Plenary sessions at the EfD Annual Meeting in Dar es Salaam in 2025

This year, EfD can present eight high-level plenary events!

 

Oct 16th

Oct 17th

Oct 18th

Oct 19th

13.15-14.05

1.
Chantalline Carpentier

3.
Dale
Whittington

5. Precious Zikhali

7. Gender panel

14.10-15.00

2.
Paulina Oliva

4.
Policy engagement panel

6. Richard Carson

 

1. Chantal Line Carpentier, Head of Trade, Environment, Climate Change, and Sustainable Development of UNCTAD Division of International Trade and Commodities: Reflections on bottom-up and top-down applied research to better influence policy making. Chair: Gunnar Köhlin.

2. Paulina Oliva, Professor of Economics and Spatial Sciences at the University of Southern California: Targeting subsidies through price menus: Menu design and evidence from clean fuels. (Read the interview!). Chair: Alejandro López-Feldman. 

3. Dale Whittington, Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA): Economics of a circular urban water system. Chair: Matilda Ntijakunze.

4. Panel discussion on Bridging Research and Policy and official launch of the EfD Handbook for Policy Engagement and Impact in the Global South
Panel participants: 
Claudine Uwera, Senior Strategic Advisor, Office of the Prime Minister, Rwanda
Remidius Ruhinduka, Acting Commissioner, Policy Analysis Department,  Ministry of Finance, Tanzania
Wisdom Akpalu, Director EfD Ghana
Chair: Daniel Slunge, Policy Engagement Director, EfD Global Hub,

5. Precious Zikhali, Senior Economist with the Poverty and Equity Global Practice at the World Bank and President of AFAERE: Climate Change and Equity in Africa: Who Bears the Burden? (Read the interview!). Chair: Edwin Muchapondwa.

6.  Richard Carson, Professor, University of California, San Diego: Surveying public opinion on environment, health, and climate. Chair: Thomas Sterner.

7. Panel discussion: Institutional and structural change for gender equity in EfD.
Panel participants:

  • Opening remarks: Gunnar Köhlin
  • Moderator: Innocensia John
  • Panelists: Selamawit G. Kebede,  Florence Lwiza, Nnaemeka Chukwuone, and Michael Ndwiga.
  • Chair: Susanna Olai.

 

 

 

Updated: 15 October 2025