DAY ONE: 1 JUNE 2016

Thematic Session 1.1: Jobs and Economic Securit

Venue	:	Multipurpose Hall
Chairperson	:	S. Mahendra Dev Professor and Director, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai
Discussant Work	:	Sher Verick Deputy Director, International Labour Organisation Decent Work Team, South Asia and Country Office, India
Presentations	:	Marta Duda-Nyczak, Associate Economic Affairs Officer, United National Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and Christian Viegelahn, Economist, International Labour Organization, Geneva Do Imports Create Better Jobs in Africa? Evidence from Firm-Level Data
	:	Tara Vishwanath, Lead Economist, The World Bank More Jobs, Better Jobs
	:	Pedro Arruda, Researcher, International Centre for Inclusive Growth, Brasilia, Brazil The Role of Social Transfers and Rural Development Policies for Brazil’s Small-holding Farmers: An Assessment Based on 11 Flagship Policies
	:	Simeen Mahmud, Lead Researcher, BRAC Development Institute, Dhaka and Sayema Haque Bidisha, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka Female Labour Supply in Bangladesh: Continuity and Change
	:	Shruti Sharma, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India Employment, Wages and Inequality in India: An Occupations and Tasks-based Approach

Thematic Session 2.1: Education for Capability Expansion

Venue	:	Seminar Room III (First Floor)
Chairperson	:	N.V. Varghese Director, Centre for Policy in Higher Education, National University of Educational Planning and Administration New Delhi
Discussant	:	Rukmini Banerji Chief Executive Officer, Pratham Education Foundation
Presentations	:	Geeta Gandhi Kingdon, Professor of Education and International Development, Institute of Education, University College, London Value for Money from Public Expenditure on Education in India
	:	Mohammad Mainul Islam, Md. Kamrul Islam , Mohammad Sazzad Hasan and Md. Aminul Haque University of Dhaka Marriage before 16 or 18 Years: Effect of Marital Age on in Bangladesh
	:	Palashpriya Halder, Assistant Professor, Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College, Kolkata and Ishita Mukhopadhyay, Professor University of Calcutta Intergenerational Transfer of Education among Social Groups in India
	:	Pouirketa Rita Nikiema , PhD Scholar, Interuniversity Graduate Program (PTCI) University of Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal Impact of School Feeding Programs on Educational Outcomes: Evidence from School Dry Cereals in Burkina Faso

Thematic Session 5.1: Challenge of Improving Environment

Venue	:	Conference Hall II, Main Building (Above Dinning Room)
Chairperson	:	Sachin Chaturvedi Director General, Research and Information System for Developing Countries, New Delhi
Discussant	:	Ratan Khasnabis Professor of Economics, Department of Business Management University of Calcutta
Presentations	:	Roman Corobov, Eco-Tiras International Association of River Keepers, Moldova Climate Change and Anthropogenic Contributions to Uncertainties in Hydrological Modelling of Sustainable Water Supply
	:	Sri Hartini Rachmad, Researcher, BPS Statistics Indonesia and Lecturer at Statistics Institute, Jakarta; Widaryatmo, Statistician, BPS Statistics Indonesia and Director of Manpower and Demography; Indra Murty Surbakti, Statistician, BPS Statistics Indonesia and Director of Manpower and Demography Adaptive Tools to Evaluate the Interventions’ Program on Climate Change and Disaster: Index Disaster Preparedness Measurement
	:	Chandan Roy, Ph.D Scholar, Jadavpur University The Impact of Rural Poverty on Environment: Evidence from Sundarbans in India
	:	Pankhuri Jha, Research Consultant, J-Pal, South Asia andSyed M. Ahsan, Visiting Professor, South Asian University Coping through Credit: Effect of Microfinance on Informal Lending after Disasters

Thematic Session: 6.1: Strengthening Social Protection

Venue	:	Seminar Room II (First Floor)
Chairperson	:	Ravi Srivastava Professor, Centre for the Study of Regional Development Jawaharlal Nehru University
Discussant	:	Shakti Sinha Director, India Foundation, New Delhi and Former Principal Secretary to the Government of NCT of Delhi
Presentations	:	Bandita Sijapati, Centre for the Study of Labour and Mobility Social Science Baha, Kathmandu The Quest for Achieving Social Protection for All in Nepal Challenges and Opportunities
	:	Aalok Ranjan Chaurasia, Professor, Shyam Institute, Bhopal Child Deprivation in India, 2013-14: Evidence from Rapid Survey of Children
	:	Mushtaq Ahmad Malla, Institute of Rural Management, Anand, Gujarat NREGA Protecting the Protected: An Analysis of Labor Market Outcomes and Livelihood Security in Kashmir
	:	Saswati Chaudhuri, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata Some Dimensions of Vulnerability: A Study of the Urban Poor with Reference to Kolkata

Thematic Session 7.1: Social Inclusion

Venue	:	Seminar Room I (First Floor)
Chairperson	:	Maitreyi B. Das Global Lead - Social Inclusion The World Bank
Discussant	:	G. Omkarnath Professor, Department of Economics, University of Hyderabad
Presentations	:	Carlos Gradín, Universidade de Vigo and EQUALITAS, Spain, Occupational Segregation by Race in South Africa after the Apartheid
	:	Rajarshi Majumder, Professor, University of Burdwan and Jhilam Ray, Assistant Professor, University of Burdwan Development and Exclusion: Intergenerational Stickiness in India
	:	Ziming Li, Ph.D. Scholar, University of Florida; Abhinav Alakshendra, Assistant Professor, University of Florida and Co-Director, Center for International Design and Planning, University of Florida; Shengfeng Lu, Assistant Professor, Wuhan University and Bo Xiong, Associate Professor, Wuhan University Public Goods Provision and Upward Intergenerational Occupational Mobility: Empirical Evidence from China
	:	Iris Macculi, Economic Affairs Officer at the Social Development Policy Division of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)Human Inclusion as Capability Expansion
1630-1700	:	TEA
1700-1900	:	PLENARY SESSION 2 Managing Growth for Social Inclusion in South Asia
1930	:	RECEPTION AND CONFERENCE DINNER

DAY TWO: 2 JUNE 2016

Thematic Session 1.2: Jobs and Economic Security

Venue	:	Multipurpose Hall
Chairperson	:	T.C.A. Anant Secretary and Chief Statistician, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India
Discussant	:	Arup Mitra Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi
Presentations	:	Indira Hirway, Director and Professor of Economics, Center for Development Alternatives, Ahmedabad Inclusive and Sustainable Development in Emerging Countries: Integrating the Modern and the Lagging Sectors
	:	Piero Conforti, Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome; Elisendra Estrutch, Mario Spiezio, Economist and statistician, FAO and Gianluigi Nico, Consultant, Labour Statistics, FAO More Productive for Better Jobs: Labour Productivity and decent employment in rural Tanzania
	:	Christian Viegelahn, Economist, International Labour Organization, Geneva Exports, Imports and Decent Jobs in South Asia: Evidence from firm level data
	:	Santanu Chatterjee, Associate Professor and Abhinav Narayanan, PhD Candidate, University of Georgia The Spillover Effects of Public Investment: Implications for the Formal and Informal Sector Firms in India
	:	Neha Prashar, Ph. D. Scholar, University of Birmingham The Impact of Reservations for Women in Public Employment in India

Thematic Session 2.2: Education for Capability Expansion

Venue	:	Seminar Room II (First Floor)
Chairperson	:	Geeta Gandhi Kingdon Professor of Education and International Development Institute of Education, University College, London
Discussant	:	Alok Kumar Associate Professor, Department of Economics University of Victoria
Presentations	:	M.R. Narayana, Professor of Economics, Institute for Social and Economic Change Demographic Transition, Public Expenditure on Education and Economic Growth: New Macroeconomic Evidence From India
	:	Usharani Rathinam, Post-doctoral Fellow Western University, Canada Understanding the Dynamics of Educational Inequalities among the Socio-Economically Marginalised: A Study from Four Districts of India
	:	Manish Tiwari,Joint Director, SCM Social Policy Research Institute, Japiur and Sonu Pareek, Research Associate,SCM Social Policy Research Institute, Jaipur Including the Vulnerable Sections: Ensuring Education for All
	:	Rupan Boro, Teacher Fellow, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati and Rajshree Bedamatta, Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati Presence of Measuring Horizontal Education Inequality in Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) of Assam
	:	Vachaspati Shukla, PhD Scholar, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, India Expansion in Education, and Its Impact on Income Inequality: Cross-Section Evidence from India

Thematic Session 3.1: Food and Nutritional Security

Venue	:	Seminar Room III (First Floor)
Chairperson	:	Bishnu Dev Pant Executive Director, Institute for Integrated Development Studies Kathmandu, Nepal
Discussant	:	M. H. Suryanarayana Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Mumbai
Presentations	:	Neeraj Kaushal, Associate Professor, Columbia University and Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research and Felix Muchomba, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University How Consumer Price Subsidies Affect Nutrition
	:	Md. Juel Rana, Ph.D. Scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Srinivas Goli, Assistant Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Family Planning and Its Association with Nutritional Status of Women: Investigation in Select South Asian Countries
	:	Aakanksha Sinha, Ruth G McRoy, Barbara Berkman and Mellisa Sutherland, Boston College, USA Answers to India’s Child Malnutrition Paradox: The Positive Deviance Model
	:	Panchanan Das, Professor, University of Calcutta and Anindita Sengupta, Associate Professor, Hooghly Women’s College, Kolkata Access to Food, Poverty and Inequality by Social and Religious Groups in India: Estimation with Unit Level Data

Thematic Session 4.1: Building Healthy Lives

Venue	:	Seminar Room I (First Floor)
Chairperson	:	Achin Chakraborty Professor of Economics, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata
Discussant	:	Pradeep K Panda Professor & Dean (Research) International Institute of Health Management Research New Delhi
Presentations	:	Quynh T. Nguyen, The World Bank, Dhushyanth Raju, Senior Economist, The World Bank, Ramesh Govindaraj, Lead Health Specialist, The World Bank Explaining the Variation in Health and Nutrition Outcomes in Bangladesh’s Cities
	:	Charan S Verma, Senior Fellow, Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow Increasing Institutional Deliveries by Strengthening Emergency Referral Transport and Community Awareness and Its Impact on Maternal and Neonatal Mortality: A Case Study from Uttar Prad
	:	Nabaneeta Biswas, Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Economics, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia Policy or Perception? Women’s Political Liberalization on Sex-Selection in India
	:	Reshmi Sengupta, Associate Fellow, Institute for Human Development-Eastern Regional Centre, Ranchi How Health Behaviour Affects Depression Across Different Age and Gender Cohorts in India
	:	Lubna Naz, Assistant Professor, Karachi University, Pakistan Socio-Economic Inequalities in Maternal and Child Health Care in Selected South Asian Countries: Imperatives and Lessons for Health Care Related Policies

Thematic Panel 1: Governance for Sustainability in Global Value Chains

Venue	:	Conference Hall II, Main Building (Above Dinning Hall)
Chairperson	:	Sanjay Prasad Principal Secretary, Labour and Employment Department Government of Gujarat
Discussant	:	Keshab Das Professor, Gujarat Institute of Development Research Ahmedabad
Presentations	:	Rachel Alexander, University of Manchester, United Kingdom Somjita Laha, Institute for Human Development, New Delhi Annika Surmeier, Marburg University, Germany Natalie Langford, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
1330-1430	:	LUNCH
1430-1630	:	THEMATIC SESSIONS

Thematic Session 3.2: Food and Nutritional Security

Venue	:	Seminar Room III (First Floor)
Chairperson	:	D. Narasimha Reddy Former Professor and Dean, School of Social Sciences University of Hyderabad
Discussant	:	Sankar Kumar Bhaumik Professor & Head, Centre for Economic Studies and Policies Central University of South Bihar, Gaya
Presentations	:	Joydeep Baruah, Associate Professor, OKD Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati Looking at Wellbeing: Why Processes are Importan
	:	Ramesh Sharan, Professor, Department. of Economics, University of Ranchi Livelihood and Food Security amongst Some Vulnerable Groups in Jharkhand
	:	Hagos Nigussie Kahssay, University of Queensland, Australia Indigenous Communication Forms and their Potential to Convey Food Security Messages In Rural Ethiopia
	:	Naline Gandhi, Ph.D. Scholar, Madras School of Economics, Chennai and Brinda Viswanathan, Professor, Madras School of Economics, Chennai Revisiting the Determinants of Child Anthropometric Indicators in India Using Seemingly Unrelated Regressions Mode

Thematic Session: 5.2: Challenge of Improving Environment

Venue	:	Seminar Room II (First Floor)
Chairperson	:	Jyoti Parikh Executive Director, Integrated Research for Action and Development (IRADe), New Delhi and Member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change
Discussant	:	R. Parthasarathy Professor and Director, Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad
Presentations	:	Amrita Ghatak, Assistant Professor, Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad, Debasish Nandy, Assistant Professor, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune and Suddhasil Siddhanta, Assistant Professor, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune Burden of Diseases Due to Air Pollution in Urban India
	:	Alejandra Villanueva, Research Analyst, Universidad del Pacífico, Peru Sustainable Development and the Politics of the Governance of Natural Resources: Analyzing the Peruvian ASM Industry
	:	Dev Nathan, Visiting Professor, Institute for Human Development, New Delhi Co-development and Co-evolution: Towards an Economics for the Anthropocene
	:	Tarlise Townsend, Quynh Anh Nguyen and Ellin Lede, National Institute for Science and Technology Policy and Strategic Studies, Ministry of Science and Technology, Vietnam Gender -related differences in knowledge about climate change impacts and resilience measures: A field experiment in Can Tho, Vietnam

Thematic Session: 6.2: Strengthening Social Protection

Venue	:	Multipurpose Room
Chairperson	:	Subesh K. Das Director General, Administrative Training Institute Government of West Bengal
Discussant	:	John D. Blomquist Program Leader The World Bank
Presentations	:	Zivanemoyo Chinzana, The World Bank;Abbi Kedir, Professor, Sheffield University; and Diderot Sandjong, PhD Scholar, University of Ottawa Growth and Development Finance Required for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa
	:	Ahmed Moummi, African Development Bank and CIDEMA, Nizar Jouini, University of Nabeul, Tunisia Fiscal Policy Incidence: Evidence from Tunisia
	:	Surajit Deb, Associate Professor, University of Delhi, New Delhi Disability Indicators for the SDGs and its Relevance for India
	:	Matthew H. Morton, Social Protection Specialist, The World Bank Gender Implications for Social Safety Nets in Afghanistan
	:	Olagunju Kehinde Oluseyi, Institute of Regional Economics and Rural Development, Szent Istvan University, Hungary and Ogunniyi Adebayo, Department of Agricultural Economics, university of Ibadan, Nigeria. Spatial Analysis of Structural Determinants of Child Poverty Incidences in Nige

Thematic Session: 7.2: Social Inclusion

Venue	:	Seminar Room I (First Floor)
Chairperson	:	Karamat Ali Founder Member and Executive Director, Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research, Karachi
Discussant	:	Maria Beatriz Orlando Lead Social Development Specialist The World Bank
Presentations	:	Simin Akhter Naqvi, Assistant Professor, University of Delhi Marginalization and Adverse-Inclusion in India’s Urban Labour-Markets: A Gender-Caste-Community Approach
	:	Asilata Karandikar, Researcher, Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes, Mumbai Medical Management of Intersexuality and Marginalization of Non-Normative Gender Identities
	:	Jana El-Horr, Senior Development Specialist, Social Development, South Asia, The World Bank and Rohini Prabha Pande, Senior Gender Consultant, Social Development, South Asia, The World Bank Understanding Gender in Maldives: Toward Inclusive Development

Thematic Panel 2: Sustainability and Inclusive Urban Development in Global Perspective

Venue	:	Conference Hall II, Main Building (Above Dinning Hall)
Chairperson	:	Amitabh Kundu Visiting Professor, Institute for Human Development, and former Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Discussant	:	Sanjeev Vidyarthi Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Policy and Chair, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, The University of Illinois at Chicago
Presentations	:	Andrea Frank, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, Wales
	:	Jieming Zhu, Department of Urban Planning, Tongji University, China
	:	Christopher Silver, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning and Dean, College of Design, Construction and Planning, University of Florida, USA
	:	Brian Boshoff, School of Architecture and Planning, University South Africa
	:	Abhinav Alakshendra, Assistant Professor, University of Florida and Co-Director, Center for International Design and Planning, University of Florida
1630-1700	:	TEA
1700-1900	:	PLENARY SESSION 4 Challenge of Employment and ‘Make in India’
1900	:	DINNER

DAY THREE: 3 JUNE 2016

Thematic Session: 1.3: Jobs and Economic Security

Venue	:	Multipurpose Hall
Chairperson	:	Abhijit Sen Former Member, Planning Commission, Government of India
Discussant	:	Rinku Murgai Lead Economist, The World Bank
Presentations	:	Ejaz Ghani, Lead Economist, The World Bank Who Creates Jobs? Is There a Role for Start-ups?
	:	Amir Ullah Khan, Director Research, Gates Foundation and Tanweer Alam, Aequitas Consulting Towards Building an Inclusive Society: Focus on the New State of Telangana
	:	Rajeeva Sinha, Associate Professor of Finance, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor, Canada Financial Capability and Asset Building in Low Income Households
	:	Jack Jones Zulu, Social Affairs Officer, UN Economic Commission for Africa, Kalkidan Assefa, Research Technician, UN Economic Commission for Africa and Saurabh Sinha, Chief, Employment and Social Protection Section, Social Development Policy Division, UN Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethopia Informal Employment and Inequality in Africa: Exploring the Linkages
	:	Willetta Waisath, WORLD Policy Analysis Center Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles Monitoring National Laws and Policies as a Tool to Achieve Goals

Thematic Session 3.3: Food and Nutritional Security

Venue	:	Seminar Room II (First Floor)
Chairperson	:	Tripurari Sharan Principal Secretary, Department of Irrigation Government of Bihar
Discussant	:	Devesh Roy Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute Asia Office, New Delhi
Presentations	:	Akshaya Kumar, Panda,Balaji Mohanty, Susanta Kumar Mishra, Santosh Raj Benia, Debadatta Gouda, Max Aurthor Gill and Ghasi Takri, M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai Enhancement of Finger Millet Production for the Food and Nutrition Security of Tribal Community in Koraput District of Odisha
	:	Anjani Kumar, Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute; Praduman Kumar, Former Professor, Indian Agricultural Research Institute; Ramesh Sharma, Economist and Formerly with FAO and P K Joshi, Director, International Food Policy Research Institute, Asia Office, New Delhi Food and Nutrition Security in Nepal: Status, Trends and Challenges
	:	Anjana Thampi, PhD Scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University The Impact of the Public Distribution System in India – A State-Level Analysis
	:	Rajshree Bedamatta, Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati Two Decades of Geographical Targeting for Food Distribution: Drawing Lessons from an Indian State

Thematic Session 4.2: Building Healthy Lives

Venue	:	Seminar Room I (First Floor)
Chairperson	:	A.K. Shiva Kumar Global Co-Chair, Know Violence in Childhood and Visiting Faculty, Ashoka University
Discussant	:	Charu Garg Adviser, Health Care Financing, National Health System Resource Centre, Government of India
Presentations	:	Caryn Bredenkamp, Senior Economist, The World Bank Equity and Health Implications of Sin Tax Reform: Strengthening the Dialogue in EAP
	:	Vladimir Hlasny, Associate Professor, Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul and Vito Intini, Programme Manager, UN Capital Development Fund, New York Opportunities for Early Childhood Development in Arab Countries: Profile and Evolution of Inequality and Its Sources
	:	Sisir Debnath, Assistant Professor, Indian School of Business; Tarun Jain, Assistant Professor, Indian School of Business and Manvendra Singh, Research Associate, J-PAL South Asia Social Connections and Health Insurance Utilization
	:	Anil Methipara, Carleton College, USA Income Inequality and Population Health Outcomes in Developing Countries: A Cause for Concern?
	:	Mohammad Mainul Islam, Associate Professor, University of Dhaka; Sayema Haque Bidisha, Associate Professor, University of Dhaka and Israt Jahan, Senior Lecturer, University of Dhaka Effects of Remittances on Health Expenditure and Types of Treatment of International Migrants’ Households in Bangladesh
	:	Shiva Raj Adhikari, Associate Professor, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu and Vishnu Prasad Sapkota, Health Economist, Institute for Nepal Environment and Health System Development, Kathmandu Dynamics of Impoverishment Impact of Health Care Payments in Nepal: An Analysis of Synthetic Panel Data between 2004 and 2011

Thematic Session: 7.3: Social Inclusion

Venue	:	Seminar Room III (First Floor)
Chairperson	:	Dilli Raj Khanal Founder Chairman, Institute of Policy Research and Development (IPRAD), Kathmandu
Discussant	:	Surinder S. Jodhka Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems Jawaharlal Nehru University
Presentations	:	Bhim Reddy and Manoj B. Balsamanta, Institute for Human Development, New Delhi Exclusionary Urban Space: Class, Gender and Marginalities in Delhi
	:	Sangeeta Kumari, Senior Social Development Specialist, The World Bank Rural Road Development in India: Distribution of PMGSY Project Benefits among Women, Youth, and Scheduled Caste and Tribes
	:	Uma Sarmistha, Researcher and Adjunct Faculty, University of Florida Indian IT Workers in USA and Their Transnational Practices
	:	Abdul Muheet Chowdhary, Legislative Aide to Mr. B Vinod Kumar, Member of Parliament of India Encouraging Affirmative Action in the Private Sector in India
1230-1330	:	VALEDICTORY SESSION
1330	:	LUNCH