Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics

International Policy and Development (IPAD) - Seminar Schedule

Date Title Presenter
January 20 Organizational Session  
January 27 No Session  
February 3 International Fieldwork Panel  
February 11
(note date)
Department Seminar: A New Measure of the Producer Welfare Effects of Technological Change Dr. David Bullock
February 18
(note date)
Department Seminar: Peer Networks as Determinants of Female Autonomy and Child Welfare Eeshani Kandpal
February 24 Food Technologies for Health and Nutrition in the Developing World Dr. Juan Andrade
March 3 Swimming Upstream: Non-tariff Barriers in Seafood Trade Kathryn Pace
March 10 The Relationship Between Formal and Informal Employment in South Africa David Kay
March 17 Asset Dynamics and Microfinance in Rural Bangladesh Adam Austin
March 24 Spring Break  
March 31 Evaluating Alternative Program Designs for a Nicaraguan Conditional Cash Transfer Program Jenny Meyer
April 7 Up in Smoke?: Tobacco Production's Effect on Stunting in Malawi Ben Wood
April 14 TBA Christine Gonder
April 21 TBA Xiaoli Liao Etienne
April 28 Why Should We Care About Natural Disasters? Child Labor and Schooling in the Aftermath of the Tropical Stan Storm in Guatemala Monserrat Bustelo
May 9
(note date)
An Assessment of the Socio-economic Impacts of Global Rinderpest Eradication: Methodological Issues and An Application to Rinderpest Control in Chad Dr. Karl Rich