The Ferdi and the OCP Policy Center will organize a workshop "Commodity market instability and development policies".
This event will be an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to discuss issues related to the impact of commodity markets instability on development, and the role of policies in developing countries to cope with these uncertainties.
The workshop will also address two issues of major importance to Africa : how to ensure that the income of raw materials contribute to the development process of the African continent and how the financialisation of a market can be a solution to instability in agricultural prices in Africa. Address
Friday june,26,2015, from 9h30 to 13h
19, rue Amiral Hamelin - 75116 Paris France
Program :
9.30 – 9.45
Opening / Ouverture
Karim El Aynaoui, Directeur Général, OCP Policy Center
Patrick Guillaumont, Président, Ferdi
9.45 – 11.00
Session 1: Keynote speeches
Chair: Patrick Guillaumont, Ferdi
Commodity market instability and development: What does research say about policies?
Alexandros Sarris, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Impacts of developing country policies to deal with commodity market instability
Will Martin, Inernational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC, USA
11.00 - 11.30
Coffee break / Pause café
11.30 – 13.00 Session 2: Panel discussion
Moderator: Alexandros Sarris, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Can market financialisation be a solution to agricultural prices instability in Africa?
Christopher Gilbert, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, Bologna
Maximo Torero, International Food Policy Research Institute
Yves Jegourel, Université de Bordeaux and Senior Fellow OCP Policy Center
Philippe Chalmin, Université Paris-Dauphine
Link to the website of the OCP Policy Center :
Lieu :
Vendredi 26 juin 2015, de 9h30 à 13h
19, rue Amiral Hamelin - 75116 Paris France Programme
9.30 – 9.45
Opening / Ouverture
Karim El Aynaoui, Directeur Général, OCP Policy Center
Patrick Guillaumont, Président, Ferdi
9.45 – 11.00
Session 1: Keynote speeches
Chair: Patrick Guillaumont
Commodity market instability and development: What does research say about policies? / Instabilité des marchés de matières premières et développement : que nous dit la recherche sur les politiques mises en œuvre ?
Alexandros Sarris, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Impacts of developing country policies to deal with commodity market instability / L’impact des politiques des pays en développement pour faire face aux instabilités de marché
Will Martin, Inernational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC, USA
11.00 - 11.30
Coffee break / Pause café
11.30 – 13.00 Session 2: Panel discussion
Moderator: Alexandros Sarris, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Can market financialisation be a solution to agricultural prices instability in Africa? / La financiarisation d'un marché peut-elle être une solution à l'instabilité des prix agricoles en Afrique?
Christopher Gilbert, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, Bologna
Maximo Torero, International Food Policy Research Institute
Yves Jegourel, Université de Bordeaux et Senior Fellow OCP Policy Center
Philippe Chalmin, Université Paris-Dauphine
