2015 IARIW-CAPMAS Conference: “Experiences and Challenges in Measuring Income, Wealth, Poverty and Inequality in the Middle East and North Africa,” Cairo, Egypt November 23-25, 2015

Final Programme as of December 3, 2015
 

Location: CAPMAS Headquarters (the Opening Remarks and the first Keynote Address will be in Room Gamal Asker on the second floor; the rest of the conference will be in Room Mokhtar Haloda on the ground floor)

Monday, November 23, 2015

  • 08:30 — Registration
  • 09:00 — Opening Remarks

 

    Dr. Andrew Sharpe (Executive Director, IARIW)
    General Abu Bakr ElGendy (President, CAPMAS)
    Dr. Ashraf Elaraby (Minister of Planning, Follow-Up and Administrative Reform, Government of Egypt)
      • 09:30 — Keynote Address

    Ragui Asaad (Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota), “Inequality of Opportunity in Income and Consumption in Egypt: A Comparative Perspective” [

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  • 10:30 — Break
  • 11:00 — Session 1: Poverty I

 

Chair: Andrew Sharpe (IARIW and Centre for the Study of Living Standards)

    • 1. Luca Tiberti (PEP and Laval University, Canada), John Cockburn (PEP and Laval University, Canada) and Veronique Robichaud (PEP, Canada),

“Price Subsidies Reform and Child Poverty in Arab Countries: A Comparative CGE-Microsimulation Analysis of Egypt and Jordan”

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Discussant: Shantayanan Devarajan (Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank)

    • 2. Nizar Jouini (African Development Bank), Abebe Shimeles (African Development Bank), Nora Lustig (Tulane University and Center for Global Development and the Inter-American Dialogue) and Ahmed Moummi (African Development Bank),

“Fiscal Policy Incidence and Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Tunisia”

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Discussant: Gabriel Lara Ibarra (World Bank)

    • 3. Shireen Al Azzawi (Santa Clara University, United States),

“Endowments or Discrimination? Determinants of Household Poverty in Egypt”

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Discussant: Hasan Vergil (Istanbul University)

    • 12:00 — Session 2: National Accounts and Productivity

Chair: Saleh Al-Kafri (Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics)

    • 1. Amina Saleh Khasib (Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics),

“The Supply and Use Tables as a Useful Tool for Data Quality in Palestine”

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Discussant: Surajit Deb (Aryabhatta College, University of Delhi, India)

    • 2. Deb Kusum Das (Ramjas College, University of Delhi, India), Homagni Choudhury (Aberysywtyth University, UK) and Pilu Chandra Das (Dayal Singh College, India),

“Productivity Dynamics in the Arab Economies: The Challenges of Generating Multifactor Productivity Estimates at Industry Level”

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Discussant: Andrew Sharpe (IARIW and Centre for the Study of Living Standards)

 

  • 13:00 — Lunch
  • 14:15 — Session 3: Poverty II

 

Chair: Dr. Mohamed Ramadan (Consultant to CAPMAS President)

    • 1. Gabriel Lara Ibarra (World Bank) and Jose Cuesta (World Bank),

“Poverty in Post Revolution Tunisia: Comparing Cross-Survey Imputation and Projection Techniques”

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Discussant: Roy Van der Weide (World Bank)

    • 2. Nuha Mohamed Elamin Ahmed (Central Bureau of Statistics of Sudan),

“Fighting Poverty in Sudan”

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Discussant: Shireen Al Azzawi (Santa Clara University, United States)

    • 3. Wagdy A. Kawi A. Ashry (CAPMAS, Egypt),

“Using Remote Sensing and GIS Application for the Development of Pro-poor Aquaculture in Nasser Lake”

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Discussant: Jasmin Thomas (IARIW and Centre for the Study of Living Standards)

    • 4. Maged Samir Melio (National Bank of Egypt),

“The Challenges of Poverty Measurement in the Arab Region”

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Discussant: Vladimir Hlasny (Ewha Womans University, Seoul and UN-ESCWA)

 

  • 16:15 — Break
  • 16:30 — Session 4: Well-Being I

 

Chair: Mahmoud ElSarawy (CAPMAS)

    • 1. Salih Hamza Abu-El-Yamen (Central Bureau of Statistics-Sudan),

“Towards Equal Standards of Welfare Among Populations of Different Subdivision Areas of a Country: A Case Study of Sudan”

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Discussant: Elena Ianchovichina (World Bank)

    • 2. Surajit Deb (Aryabhatta College, University of Delhi, India),

“What Happened to Human Development after the Arab Spring? A Qualitative Choice Analysis from the Middle-East”

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  • 17:30 — End of Day
  • 19:00 — Dinner, Sonesta Hotel

 

 

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

    • 08:30 — Session 5: Inequality I

Chair: Dr. Ayat Ismail (CAPMAS)

    • 1. Paolo Verme (World Bank) and Vladimir Hlasny (Ewha Womans University, Seoul and UN-ESCWA),

“Top Incomes and the Measurement of Inequality in Egypt”

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Discussant: Ragui Assaad (University of Minnesota)

    • 2. Roy Van der Weide (World Bank), Elena Ianchovichina (World Bank) and Christoph Lakner (World Bank),

“Is Inequality Underestimated in Egypt? Evidence from House Prices”

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Discussant: Vladimir Hlasny (Ewha Womans University, Seoul and UN-ESCWA)

    • 3. Hasan Vergil (Istanbul University, Turkey),

“Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Turkey with Emphasis on Selected Countries in the Arab Region”

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Discussant: Robert Johnston (United Nations Statistical Office, Retired)

 

  • 10:00 — Break
  • 10:15 — Session 6: Well-Being II

 

Chair: Jasmin Thomas (IARIW and Centre for the Study of Living Standards)

    • 1. Hai-Anh H. Dang (World Bank) and Elena Ianchovichina (World Bank),

“Welfare Dynamics in the Arab World: Synthetic Panel Analysis Using Objective and Subjective Data”

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Discussant: Ragui Assaad (University of Minnesota)

    • 2. Efstratia Arampatzi (Erasmus Happiness Economics Research Organization), Martijn Burger (Erasmus University), Elena Ianchovichina (World Bank), Tina Röhricht (Erasmus Happiness Economics Research Organization), and Ruut Veenhoven (Erasmus Happiness Economics Research Organization),

“Unhappy Development: Dissatisfaction with Life in the Wake of the Arab Spring”

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Discussant: Andrew Sharpe (IARIW and Centre for the Study of Living Standards)

    • 3. Said Ahmed Said (CAPMAS, Egypt),

“The Worst Forms of Child Labor in Some Governorates in Upper Egypt”

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Discussant: Saleh Al-Kafri (Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics)

 

  • 11:45 — Lunch
  • 12:45 — Session 7: Inequality II

 

Chair: Dr. Mohamed Ismail (Cairo University)

    • 1. Amal Khairy Amin (CAPMAS, Egypt),

“An Analysis of the Gender Pay Gap in the Egyptian Labour Market”

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Discussant: Saleh Al-Kafri (Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics)

    • 2. Vladimir Hlasny (Ewha Womans University, Seoul and UN-ESCWA) and Paolo Verme (World Bank),

“Top Incomes and the Measurement of Inequality: A Comparative Analysis of Correction Methods using Egyptian, EU and US Survey Data”

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Discussant: Roy Van der Weide (World Bank)

    • 3. Rolando Gonzales (Bayesian Institute for Research on Development) and Andrea Rojas-Hosse (Bayesian Institute for Research on Development),

“Deviations from Core Prices and Income Inequality in the Arab World”

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Discussant: Jasmin Thomas (IARIW and Centre for the Study of Living Standards)

    • 4. Racha Ramadan (Cairo University), Vladimir Hlasny (Ewha Womans University, Seoul and UN-ESCWA) and Vito Intini (UN-ESCWA),

“Inequality Decomposition in the Arab Region: Application to Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Sudan and Tunisia”

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Discussant: Shireen Al Azzawi (Santa Clara University, United States)

 

  • 14:45 — Break
  • 15:00 — Keynote Address

 

    • Shantayanan Devarajan (Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank), “A Broken Social Contract, Not Inequality, Triggered the Arab Spring” [

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    • 16:00 — Closing Panel: “What is Needed for Better Measurement of Income, Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality in the Middle East and in North African Countries?”

Chair: Dr. Sherine Al-Shawarby (Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University)

    Panel:
    Dr. Amina Ghanem (Egyptian National Competitiveness Council)
    Ms. Sara B. Alnashar (Economist, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management Global Practice, World Bank)
    Dr. Mohamed Ramadan (Consultant to CAPMAS President)
    Shantayanan Devarajan (Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank)

 

  • 17:00 — Close of Conference
  • 19:00 — Depart CAPMAS for Conference Dinner
  • 19:30 — Farewell Dinner, The Pharaohs Dinner Cruise on the Nile

 

 

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

  • 09:00-17:00 — Excursion to the Pyramids and Al-Azhar Park

 

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