Preparatory Notes on a Regional Workshop on Poverty Statistics in Latin America
23 November 2004
Regional Workshop on Poverty Statistics
in the Western Asia
Amman, Jordan, November 25, 27, 28 2004
Provisional Agenda and Time Schedule
Thursday 25 November
Introduction.Gisele Kamanou (Chair)
9:00 – 9:30Registration of participants
Distribution of documents:
Meta survey questionnaire on Poverty Measurements
Evaluation questionnaires
Annotated outline of the Handbook
List of the Steering Committee
List of authors and reviewers of the Chapters of the Handbook
9:30 – 10:00Organization of the meeting and objectives
Assignment of sessions’ chairs and reporters (Secretariat)
10:00 – 10:30Coffee break
Session 1.The UNSD project on Poverty Statistics and overview of the practices of poverty statistics in the Western Asia Region
Chair TBA, Reporter TBA
10:30 – 11:30Gisèle Kamanou, Statistician; UNSD
“Objectives and Implementation process of the UNSD poverty statistics project”
11:30 –12:15Nadine Shaar; Social Development Division, ESCWA
“Work on poverty in the Economic and Social Commission in Western Asia”
12:15 – 12:45Gisèle Kamanou, Statistician; UNSD
”Overview of the findings of the first three regional poverty statistics workshops: Three fundamental approaches to poverty measurement: Food based approach, Poverty line and Unmet Basic Needs”
12:45 – 1:00Open discussion / Summary
1:00 – 2:00Lunch break
Session 2.Presentation of countries practices of poverty measurements
TBA (Chair), Reporters TBA
2:00 – 3:35Palestine (2:00 – 2:20)
Lebanon (2:25 – 2:45)
Syria (2:50 – 3:10)
Oman (3:15 – 3:35)
3:35 – 3:50Coffee break
3:50 – 5:00 Egypt (3:50 – 4:10)
Jordan (4:15 – 4:35)
Iraq (4:40 – 5:00)
5:00 – 5:15 Open discussion / Summary
Saturday 27 November
Session 3.Open Discussion on the questionnaire
Gisele Kamanou, Chair; Christoff Paparella Reporter
9:00 – 10:30PART A: POVERTY LINE
Extension to PART A: Periodicity of Updating of the Poverty Threshold
10:30 – 10:45Coffee break
10:45 – 12:00PART B. UNMET BASIC NEEDS (UBN) APPROACH
12:00 – 1:00 Open discussion
1:00 – 2:00Lunch break
2:00 – 3:30PART C. MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES USED IN THE LATEST DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENTS USED TO ESTIMATE THE LEVEL OF POVERTY
3:30 – 3:45Coffee break
3:45 – 5:00PART D. Other Measures or Methods used to study poverty
5:00 – 5:15 Open discussion/ Summary
Sunday 28 November
Session 4.Issues in poverty analysis: Measurement issues, adjustments over time and sub-national disparities, and measurement issues in household surveys
Chair TBA, Reporter TBA
9:00 – 10:00Measurement issues in three approaches: Food poverty, Absolute poverty and Unmet Basis Needs
10:00 – 10:30Sub-national disparities in poverty lines and adjustments over time
Effect of differing standard of living
Effect of varying cost of living
Updating food basket(s) and non food component over time
10:30 – 10:45Coffee break
10:45 – 11:45Practical statistical issues in the measurement of poverty from household surveys:
Measurement of income
Measurement of consumption
Income or consumption
Valuation of public goods and social transfers
11:45 – 1:00Drafting of the report of the workshop – Meeting of the Secretariat and the reporters (no plenary meeting)
1:00 – 2:00Lunch break
2:00 – 3:00Drafting of the report of the workshop by the reporters (Continue, (no plenary meeting)
Conclusion.TBA, Chair
3:00 – 4:30 Presentation of Draft Report
4:30 – 4:45Closing Remarks
Gisele Kamanou, Statistician, UNSD
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