Date: October 14-15, 2003

Venue: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2033 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006

Co-organized by: the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and a consortium of civil society organizations: the European Network on Debt and Development (EURODAD), the New Rules for Global Finance Coalition, and Oxfam International.

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Objectives

The objectives of the Workshop are to (1) take stock of the policy implications of what is known about macro-poverty links, (2) provide an overview of current approaches to the analysis of macro-poverty links, their limitations, and constraints on the effective use of these approaches; (3) discuss how tools for exante poverty impact assessments can be systematically used in developing countries; and (4) outline an agenda for future research.

Target Audience

To achieve the above objective, the workshop intends to bring together top researchers and key representatives from developmental organizations and civil society. In order to facilitate the discussion of highly technical issues, participation is by invitation only. Please note that the workshop is not open to the media.

Organization

The first day of the workshop concentrates on five specific models that can be used for the exante poverty impact assessment of macroeconomic policies. The second day of the workshop concentrates on five roundtable discussions. Excluding Sessions 5a and 5b, each first day session extends over 70 minutes, of which half is allocated to model presentation and the other half for questions and discussion. Excluding Roundtable 5, each second-day roundtable extends over 80 minutes, whereby each panelist has been allocated a maximum of 12 minutes and the remainder for question and discussion.

Agenda

Tuesday, October 14, 2003

9:00 – 9:20 Opening: Joachim von Braun (Director General, IFPRI)

9:20 – 10:00 Key Note Address: Lance Taylor (New School University)

10:00 – 11:10 Tools of the Micro Impact of Macroeconomic and Adjustment

(Session 1) Policies (MIMAP) Network

Moderator: Bernhard Gunter (New Rules for Global Finance Coalition)

Overview: Randy Spence (IDRC)

Modeling specifics: John Cockburn and Caesar Cororaton (both IDRC)

Discussion

11:10 – 11:25 Coffee Break

11:25 – 12:35 The Threshold 21 (T21) Model

(Session 2) Moderator: Rafael Gomes (EURODAD)

Overview: Jed Shilling (Millennium Institute)

Modeling specifics: Matteo Pedercini (Millennium Institute)

Discussion

12:35 – 13:40 Lunch

13:40 – 14:50 Linking Macro Policies, Food, Agriculture, and Poverty:

(Session 3) IFPRI’s Standard Model and Its Extensions

Moderator: Marc Cohen (IFPRI)

Overview: Sherman Robinson (IFPRI)

Modeling specifics: Hans Lofgren (IFPRI)

Discussion

14:50 – 16:00 ISODEC’s Distributive Effects of Economic Policy (DEEP) Model

(Session 4) Moderator: Erinc Yeldan (Bilkent University and IDEAS)

Overview: Bishop Akolgo (ISODEC)

Modeling specifics: Egor Kraev (ISODEC)

Discussion

16:00 – 16:15 Coffee Break

16:15 – 17:00 Session 5a: Modeling Issues Related to EDRC Models

(Parallel Moderator: Rafael Gomes (EURODAD)

Session 5a, 5b) Presentation: Mushegh Tumasyan (EDRC)

Discussion

Session 5b: Policy Issues Related to EDRC Models

Moderator: Jo Marie Griesgraber (New Rules for Global Finance C.)

Presentation: Aghasi Mkrtchyan (EDRC)

Discussion

17:00 – 18:30 2003 Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture: Jeffrey Sachs

“Making the Right Public Investment to End Hunger”

(Lecture followed by a Reception in IFPRI’s library.)

Wednesday, October 15, 2003

9:00 – 10:20 Policy Implications of Macro-Poverty Links:

(Roundtable #1) Selected Views

Moderator: Richard Hemming (IMF)

Panelists: Bishop Akolgo (ISODEC)

Max Lawson (Oxfam GB)

Christopher Mwakasege (TASOET)

Ratin Roy (UNDP)

Discussion

10:20 – 10:40 Coffee Break

10:40 – 12:00 Gaps in the Analysis of Macro-Poverty Links:

(Roundtable #2) Environment, Gender, and International Coordination

Moderator: Rafael Gomes (EURODAD)

Panelists: Michael Margolis (Resources for the Future)

Yana Rodgers (College of William and Mary)

Erinc Yeldan (Bilkent University and IDEAS)

Discussion

12:00 – 13:20 Lunch with Key Note Address: Sherman Robinson

13:20 – 14:40 How Can We Overcome Capacity Constraints of Exante

(Roundtable #3) Poverty Impact Assessments of Macroeconomic Policies?

Moderator: Benno Ndulu (World Bank)

Panelists: Brian Ames (IMF)

Tom Crowards (DFID)

Wahiduddin Mahmud (Dhaka University)

Discussion

14:40 – 15:00 Coffee Break

15:00 – 16:20 Modeling Macro-Poverty Links: The State of the Art and

(Roundtable #4) an Agenda for Future Research

Moderator: Francois Bourguignon (World Bank)

Panelists: Prabhat Patnaik (Jawaharlal Nehru University and IDEAS)

David Sahn (Cornell University)

Rolph van der Hoeven (ILO)

John Weeks (SOAS)

Discussion

16:20 – 17:20 Concluding Session:

(Roundtable #5) Where to Go from Here?

Moderator: Jo Marie Griesgraber (New Rules for Global Finance Coalition)

General Discussion/Brainstorming Session

17:20 – 18:00 Cocktail

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