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Guide to Economics & Development at the ASA Conference

January 1, 2000

Trade

11/18, 8:30-10:30

African Economies: A Historical Approach to Resources, Strategies, and the Environment

11/19, 9:00-11:00

Author Meets Critics: Jane Guyer's Marginal Gains - Monetary Transactions in Atlantic Africa, Part I

11/19, 11:15-1:15

Author Meets Critics: Jane Guyer's Marginal Gains - Monetary Transactions in Atlantic Africa, Part II

11/20, 9:00-11:00

Trade and African Economies

Private Sector

11/17, 12:45-2:45

Roundtable: Human Capital Formation and Utilization in Ghana's Economic Development Process

11/18, 3:15-5:15

The Political Context of African Business

Foreign Assistance

11/17, 12:45-2:45

Donors and Recipients: Economic Responsibility, Conditionalities, and Public Policy in Africa

11/18, 1:00-3:00

Sociological Themes in Africa Studies and Development

11/20, 11:15-1:15

The Politics of Development and Technology Transfer

Public Sector

11/17, 12:45-2:45

Public Goods and Socio-Economic Rights: Bridging the Urban-Rural Divide in South Africa

11/20, 9:00-11:00

Taxation and State-Building in Sub-Saharan Africa

11/20, 11:15-1:15

The Political Economy of Sudan: Old and New

Health Economics

11/17, 12:45-2:45

Economic Change: Implications for Health and Disease
II-M14 Globalization, Export Commodities, and Health

11/18, 3:15-5:15

Socio-Economic Context and the Risk of Disease

Resources

11/19, 3:00-5:00

Oil and Institutional Innovations in the Gulf of Guinea

11/19, 9:00-11:00

Environmental Governance and Economic Growth

11/20, 9:00-11:00

Roundtable: Searching for a Dynamic Understanding of Resoures in Rural Africa: An Economic History Approach

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