Agenda for the PASRC launch

1. 9:00-9:05 Zoom Housekeeping
Pete Nowak, Princeton University Instructional Support Services
9:05-9:10 Introduction of Dr. Leonard Wantchekon
Belinda Archibong, Assistant Professor of Economics, Barnard College – Columbia
University
9:10-9:20 Opening Address
Dr. Leonard Wantchekon, Founder and President of African School of Economics
and Professor of Politics and Associated Faculty in Economics at Princeton
University
9:20-9:30 Partner Presentations
Representative of Institut Pasteur of Côte d’Ivoire
Dr. Jessica Metcalf, Assistant Professor of Ecology, Evolutionary Biology & Public
Affairs at Princeton University
Dr. Rodney Priestley, Vice Dean for Innovation and Professor of Chemical and
Biological Engineering, Princeton University
Moderator: Belinda Archibong
9:30-9:45 PASRC Progress and Updates
Dr. Leonard Wantchekon
Lucienne Talba, Ph.D. candidate in Economics at University of Montreal and
Faculty Member at African School of Economics
Dr. Valerie Carole Mbengue Gbonon, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Institut
Pasteur of Côte d’Ivoire
Moderator: Belinda Archibong
9:45-10:00 Fellowship Committee
Dr. Raouf Boucekkine, Enseignant-Chercheur in the Department of Economics and
Management at Aix-Marseille University
Moderator: Dr. Abdoulaye Ndiaye, Assistant Professor of Economics in the Leonard
N. Stern School of Business
10:00-10:10 Presentation the PASRC Chief Advisor
Dr. Rita Cooma, AUDA NEPAD Pan Africa Sustainable Education Global
Campaign: Higher Education for Economic & Social Development, Secretariat
10:10-10:25 Remarks by His Excellency Ambassador Tete Antonio
Honorable Minister, H. Excellency Ambassador Tete Antonio, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Government of Angola; Former Permanent Observer of the African Union to
the United Nations
Moderator: Dr. Rita Cooma
Thank you: Dr. Chukwuka Onyekwena, Executive Director of the Centre for the
Study of the Economies of Africa
10:25-10:40 Research Committee

2. Dr. Johan Fourie, Associate Professor of Economics and History at Stellenbosch
University
Dr. Valerie Carole Mbengue Gbonon, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Institut
Pasteur of Côte d’Ivoire
Dr. Pierre Nguimkeu, Associate Professor of Economics at Georgia State
University
Moderator: Dr. Abdoulaye Ndiaye
10:40-11:10 Break
11:10-11:25 Journal Committee
Presenting: Dr. Roland Pongou, Associate Professor of Economics at the
University of Ottawa
Supporting: Dr. Moussa Blimpo, Senior Economist in the Office of the Chief
Economist for Africa at the World Bank
Supporting: Dr. Susan Godlonton, Assistant Professor of Economics at Williams
College
Moderator: Dr. Kacana Sipangule Khadjavi, Director of the Poverty Reduction,
Equity and Growth Network (PEGNet) and Research Fellow at Poverty Reduction,
Equity and Development
11:25-11:40 Fundraising Committee
Dr. Rita Cooma, AUDA NEPAD Pan Africa Sustainable Education Global
Campaign: Higher Education for Economic & Social Development, Secretariat
Moderator: Dr. Victor Murinde, AXA Professor of Global Finance and Director of the
Centre for Global Finance at SOAS University of London
11:40-11:55 Public Engagement
Professor Benno Ndulu, Mwalimu Nyerere Chair in Development and Former
Governor Bank of Tanzania
Supporting: Dr. Theirry Adoukonou, Director of the Ecole Nationale des
Techniciens en Santé publique et Surveillance Épidémiologique (ENATSE) and
École Nationale de Statistique, de Planification et de Démographie (ENSPD)
Supporting: Dr. Chukwuka Onyekwena, Executive Director of the Centre for the
Study of the Economies of Africa
Moderator: Dr. Victor Murinde
11:55-12:15 Discussion
Moderator: Dr. Karim Nchare, Assistant Professor at African School of Economics
and Visiting Scholar at the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance at
Princeton University
12:15-12:20 Summary of Proceedings
Sarah Pollnow, Program Manager at African School of Economics
12:20-12:30 Closing Remarks
Dr. Raouf Boucekkine and Dr. Leonard Wantchekon