11:00am – 1:00pm

Panel 2 – Delivering dignity: human development and well-being in LDCs

Moderator: Mr. Mansour Ndiaye, Global Head, Inclusive Growth, United Nations Development Programme 

Keynote speaker:

• Sir Richard Jolly, Hon. Professor and Research Associate, Institute of Development Studies (virtual)

Panellists:

• Ms. Gladys Abdoul: Achieving Optimal Early Childhood Development Through Enhanced Collective Care and Grounded Early Childhood Education in Madagascar (virtual)
• Mr. Giscard Assoumou Ella, Education in French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa in the context of COVID-19
• Mr. Mekdim Regassa, Retaining and Incentivizing Public Workers in Remote Areas: A Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) Design
• Ms. Anita Staneva, School or Water? Child Development Impact of Water Scarcity in Ethiopia (virtual)
• Mr. Idrissa Ouedraogo, Institutional Quality and Health Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Discussant: 

• H.E. Ms. Sophia Tesfamariam, Permanent Representative of Eritrea to the United Nations
• Mr. Diego Valadares Vasconcelos Neto, Human Rights Officer, Right to Development Section

Interactive discussion