Event Date
Location
Dakar, Senegal
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Monday, November 12, 2018
Research Day
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Welcome Remarks
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9:00 - 9:20
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Opening Statement
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David Laborde (IFPRI)
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9:20 - 9:40
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Introduction of Participants
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Betina Dimaranan (IFPRI)
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9:40 -10:00
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Launch of Trade and Regional Integration PAAS
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Antoine Bouet (IFPRI)
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10:00-10:30
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Coffee Break
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Session 1: Explaining Africa's Limited Participation to International Trade
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10:30-11:10
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Why is African (formal) Trade so Limited?
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Antoine Bouet (IFPRI)
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11:10-11:50
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How Do Technical Barriers to Trade Affect Exports? Evidence from Egyptian Firm-Level Data
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Chahir Zaki (Cairo University)
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11:50- 12:30
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The Effects of Trade Facilitation on Trade Performance in Africa
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Daniel Sakyi (KNUST, Ghana)
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12:30- 1:30
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Lunch
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Session 2: The level of Africa’s trade integration
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1:30 - 2:10
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Measuring Trade Flows in Africa
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Fousseini Traore (IFPRI)
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2:10 - 2:50
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Measuring Trade Integration in Africa
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Antoine Bouet (IFPRI)
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Session 3: Economywide Assessments of the AfCFTA
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2:50 - 3:30
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The African Continental Free Trade Area and Trade Facilitation Agreement: An Empirical Assessment
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Mustapha Sadni-Jallab (IDEP)
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3:30 - 4:00
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Coffee Break
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4:00 - 4:40
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Assessing the Welfare Implications and Export Trade Potential of the African CFTA on Member Countries
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Albert Makochekanwa
(University of Zimbabwe)
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4:00 - 5:20
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AfCFTA Modalities on Goods and Implications for Africa
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Simon Mevel (UNECA)
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5:20 - 6:00
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From Tunis to Freetown: How West African Integration Can Contribute to the CFTA
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David Laborde (IFPRI)
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Agenda-Setting Day
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Introductory Presentations
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| 9:00 - 9:20 | Presentation on AGRODEP | Ousmane Badiane (IFPRI) |
| 9:20 - 9:45 | Presentation about the AfCFTA Task Force | Antoine Bouet / David Laborde |
| 9:45 -10:15 | Presentation on research findings and priorities from research day | Fousseini Traore |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Coffee Break
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| 10:30-12:30 | Round Table 1: Views of stakeholders about the role of the AfCFTA Task Force | Moderator: Antoine Bouet |
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Youssouf Kone, AfDB
Lukas Kornher, ZEF
Mustafa Sadni-Jallab, IDEP
Clemens Schroeter, EU
Clemence Vergne, AFD
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| 12:30- 1:30 | Lunch | |
| 1:30 - 3:30 | Round Table 2: Views of researchers on methodological issues | Moderator: Fousseini Traore |
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Antoine Bouet
Lukas Kornher, ZEF
Mustafa Sadni-Jallab, IDEP
Luca Salvatici, UniRoma
Chahir Zaki ,Cairo University
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| 3:30 - 4:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 4:00 - 6:00 | Round Table 3: Identification of joint list of research priorities (short term) and identification of working groups |
Moderator: David Laborde
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| AGRODEP expert group members, mentors, and all stakeholder agency representatives | ||
| 6:00-7:00 | Reception | |
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Training on Trade Analysis Methodologies, Day 1
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| 9:00 - 1:00 |
Measuring Trade Integration with Trade Flows / Trade Indicators |
Antoine Bouet and Fousseini Traore (instructors) |
| 1:00 - 2:00 |
Lunch
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| 2:00 - 6:00 |
Measuring Trade Integration with Gravity Models |
Luca Salvatici (instructor) |
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Thursday, November 15, 2018
Training on Trade Analysis Methodologies, Day 2
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9:00 - 1:00
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Partial Equilibrium Models Used in Trade Analysis
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David Laborde and Antoine Bouet (instructors)
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| 1:00 - 2:00 |
Lunch
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| 2:00 - 6:00 |
Modeling Large Free Trade Agreements: PE vs CGE, Tariff Aggregation, Tariff Revenue Losses |
David Laborde (instructor) |