Monday, June 19 – Parallel Sessions
9:00 – 12:30 : PMMA Session 1: Child Poverty and Poverty Dynamics
Chair: Elias Ayuk, IDRC, Senegal
- Jane Mariara, University of Nairobi / Kenya - Poverty, Child Mortality and Policy Options from DHS Surveys in Kenya: 1993-2003
- Discussants: Tassew Woldehanna, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia - Nicola Jones, Save the Children, United Kingdom
- Serge Saint Éloi Matchinide, ENEA (Ecole Nationale d'Economie Appliquée) / Sénégal - Pauvreté multidimensionnelle des enfants et des ménages - Analyse appliquée à la République Centrafricaine
- Discussants: Boévi Kouglo LAWSON BODY, Université de Lomé, Togo - Cosme Zinsou Vodounou, National Institute of Statistics, Benin
- Djoke Kossi Agbeviade, Ministère de la Santé / Togo - Profil de la pauvreté infantile dans les pays de l'UEMOA : une analyse comparative basée sur l'approche multidimensionnelle de la pauvreté
- Discussants: Borel Anicet FOKO TAGNE, Senegal - Cosme Zinsou Vodounou, National Institute of Statistics, Benin
- Luc Nembot Ndeffo, Dschang University, Cameroon - Impact des échelles d'équivalence sur la répartition régionale de la pauvreté au Cameroun: une approche dynamique
- Discussants: Salimata FAYE, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal - Sami Bibi, Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Tunis, Tunisia
- Damien Mededji, MIMAP-Benin / Benin - Dynamique de la pauvreté urbaine au Bénin: une analyse en termes d'entrées et sorties
- Discussants: Pierre Joubert Nguetse Tegoum, Institut National de la Statistique, Cameroon - Abdelkrim Araar, CIRPÉE, Université Laval, Canada
12:30-2:00 : Lunch
2:00 – 5:30 - PMMA Session 2: Poverty Measurement
Chair: Ali Abdel Gadir Ali, API, Kuwait
- Xiuqing Wang, China Agricultural University - China - Measuring Rural Poverty in China: a Case Study Approach
- Discussants: Mary Bundi, Tegemeo Institute, Kenya - Abdelkrim Araar, CIRPÉE, Université Laval, Canada
- Guanghua Wan, United Nations University - Finland - Poverty Accounting by Factor Components: With an Empirical Illustration Using Chinese Data
- Discussants: Abayomi Samuel Oyekale, University of Ibadan, Nigeria - Nanak Kakwani, UNDP-International Poverty Centre, Brazil
- Abayomi Samuel Oyekale, University of Ibadan - Nigeria - Measurement and Sources of Income Inequality in Rural and Urban households in Nigeria
- Discussants: Ariela Goldschmit, Ministerio de Economía y Producción, Argentina - Guanghua Wan, United Nations University, Finland
- Ariela Goldschmit, Ministerio de Economía y Producción / Argentina - The Impact of Devaluation on Argentine Households: Socioeconomic Changes Observed between October 2001 and October 2002
- Discussants: Xiuqing Wang, China Agricultural University, China - Sami Bibi, Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Tunis, Tunisia
Tuesday, June 20 – Parallel Sessions
9:00-12:30 : PMMA Session 3: Multidimensional Poverty
Chair: Abdelkrim Araar, CIRPÉE, Université Laval, Canada
- Alaya OUARME, Ministère de l'économie et des finances- Senegal - Pauvreté et vulnérabilité au Burkina Faso indice du noyau dur de pauvreté
- Discussants: DJOKE Kossi Agbeviade, Ministère de la Santé, Togo - Jean Bosco Ki, Bureau Régional de l'éducation en Afrique, Senegal
- Boévi Koglo Lawson Body, FASEG - Togo - Analyse comparative de l'état de pauvreté et d'inégalité au Togo : une approche multidimensionnelle basée sur l'indice de richesse
- Discussants: Alice Rosine WADO KENNE, National Institute of Statistic, Cameroon - Jean Bosco Ki, Bureau Régional de l'éducation en Afrique, Senegal
- Mohamed Ayadi, Universite de Tunis - Tunisia - Analyse Multidimensionnelle de la Pauvreté en Tunisie entre 1988 et 2001 par une Approche Non-Monétaire
- Discussants: Serge Saint Éloi MATCHINIDE, Ecole Nationale d'Economie Appliquée, Senegal - Louis-Marie Asselin, Institut de Mathématique Gauss, Canada
- Borel Anicet Foko Tagne, Indépendant - Sénégal - Pauvreté et inégalité des conditions de vie au Cameroun: Une approche micro-multidimensionnelle
- Discussants: Etsri HOMEVOH, Université de Lome, Togo - Louis-Marie Asselin, Institut de Mathématique Gauss, Canada
- Aboubacar Kaba, UNFPA - Guinea - Services sociaux de base en Guinée : Diagnostic et effets à atteindre de la politique gouvernementale
- Discussants: Tabo Symphorien Ndang, Institut National de la statistique, des Études Économiques et Démographiques, Chad - Elias Ayuk, IDRC, Senegal
- Simon Jules Leunkeu Wangun, Ministry of Planning - Cameroon - Bénéfices révélés et ciblage des pauvres dans les dépenses publiques au Cameroun
- Discussants: Damien Mededji, MIMAP-Benin / Benin - Elias Ayuk, IDRC, Senegal
12:30-2:00 - Lunch
2:00-5:30 - PMMA Session 4: Gender and Labor Market Poverty Issues
Chair: Alfred Latigo, UN Economic Commission for Africa, Ethiopia
- Maricar Paz Garde, De La Salle University - Philippines - The Implications of Remittances to Filipino Households' Labor Participation, Welfare, and Inequality
- Discussants: Mohammad Razzaque, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh - Swapna Mukhopadhyay, Independent Researcher, India
- Xiaohua Li, Zhejiang University - China - Education Expansion and Wage Inequality in China: Investigation Using Urban Household Surveys, 1988-2002
- Discussants: Darshi Abeyrathna, Sri Lanka - Hyun Son, UNDP-International Poverty Centre, Brazil
- Miguel Jaramillo, Group of Analysis for Development - GRADE - Peru - Do the Poorest among the Poor Benefit Less from Active Labor Market Programs? Evidence from PROJOVEN
- Discussants: Fenglian Du, Inner Mongolia University, China - Chris Scott, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
- Martin Valdivia, Group of Analysis for Development - GRADE - Peru - Business training for Microfinance clients : How it matters and for whom ?
- Discussants: Xiaohua Li, Zhejiang University, China - Pramila Krishnan, University of Cambridge, UK
- Dileni Gunewardena, University of Peradeniya - Sri-Lanka - Exploring Gender Wage Gaps in Sri Lanka: a Quantile Regression Approach
- Discussants: Miguel Jaramillo, Group of Analysis for Development - GRADE - Peru - Sami Bibi, Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Tunis, Tunisia
- Fenglian Du, Inner Mongolia University(IMU) - China - Women's Employment and Industrial Restructuring in China: Investigation Using Urban Household Surveys
- Discussants: Verónica Frisancho, Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE), Peru - Swapna Mukhopadhyay, Independent Researcher, India
Wednesday, June 21 – Parallel Sessions
9:00 – 12:30 : PMMA Session 5: Incidence Analysis
Chair: Nanak Kakwani, UNDP-International Poverty Centre, Brazil
- Olivier C. Ujah, University of Nigeria - Nigeria - Have Nigeria's Fertilizer Subsidy Programmes Impacted Beneficially on the Rural Poor Smallholder Farmers? Finding Answers from Empirical Study
- Discussants: John Ataguba, University of Cape Town, South Africa - Chris Scott, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
- John Ataguba, University of Cape Town - South Africa - An estimation of the willingness to pay for community healthcare risksharing prepayment scheme and the Medical Poverty Trap: Evidence from rural Nigeria
- Discussants: Cuong Nguyen Viet, National Economics University, Vietnam - Elias Ayuk, IDRC, Senegal
- Cuong Nguyen Viet, National Economics University - Vietnam - Poverty Targeting and Impact of the National Micro-Credit Program in Vietnam: A Non-Parametric Approach
- Discussants: Ajitava Raychaudhuri, Jadavpur University, India - Swapna Mukhopadhyay, Independant researcher, India
- Ajitava Raychaudhuri, Jadavpur University - India - Design of a Pro-Poor Value Added Tax (VAT) System in a Federal Economy like India
- Discussants: Oliver C. Ujah, University of Nigeria, Nigeria - Pramila Krishnan, University of Cambridge, UK
- Hyun H. Son, UNDP - International Poverty Centre - Brazil - Assessing the Pro-Poorness of Government Fiscal Policy in Thailand
- Discussants: Mohamed Ayadi, Universite de Tunis, Tunisia - Guanghua Wan, United Nations University, Finland
12:30-2:00 : Lunch
2:00-6:00 : Individual meetings
- New proposals: Meetings with PMMA resource persons
- Reports: Meetings with PMMA steering committee
7:00 : Closing Dinner
Thursday, June 22 - Meetings and Closing Plenary
8:30-12:30 : Individual meetings
- New proposals: Meetings with PMMA steering committee
- Reports: Meetings with PMMA resource persons
12:30-1:30 : Lunch
1:30-4:00 : CLOSING SESSION: See Plenary program