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Opening: Joachim von Braun (Director General, IFPRI)
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| 9:20 - 10:00
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Keynote Address: Lance Taylor (New School University)
External Liberalization, Distribution, and Poverty
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10:00 - 11:10
(Session 1)
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Tools of the Micro Impact of Macroeconomic and Adjustment Policies (MIMAP) Network
Moderator: Bernhard Gunter (New Rules for Global Finance Coalition)
Overview: Randy Spence (IDRC, MIMAP Network)
Political economy of epiam: mimap experience
Modeling specifics: John Cockburn (Laval University, Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) research network) and Caesar Cororaton (Philippine Institute for Development Studies)
Analyzing the Impact of Philippine Tariff Reform on Unemployment, Distribution, and Poverty Using CGE-Microsimulation Approach
Discussion
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| 11:10 - 11:25
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Coffee Break
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11:25 - 12:35
(Session 2)
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The Threshold 21 (T21) Model
Moderator: Rafael Gomes (EURODAD)
Overview: Jed Shilling (Millennium Institute)
Overview of Threshold 21 (T21): A model for integrated national development
Modeling specifics: Matteo Pedercini (Millennium Institute)
An Assessment of Existing Computer-based Models’ Potential Contributions to the Development of a Methodology for Comparing the Development Effectiveness of Large-scale Public Investment Programs in Different Locations or Socio-economic Sectors
Discussion
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| 12:35 - 13:40
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Lunch
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13:40 - 14:50
(Session 3)
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Linking Macro Policies, Food, Agriculture, and Poverty: IFPRI's Standard Model and Its Extensions
Moderator: Marc Cohen (IFPRI)
Overview: Sherman Robinson (IFPRI)
Macro Policies and Poverty: IFPRI’s Standard Model and Extensions
Modeling specifics: Hans Lofgren (IFPRI)
A Standard Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Model in GAMS
Poverty and Inequality Analysis in a General Equilibrium Framework: The Representative Household Approach
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14:50 - 16:00
(Session 4)
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ISODEC's Distributive Effects of Economic Policy (DEEP) Model
Moderator: Erinc Yeldan (Bilkent University and IDEAS)
Overview: Bishop Akolgo (ISODEC)
Modeling specifics: Egor Kraev (ISODEC)
The DEEP Project: Building Tools for Understanding Macro and Distributional Impact of Macro Policy Packages
Discussion
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| 16:00 - 16:15
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Coffee Break
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16:15 - 17:00
(Parallel
Session 5a, 5b)
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Session 5a: Modeling Issues Related to EDRC Models
Moderator: Rafael Gomes (EURODAD)
Presentation: Mushegh Tumasyan (EDRC)
Discussion
Session 5b: Policy Issues Related to EDRC Models
Moderator: Jo Marie Griesgraber (New Rules for Global Finance Coalition)
Presentation: Aghasi Mkrtchyan (EDRC)
Discussion
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| 17:00 - 18:30
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2003 Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
"Making the Right Public Investment to End Hunger"
Jeffrey Sachs (The Earth Institute, Columbia University)
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