Impact and Policy Conference: Evidence in Governance, Financial Inclusion, and Entrepreneurship

Welcome
Edgar Cua, Deputy Director General, East Asia Research Department, Asian Development Bank

Keynote Addresses
Vinod Thomas, Director General for Independent Evaluation, Asian Development Bank
Annie Duflo, Executive Director, Innovations for Poverty Action

Governance & Post-Conflict Recovery

Welcome & Overview
Iqbal Dhaliwal, The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, MIT

Keynote Address
S.Y. Quraishi, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India

Session1: Elections

Research Findings:
Claudio Ferraz, PUC-Rio
Xavier Giné, World Bank

Practitioner Innovations:
Ramesh Ramanathan, Janaagraha
Harsha de Silva, Member of Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka

Panel Discussion: How to strengthen elections and increase accountability of elected representatives: key issues and areas for further research
Harsha de Silva, Claudio Ferraz, Xavier Giné, Ramesh Ramanathan, SY Quraishi
Moderator: Iqbal Dhaliwal, The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, MIT

Session 2: Leakages

Research Findings:
Rema Hanna, Harvard University
David Yanagizawa-Drott, Harvard University

Practitioner Innovations:
Jayant Sinha, Omidyar Network
Sudarno Sumarto, The SMERU Research Institute
Varad Pande, India Ministry of Rural Development

Panel Discussion: Key challenges in reducing leakages, evidence based on policy and areas for further research
Varad Pande, Jayant Sinha, Sudarno Sumarto, David Yanagizawa-Drott
Moderator: Rema Hanna, Harvard University

Session 3: Conflict Management and Reconstruction

Research Findings:
Lakshmi Iyer, Harvard University
Fotini Christia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cyrus Samii, New York University

Panel Discussion: How to prevent conflicts and accelerate post-conflict recovery in Asia, and areas for further research
Scott Guggenheim (AusAID), Lakshmi Iyer, Fotini Christia, Secretary Teresita Quintos-Deles (Philippines Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process)
Moderator: Cyrus Samii, New York University

Closing Remarks:
Kelly Bidwell, Innovations for Poverty Action

Matchmaking Program for Research and Innovation
Presentations by Policy Organizations and Feedback from Research panel

Financial Inclusion

Welcome & Overview
Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan, Yale University & Innovations for Poverty Action

Session 1: Impact of Microcredit
Dean Karlan, Innovations for Poverty Action & Yale University
Britta Augsburg, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Gharad Bryan, London School of Economics
Commentator: Varad Pande, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India and Frances Sinha, EDA Rural Systems

Session 2: Access to Savings Services
Silvia Prina, Case Western Reserve University
Bram Thuysbaert, Innovations for Poverty Action
Commentator: Alexia Latortue, Consultative Group Assist the Poor (CGAP)

Session 3: Improving Financial Capabilities – Part I
Menno Pradhan, Free University & University of Amsterdam
Changcheng Song, National University of Singapore
Commentator: Betty Wilkinson, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Matchmaking Program for Research and Innovation

Evaluators:
Graham Macmillan, Citi Foundation
Florencia Spangaro, Citi Foundation
Dean Karlan, Innovations for Poverty Action & Yale University
Moderator: Beniamino Savonitto, Innovations for Poverty Action

Session 4: Improving Financial Capabilities – Part II
Bilal Zia, World Bank
Dean Yang, University of Michigan
Commentator: Graham Macmillan, Citi Foundation

Session 5: Managing Risk
Xavier Giné, World Bank
David McKenzie, World Bank
Commentator: Jeanna Holtz, Microinsurance Innovation Facility, ILO

Session 6: New Payment Channels
Billy Jack, Georgetown University
Joshua Blumenstock, University of Washington
Commentator: Gordon Cooper, VISA

Small and Medium Enterprise Development

Overview
Lucia Sanchez, Innovations for Poverty Action

Session 1: Access to Finance for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Shawn Cole, Harvard Business School
Daniel Paravisini, London School of Economics
Sharon Buteau, IFMR/SEFC
Commentator: Romy Caradang, Development Bank of the Philippines

Session 2: Human Capital and Job Creation
Rocco Macchiavello, Warwick University
Russell Toth, University of Sydney
David McKenzie, World Bank
Greg Fischer, London School of Economics
Commentator: Michel M. Botzung, International Finance Corporation

Session 3: Access to Markets and Technology
Alessandro Maffioli, Inter-American Development Bank
Veronica Rappoport, London School of Economics
Mudit Kapoor, Indian School of Business
Commentator: Neil McCulloch, AusAID

Matchmaking Program for Research and Innovation
Presentations by Policy Organizations and Feedback from Research panel
Chair: Dean Karlan, Innovations for Poverty Action & Yale University

Overview & Closing Remarks
Dean Karlan, President and Founder, Innovations for Poverty Action