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Analytical and Empirical Tools for Poverty Research

Learning Workshop of the 25th International Conference of Agricultural Economists

August 16, 2003

Durban, South Africa

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This one-day learning workshop on "Analytical and Empirical Tools for Poverty Research," took place on Saturday, August 16, in Durban, South Africa, as a lead-in to the 25th triennial meeting of the International Association of Agricultural Economists.

 

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The workshop, co-organized by Chris Barrett (Cornell) and Csaba Csaki (World Bank), featured five hour-long sessions by leading poverty researchers introducing frontier techniques in poverty research and a 90-minute panel featuring shorter remarks by five distinguished scholars on research and policy priorities for addressing rural poverty. 

 

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More than 110 participants from at least 22 different countries registered for the learning workshop, including economists and other poverty researchers or program managers from line ministries in various African governments, universities from six continents, USAID, the World Bank, CGIAR centers, and other national and multinational organizations.

Sponsored by the USAID BASIS CRSP Project -Rural Markets, Natural Capital and Dynamic Poverty Traps in East Africa and the Strategies and Analyses for Growth and Access Project (SAGA).

A range of international donors, including GTZ, IDRC, the World Bank, the Kellogg Foundation and others, supported the registration and travel costs of delegates from developing countries.

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For more information contact:

Christopher B. Barrett, Associate Professor

Department of Applied Economics and Management

Cornell University, 315 Warren Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-7801

Email: cbb2@cornell.edu, Telephone: 607-255-4489, Fax: 607-255-9984

 
 
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