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

Role of the Piano Mattei for the Development of Africa and the Mediterranean Region

Chair(s): Domenico Fanizza (African Development Bank), Lucio Scandizzo (University of Rome, Tor Vergata)

Presentations of the Symposium

Speakers

Stefan Dercon¹, Domenico Fanizza², Kevin Urama², GianDomenico Magliano³, Lorenzo Ortona⁴, Annalisa Ciampi^5
1University of Oxford, ²AFDB, ³MAECI, ⁴Mattei Plan Mission Unit, Presidency of the Council of Ministers, ⁵UN Italian Representative

•How to Pay? Experimental Evidence on Early Warning-Based Cash Transfer Modalities in Somalia

Antonio Scognamillo

FAO, Italy

Measuring the Impacts of a Poultry Transfer on Women’s Empowerment in Afghanistan

Elsa Valli

FAO, Italy

The impacts of the 2023/2025 Gaza Conflict on agriculture: Estimates of short- and medium-term losses in agricultural income and nutrition

Annarita Macchioni Giaquinto

FAO, Italy

Promoting agricultural value chains in refugee and host communities: impacts on household livelihood and community social cohesion in Uganda.

Emanuele Zucchini

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italy

The European Deforestation Regulation, Africa and Cocoa

Christopher Gilbert

Biena Consulting Srl, Italy

How Natural Disasters Shape Innovation in China: A Firm- Level Staggered DiD Analysis

Alessandro Giacardi¹, Mathilde Maurel^2,3, Thomas Pernet³

1: Department of Social Sciences and Economics, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; 2: CNRS, France; 3: Centre d’Economie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France

Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform and Carbon Emissions in the MENA Region: Evidence from Jordan’s 2005 Reform

Antoine Chaney

University Paris-Dauphine, France

Global Value Chain Participation and Firm-Level Upgrading: Evidence from Africa

Till Arne Meissner

London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

Securing Rights, Securing Safety? Women’s Access to Land and Vulnerability to Intimate Partner Violence in Tanzania

Valeria Paola Strusi¹, Sara Balestri²

1: Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy; 2: University of Perugia, Italy

Misperceived Gender Norms and the Gender Gap in Labor Force Participation: Experimental Evidence from Couples in Colombia

Marie Boltz¹, Ana Maria Diaz², Monserrat Bustelo³, Agustina Suaya³

1: University of Strasbourg,, France; 2: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia; 3: IADB

Domestic Equality Index

Paolo Groppo

FAO (R), Italy

Weathering inequality: Age and gender divides in labour outcomes under climate stressors in rural sub-Saharan Africa

Jessika Kluth, Nicholas Sitko, Jan Martin Rossi

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italy

The Mediterranean at the crossroads: challenges and opportunities for Africa and Europe - CNR-ISMed

Chair(s): Salvatore Capasso (Uniiversity of Napoli - Parthenope and CNR, Italy)

Presentations of the Symposium

Offshore Wind and Fisheries: Economic Impacts in the Strait of Sicily

Monica Gambino, Vito Pipitone, Evelina Sabatella, Alice Sbrana
CNR-ISMed

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Its Impact on Trade: Evidence from the MENA and Mediterranean Region

Anna Maria Ferragina¹, Lewoye Bantie Baylie^2
1University of Salerno andCNR-ISMed, ²University of Salerno

The socio-economic impact of Marine Spatial Planning on some key sectors of the blue economy in Sicily

Francesco Andreottola¹, Stefania Badiglio¹, Salvatore Capasso², Monica Gambino¹, Luigi Guadalupi¹, Mattia Pettena¹, Vito Pipitone¹, Desirée Quagliarotti¹, Luciano Seta^1
1CNR-ISMed, ²CNR

Beyond the Battlefield: Geoeconomic Drivers of Country-Specific Geopolitical Risk

Irene Bosco¹, Salvatore Capasso², Valerio Filoso^1
1CNR-ISMed, ²CNR

Driven to leave: Analyzing the factors behind emigration in Africa

enrica di stefano¹, elena rossi espagnet²

1: Bank of Italy; 2: la Sapienza university, Italy

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Return migration: evidence from Italy

Furio Camillo Rosati, Lisa Capretti, Francesca Centofanti, Alessio Farcomeni

University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy

Intergenerational mobility of education in Vietnam: Evidence from the Vietnam War

Maria C. Lo Bue¹, Khoa Vu²

1: University of Trieste, Italy; 2: Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, USA

Migration and Local Development in Italy’s Inner Areas

Marina De Angelis¹, Andrea Faccini²

1: INAPP, Italy; 2: Riabitare l'Italia, Italy

Assessing the Socioeconomic Co-benefits of Nature-based Solutions in Agriculture: A Systematic Review

Livia Romani¹, Thomas Thaler²

1: Sapienza University, Rome, Italy; 2: BOKU University, Wien, Austria

Laïcité in schools: Evidence from a School Ban in Belgium

Aleksa Uljarevic, Skerdilajda Zanaj

University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Exploring the relationship between Corruption and Ethnic Fractionalization: The Role of Foreign Aid in Developing Countries

Rita De Siano¹, Maria Rosaria Carillo², Valentina Chiariello³

1: Parthenope University, Italy; 2: Parthenope University, Italy; 3: Parthenope University, Italy

Digitalization and Agricultural Resilience to Climate Change: The Case of Nigeria

Lena Uzelac¹, Alessio D'Amato², Manuela Coromaldi³

1: Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata; 2: Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope; 3: Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano

The One Health Approach and Development: Relevance of the Research on the Social Exposome

Chair(s): Vincenzo Atella (University of Rome, Tor Vergata)

Presentations of the Symposium

The One Health Approach and Development

Vincenzo Atella, Pasquale Lucio Scandizzo
University of Rome, Tor Vergata

Understanding Expotypes in Europe

Andrea Piano Mortari¹, Pietro Monti², Vincenzo Atella², Francesca Marazzi³, Ruben Zuehlke Colindres⁴, Marc Chadeau⁴, Giacomo Pasini^5
1Italian Ministry of Health, University of Rome Tor Vergata, ²University of Rome Tor Vergata, ³University of Rome Tor Vergata, CESifo, ⁴Imperial College, UK, ⁵University of Venice - Ca Foscari

The Evolution of Health Inequalities in Italy (1984-2023)

Cecilia De Luca¹, Daniela d'Angela², Emily Maresch³, Barbara Polistena², Federico Spandonaro¹, Vincenzo Atella^4
1Dip Economia e Finanza - Università di Roma Tor Vergata and CREA Sanità, ²CREA Sanità, ³Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴University of Rome, Tor Vergata

The Italian Ministry of Health through a One Health approach: a new vision of integrated health

Mosé Alise
Italian Ministry of Health

Infrastructure, Development and Evaluation (SIET)

Chair(s): Jerome Massiani (Univ Milano at Bicocca)

Presentations of the Symposium

From Chao-Phya to Orbassano: how should we deal with taxation in project evaluation?

Jerome Massiani
Univ Milano at Bicocca

Structural gravity trade model and transport policy analysis

Paolo Delle Site, Qing Zhang
Univ Cusano

How Will Climate Change Reshape The Car?

André De Palma
Univ of Cergy-Pontoise, Paris

The Potential of Artificial Intelligence as Core Infrastructure in the Tourism Sector

Pasquale Lucio Scandizzo, Daniele Cufari
Univ. of Rome, Tor Vergata

Understanding Relative Well-Being: Empirical Insights from Subjective Rankings

Immacolata Ranucci¹, Kibrom Abay², Luca Tiberti^1,3

1: University of Florence, Italy; 2: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); 3: Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP)

Driving Impact or Missing the Mark? Lessons learned from e-Extension Platform Deployment in Rural Sri Lanka

Antonio Scognamillo¹, Sara Burrone², Dikshit Poudel³, Abdur Rub⁴, Chun Song⁵, Thilani Munaweera⁶, Sidath Bandara⁷

1: FAO, Italy; 2: FAO, Italy; 3: FAO, Italy; 4: FAO, Italy; 5: CGIAR, Italy; 6: HARTI, Sri Lanka; 7: HARTI, Sri Lanka

Broken Continuity: The Adverse Effects of Teacher Turnover on Academic Outcomes

Buse Tanca

European University Institute, Italy

Polycrisis in Agrifood Systems: Climate-Conflict Interactions and Labor Dynamics for Women and Youth in 21 African Countries

Wolfgang Stojetz¹, Carlo Azzarri², Erdgin Mane³, Tilman Brück^1,4,5

1: ISDC – International Security and Development Center, Berlin, Germany; 2: IFPRI – International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA; 3: FAO – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy; 4: Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany; 5: Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Großbeeren, Germany