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Poverty Analysis Course in Serbia, March 31 - April 4, 2008
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Partners: PRSP Unit of the Government of Serbia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Poverty Reduction and Economic Management unit of the World Bank, World Bank Institute, School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade | | Participants: 34 representatives from line ministries, statisticians and researchers from Serbia, academia. | | Description: The objective of this course is to strengthen the analytical capacity in Serbia and to provide the participants with the necessary technical skills. The topics covered in this course will include poverty and well-being, welfare aggregates, poverty measurement, inequality measurement, poverty lines, poverty profiles, the determinants of poverty, LSMS & HBS for policy analysis, and gender analysis for PRSP and MDG monitoring. The course involves a series of computer training and exercises using SPSS software. | Agenda | Background papers: Background Paper on Trends and Profile of Poverty in Serbia: 2004 - 2006 (pdf. - 672 KB) Poverty in Serbia in 2006 (pdf. - 489 KB) Welfare Analysis in Montenegro using the Household Budget Survey Series (pdf. - 562 KB) Osnovni dokument o trendovima i profilu siromaštva u Srbiji: 2004 – 2006. godine (pdf. - 1 MB) | Presentations: Neil Simon Gray, World Bank Country Manager, Serbia
Welcoming Remarks Giovanni Vecchi, Professor of Economics, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Concept of Poverty: Principles & Practice Poverty Lines, Poverty Profiles, Inequality Measurement Gorana Krstic, Consultant, Serbia
Constructing the Welfare Aggregate part 1 (Aggregation issues) Gorana Krstic, Consultant, Serbia
Constructing the Welfare Aggregate part 2 (Adjusting for differences)
Sasun Tsirunyan, Assistant Professor, Armenian University Module 1. Introduction to computer training Module 2. Advanced Data manipulation Module 3. Inequality Module 4 and 5. Poverty lines and Poverty measures Computer exercises (SPSS) Poverty Statistics, Poverty Profile, Inequality Gini Coefficient, Consumption Aggregate, Create Consumption Aggregate, Create Expenditure by Type, Household Survey, Household Composition, Lorenz Curve, Members Gulnara Febres, Senior Operations Officer, World Bank Institute
Gender Analysis for the PRSP and MDGs Monitoring (ppt - 11 MB) Rachel Smith-Govoni, Consultant, DFID
Surveys: Using LSMS, HBS, LFS and SILC for Poverty Analysis (ppt - 248 KB) | List of participants | Photo gallery |
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