IDEA's research seminar series opened with Dilip Mookherjee (Boston University) on Intermediaries and Supply Chain Distortions, joint work with Pushkar Maitra, Sandip Mitra, and Sujata Visaria. Drawing on surveys of farmers and traders in West Bengal, the talk measured the marketing frictions that arise where farmers reach wholesale markets only through layers of village intermediaries, and asked whether better price information and credit access can reduce them. The session ran as a fireside chat — a short presentation followed by open discussion — and drew 133 attendees from around the world.
In attendance 133
- Ojo AdelakunNational University of Lesotho
- Kinsley AdjeiUniversity of Ghana, Legon
- Koffi AdzavonWASCAL
- Vaishnavi AgarwalTufts University
- Ibrahim Agiri
- Fernando AguilarJ-PAL
- Muzammil Ahmed
- Joseph AjefuUniversity of Bradford
- Esther AlleluyanathaNational Root Crops Research Institute Umudike
- Christopher Enyioma AlozieCentre for Community Development and Research
- Ashani AmarasingheUniversity of Sydney
- Amrit AmirapuUniversity of Kent
- Kwaku AsanteAshesi University
- Betty Asse
- Thomas AssefaIFPRI
- Haileeyesus AyeleFDRE Policy Studies Institute
- Chi Banh
- Steven Barlow
- Bipin BashyalSouth Western University of Finance and Economics
- Kartikeya BatraAzim Premji University (Bengaluru)
- Emily BeamUniversity of Vermont
- Marc F. BellemareUniversity of Minnesota
- Camille BergeronUniversity of Washington
- Hoyt BleakleyUniversity of Michigan
- Fulvia BudillonUniversity of California, San Diego
- Giorgio ChiovelliUniversity of Montevideo
- Benjamin Cisagara
- Fernando Corcuera
- Gargi Deshpande
- Andrew DickensBrock University
- Nontobeko Thandekile DlaminiEswatini Competition Commission
- Tessa Durham
- Julian DyerUniversity of Exeter
- James DzansiInternational Growth Centre, LSE
- Uchenna EfobiCovenant University
- Chiamaka Ezeme
- Paolo FalcoUniversity of Copenhagen
- Jose FernandezUTE, Uruguay
- Arya GaduhUniversity of Arkansas
- Zebrhe T. GebretsadikResearch Institute
- Hamed Ghorbani
- Evie GrausUniversity of Luxembourg
- Hariaksha GundaUniversity of Alabama
- Sevias GuvuriroUniversity of the Free State
- Kosisochukwu IbekwePan-Atlantic University
- Ananya IyengarNYU
- Sarah JanzenUniversity of Illinois
- Juanita JaramilloUniversity of Michigan
- Zhangfeng JinZhejiang University of Technology
- Christian Mitsindo Kasiwa
- Girma KassieICARDA
- Marieke KleemansUtrecht University
- Carlos Flores KomatsuMichigan State University
- George KosimbeiKenyatta University
- Nikhil KumarHarvard University
- Sikandra KurdiAmerican University in Cairo
- Mengqi LiuGordon College
- Xufeng LiuThe Ohio State University
- Stefania LovoUniversity of Reading
- Pushkar MaitraMonash University
- Eduardo A MalasquezThe World Bank Group
- Bernadetta MazimbeSheffield Hallam University
- Carolina MeloInsper
- Hope MichelsonUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Jamilu MohammedFederal Polytechnic Mubi, Adamawa State, Nigeria
- Dilip MookherjeeBoston University
- Alejandra Rodríguez MoralesUniversity of Lucerne
- Laura MorrisUK civil service
- Akm MorshedSouthern Illinois University Carbondale
- Innocent MugwagwaECLA FOUNDATION
- Willy MulimbiUniversity of Arkansas
- Farzin MumtahenaUniversity of Arizona
- Dieudonné Tamfutu Munsi
- Rafiuddin NajamUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Veda NarasimhanNew York University
- Purity Ndele
- Chukwuma NdukweAlvan Ikoku Federal University of Education, Owerri
- Anh NguyenVietnam National University HCMC
- Aneth NjauUniversity of Dar es salaam
- Yuma NoritomoCornell University
- Amarachi OgbonnaConnected Development (CODE)
- Opeyemi OgunbusuyiUniversity of Nigeria
- Greg OlerU.S. Department of State
- Vivian OnanoLeading Light Initiative
- Edith OtalikeWestern University, Canada
- Moradeyo OtitojuUniversity of Abuja
- Paul Nicholas PachecoNortheastern University
- Bhavya PandeyUniversity of Michigan
- Aishwarya PatilWorld Bank
- Jayash PaudelThe University of Oklahoma
- Leticia Donoso PenaIDB Invest
- Stacy PrietoCatholic Relief Services
- Todd PugatchUniversity at Buffalo
- Hawa Quayson
- Isabelle RabaudUniversity of Orléans
- Tomefy Fifaliana RaholimidosyUniversity of Antananarivo
- Mia RavbarUtrecht University School of Economics
- Yaré Revilla
- Sushil Rijal
- Gumilang Aryo SahadewoUniversitas Gadjah Mada
- Pia Schmoeckel
- Ashish SedaiUniversity of Texas at Arlington
- Catherine SempeleUniversity of Eldoret
- Sweta SenMadras School of Economics
- Sharmi SenMonash University
- Joaquin SerranoUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- Ranjana SinhaUniversity of Wisconsin Madison
- Miguel Rocha De SousaUniversidade de Évora
- Miri StryjanAalto University
- Diana SverdlinThe World Bank
- Christiaan De SwardtRWI-Essen Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
- Lambert SylvieParis School of Economics
- Nelson TakonUniversity of Cross River State, Calabar, Nigeria
- Sethu ThiruppathiCentre for development studies
- Thomas A Timberg
- Carly TrachtmanInternational Food Policy Research Institute
- Kobina Bentum TurksonInstitute for Educational Research and Innovation Studies
- Hannah UckatWorld Bank
- Wessel Verhoog
- Francisco VillarrealUN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
- Craig Wade
- Mathias WeidingerUniversity of Oxford
- Lilliana Wells
- Sarah WiegelHere We Grow
- Olivia WoodringUniversity of Michigan
- Yinyin XuPrinceton University
- Tomer Yafeh
- Dean YangUniversity of Michigan
- Ann YangFederal Reserve Bank of Chicago
- Lin YangHong Kong Polytechnic University
- Khadar Abshir YusufSomaliland Quality Control Commission (SQCC)
- Abdala ZédouUniversity of Ngaoundere
- Mthokozisi ZondieThekwini Municipality, Durban
Compiled from event records and IDEA membership details. Write to info@idea.devecon.org to correct an entry or be removed.