Programme

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Introduction

SESSION 1 | CULTURE AND INSTITUTIONS

Anselm Hager (U. Humbolt, Germany) - The Transition from Tribal to Hierarchical Political Organization

Paula Gobbi (ULB, Belgium) - Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa: the role of inheritance

SESSION 2 | IMPACT OF COLONIALISM

Jutta Bolt (U. Groningen, NL) - African Political Institutions and the Impact of Colonialism

Elias Papaioannou (London Business School, UK) - Private Colonialism in Africa

SESSION 3 | GENDER I

Felix Meier zu Selhausen (U. Utrecht, NL) - Missionary Legacies of Gender Equality: Multidimensional Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa        

Marijke Verpoorten (U. Antwerp, Belgium) - The Promise of Ecooking

Siwan Anderson (U. British Columbia, Canada) - The Persistence of Female Political Power in Africa

KEYNOTE I | Jean-Philippe PLATTEAU (UNamur, Belgium) - The Economics of Institutional Change: Achievements and Challenges

SESSION 4 | GENDER II

Katharine Baldwin (U. Yale, USA) - The Gender Legacy of Catholic Missions Schools for Political Development in Africa

Augustin Tapsoba (Toulouse School of Economics, France) - Polygyny and the Economic Determinants of Family Formation Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa

KEYNOTE II | David LAITIN (Stanford U., USA) - Addressing Government Failure in Africa

SESSION 5

Jon Weigel (U. California Berkeley, USA) - Does collective taxes erode the accountability of informal leaders?  Evidence from the D.R.C.

Catherine Guirkinger (UNamur, Belgium) - Colonial Institutions and Women's Lives: evidence from Colonial Congo

SESSION 6 | HISTORICAL TRADE

Ewout Frankema (U. Wagningen, NL) - East African food markets in the long 20th century: why did cheap maize become so expensive?

Devesh Rustagi (U. Warwick, UK) - Market Exposure, Civic Values and Rules

Concluding remarks - David LAITIN