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ST/ESA/STAT/POVERTY/WWW
14 June 2005
Expert Group Meeting on the
Handbook on Poverty Statistics
28-30 June 2005
United Nations Statistics Division, Conference Room DC2 - 1684 (16th floor)
Two UN-Plaza, New York 10017
Moderator: Jonathan Morduch, Associate Professor of Public
Policy and Economics, NYU Wagner School and Department of Economics, New
York University
Tuesday, 28 June
A.M.
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome
Stefan Schweinfest, Chief, Statistical Services Branch, United
Nations Statistics Division
Paul Cheung, Director, United Nations Statistics Division
9:15 - 9:45 Organization of the meeting
Gisèle Kamanou; United Nations Statistics Division
Jonathan Morduch, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics,
NYU Wagner School and Department of Economics, New York University
9:45 - 10:45 Chapter 3: Country Practices in Compiling
Poverty Statistics
Isidoro David, Free Lance Consulting (Author)
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30 UNSD Global survey on poverty measurements
Gisele Kamanou / Christof Paparella , United Nations Statistics
Division (Presenters)
John Gibson, Professor-elect, Department of Economics, University
of Canterbury (Discussant)
11:30 - 12:30 Chapter 3: Review, open discussion
and recommendations
Michael Ward, Ralph Bunche Institute, City University of NY and
'UNIHP' (Reviewer)
Jonathan Morduch, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics,
NYU Wagner School and Department of Economics, New York University.
P.M.
12:30 - 2:00 Lunch break
2:00 - 3:30 Chapter 4: Statistical Tools and Estimation
Methods for Poverty Measures Based on Household Surveys
John Gibson, Professor-elect, Department of Economics, University
of Canterbury (Author)
3:30 - 3:45 Coffee break
3:45 - 5:30 Chapter 4: Review, open discussion
and recommendations
Christiaan Grootaert, International Development Consultant, The
World Bank and IRIS Center, University of Maryland (Reviewer)
Gisele Kamanou, United Nations Statistics Division (Discussant)
Wednesday, 29 June
A.M.
9:00 - 10:00 Chapter 2: Overview of concepts and
fundamentals of poverty measurements
Jonathan Morduch, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics,
NYU Wagner School and Department of Economics, New York University (Author)
10:00 - 11:30 Chapter 2: Review, open discussion
and recommendations
Sanjay Reddy, Assistant Professor, Barnard College, Columbia University
(Reviewer)
Paul Glewwe, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Economics,
University of Minnesota (Discussant)
11:30 - 11:45 Coffee break
11:45 - 12:45 Chapter 6: Poverty Analysis for national
policy use
Paul Glewwe, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Economics,
University of Minnesota (Author)
P.M.
12:45 - 2:15 Lunch break
2:15 - 3:45 Chapter 6: Review, open discussion
and recommendations
Christiaan Grootaert, International Development Consultant, The
World Bank and IRIS Center, University of Maryland (Reviewer)
Michael Bamberger, Free Lance Consulting (Reviewer)
John Gibson, Professor-elect, Department of Economics, University
of Canterbury (Discussant)
3:45 - 4:00 Coffee break
4:00 - 5:30 Statistical addendum and comparability:
review and open discussion
Gisele Kamanou, United Nations Statistics Division (Author)
Sanjay Reddy, Assistant Professor, Barnard College, Columbia University
(Reviewer)
John Gibson, Professor-elect, Department of Economics, University
of Canterbury (Discussant)
Thursday, 30 June
A.M.
9:00 - 10:45 Chapter 5: Statistical Issues in Measuring
Poverty from Non-Survey Sources
Sections 5.1 and 5.2
Gisele Kamanou, United Nations Statistics Division (Author)
Michael Ward, Ralph Bunche Institute, City University of NY and
'UNIHP' (Author)
Section 5.3
Viet Vu, United
Nations Statistics Division (Author)
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break
10:45 - 12:30 Chapter 5: Review, open discussion
and recommendations
Christiaan Grootaert, International Development Consultant, The
World Bank and IRIS Center, University of Maryland (Reviewer)
Michael Bamberger, Free Lance Consulting (Reviewer)
Isidoro David, Free Lance Consulting (Discussant)
P.M.
12:30 - 2:00 Lunch break
2:00 - 2:45 Cross-cutting issues: Gender Analysis
of Poverty, Children in poverty, …
Open discussion and recommendations
Michael Bamberger, Free Lance Consulting (Discussant)
2:45 - 3:15 Introduction and
Conclusion
Open discussion and recommendations
Jonathan Morduch, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics,
NYU Wagner School and Department of Economics, New York University (Author)
Christiaan Grootaert, International Development Consultant, The
World Bank and IRIS Center, University of Maryland (Discussant)
Paul Glewwe, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Economics,
University of Minnesota (Author)
Sanjay Reddy, Assistant Professor, Barnard College, Columbia
University (Reviewer)
3:15 - 3:30 Coffee break
3:30 - 4:30
Parallel sessions:
(I.a)
3:30 - 4:00
Rio Group - For information and feedback
Eduardo Nuñes, President, Brazilian Institute of Geography
and Statistics (IBGE), Government of Brazil
(I.b) 4:00 - 4:30
Feedback on the conclusions and recommendations
of the four regional workshops
Isidoro David, Free Lance Consulting (Discussant)
(II)
3:30 - 4:30 Revision
process and finalization of the Handbook
Special meeting of the following participants (Room TBA):
Gisele Kamanou, United Nations Statistics Division
Jonathan Morduch, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics,
NYU Wagner School and Department of Economics, New York University
John Gibson, Professor-elect, Department of Economics, University
of Canterbury
4:30 - 5:30 Plenum of all participants
(Room: DC2 -1684)
4:30 - 5:00 Revised and final structure of the
handbook, summary of the conclusions and finalization process
Jonathan Morduch, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics,
NYU Wagner
School and Department of Economics, New York University (Presenter)
5:00 - 5:15 e.Book prototype: an illustration with
Chapter 2
Gisele Kamanou / Christof Paparella, United Nations Statistics
Division (Presenters)
5:15 - 5:30 Closing remarks
Office of the USG -To be confirmed
For further information contact:
Gisele Kamanou
Office of the Director, Room DC2-1676
United Nations Statistics Division, New York
NY 10017, USA
Tel: +1 212 963 4328
Fax: +1 212 963 9851
E-mail:
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