and human development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Gianni Vaggi
University of Pavia

PRIN 2022 Policy Workshop on "Climate Change, Agrifood Systems, and Conflict: Pathways, Impacts, and Policy Implications"

Chair(s): Donato Romano (University of Florence, Italy)

Presentations of the Symposium

Climate Change – Agrifood – Conflict Nexus Pathways: A Scoping Review of the Literature

Donato Romano¹, Tulia Gattone¹, Luca Tiberti¹, Sara Balestri², Raul Caruso³, Anna Balestra^4
1University of Florence, ²University of Perugia, ³Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, MilanFlorence, ⁴Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan

Pathways of Climate Variability, Agricultural Performance, and Conflict: A Machine Learning Approach to Complex Dependencies

Donato Romano, Tulia Gattone, Luca Tiberti
University of Florence

Drought, Kinship, and Conflict in West Africa

Chiara Livorno, Luca Tiberti
University of Florence

Under the Same Sky: Climatic Shocks and Conflicts Across Agricultural Livelihoods and Agrarian Contexts

Tulia Gattone, Donato Romano, Giordana Sabella, Luca Tiberti
University of Florence

FENICE – Fragile Elderly and eNergy in Italian Consumption Empirics (Next Generation EU)

Chair(s): Alessandro Sapio (Parthenope University, IT)

Presentations of the Symposium

Does Easier Family Reunification Improve Immigrants’ Well-being? Age Heterogeneity in Psychological Outcomes

Maria Rosaria Carillo, Massimiliano Cerciello, Tiziana Venittelli
Parthenope University, IT

Energy poverty and active ageing in Italy

Martina Polito, Alessandro Sapio
Parthenope University, IT

A bibliometric analysis on age discrimination

Alessandro Sapio, Rita Lamboglia, Raffaele Silvestre
Parthenope University, IT