WORKSHOP ON THE TEACHING AND RESEARCH OF TRADE AND POVERTY:

Conceptual and methodological approaches and policy implications

Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, 19th to 23rd November 2007

- Provisional Programme -

Monday 19th November
9:00 - 10:30 / Opening and introduction to the workshop
  • Welcome notes by
  • Mr. Francis Matambalya, Professor, Faculty of Commerce and Management, University of Dar-es-Salaam
  • Ms. Massi Sahami, Chief, Office of the Director; Division for Africa, LDCs and special Programmes, UNCTAD
  • Ms. Vlasta Macku, Chief, UNCTAD Virtual Institute
  • Mr. Alain Noudehou, Country Director, UNDP
  • H.E. Mr. Juhani Toivonen, Ambassador of Finland in Tanzania
  • H.E. Mr. Jon Lomøy, Ambassador ofNorway in Tanzania
  • Programme of the workshop
  • Presentation of the participants, teaching and research interests

BREAK
11:00 - 12:30 / The nature of the trade-growth-poverty relationship in LDCsMichael Herrmann (ALDC division, UNCTAD)
  • The level and form of trade integration
  • The extent and effect of trade liberalization
  • The extent and effect of commodity dependence
  • Reasons for weak trade-growth-poverty relationship
  • Policy implications to strengthen the trade-growth-poverty relationship

LUNCH
14:00 - 17:30 (with break) / Strengthening the trade-growth-poverty relationship in LDCs (I).
Beyond supply capacities: the role of productive capacitiesMichael Herrmann (ALDC division, UNCTAD)
  • What are productive capacities
  • How do they develop
  • How do productive capacities affect trade
  • How are productive capacities affected by trade
  • Implications for ...
... growth strategies
... poverty reduction strategies
... trade policies
Takawira Mumvuma,(Zimbabwe):“Manufacturing export performance, macroeconomic adjustment and the role of networks”
Tuesday 20th November
9:00 - 12:30 (with break) / Direct static effects of trade on households and individualsCora Mezger(SITE, UNCTAD)
  • The micro-level impact of trade
  • The static effects of trade on households
  • Price effects
  • The trading domain
  • Markets and availability of goods
  • Presentation – Virgulino Nhate, Mozambique"An empirical estimation of the degree of price transmission from border to consumer prices"
  • Wage and employment effects
  • Presentation – Adeolu Adewuyi, Nigeria"Wage and employment effects of trade policy reform" (to be confirmed)
  • Taxes and transfers
  • Within-household effects
  • Response constraints and feedback effects
  • Links to next sessions
Group exercise: brainstorm conceptual trade-poverty linkages and define research questions; group work to becontinued on Wednesday (identifying methodologies, data and constraints)
LUNCH
14:00 - 17:30 (with break) / Data access, use and presentation
Lucian Cernat (DITC)
Intro: How to formulate research questions
What is poverty and how is it measured?
Poverty Dimensions, Indicators, Lines, Measurement, Data, Mapping and AnalysisMichael Herrmann (ALDC division)
Tabitha Kiriti-Nganga (Kenya):"Poverty in Kenya 1994-1997: a stochastic dominance analysis"
Methodologies in the trade and poverty research
Lucian Cernat (DITC)
  • Overview of methods, with research examples demonstrating benefits, assumptions and problems

Wednesday 21st November
9:00 - 12:30 (with break)
Handout: / Trade databases: WITS, TRAINS, COMTRADE
Lucian Cernat (DITC)
  • Access
  • How to retrieve data
  • How to present data (to researchers, policy-makers)
  • Interpreting data
Cont. Methodologies in the trade and poverty research
  • Exercises: Partialequilibrium models (SMART/ATPSM)
Making data meaningful (UNECE), handout on data sources with urls
LUNCH
14:00 - 17:30 (with break) / Cont. methodologies
Continuation of Partial-equilibrium exercises
Ernest Bamou (Cameroon): "Impact assessment of the multilateral agricultural trade negotiations on CEMAC countries" (ATPSM)
Adeolu Adewuyi (Nigeria): "Attainment of potential growth rates in Nigeria under BPC." (to be confirmed)
Group Exercise: identify methods to analyse research questions, discussion and feedback from all resource persons
Thursday 22nd November
9:00 - 12:30 (with break) / Policy implications
Strengthening the trade-growth-poverty relationship in LDCs (II):
Beyond trade liberalization: The need for better special and differential treatmentMichael Herrmann (ALDC division)
Generally applicable support measures:
  • Coping with commodity price instability and decline
  • Managing mineral resources and rents
LDC-specific support measures
  • Strengthening special and differential treatment
  • Strengthening market access preferences
  • Strengthening South-South cooperation
  • Strengthening supply capacities:
  • Aid for trade
  • Supply-side preferences
Case study on the Tanzanian PRSP: Dr. Likwelile (Director Tanzania Social Action Fund, former PRSP team leader in the Vice President's Office, Tanzania)
LUNCH
14:00 - 17:30 (with break) / Cont. Policy implications
  • Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA), Francis Matambalya (University of Dar-Es-Salaam)
Toussaint Houeninvo (Benin), "Impact of Regional Integration on Trade and Firm Performance in West Africa: The case of Benin"
Research-based policymaking Joseph Clements (SITE) + resource persons + local policy-makers
  • Policy-making processes
  • Demand-led vs. supply-led research
  • Dissemination and communication of research results to policy-makers
  • Use of local research in policy-making

Informal cocktail with participants, resource persons, policy-makers, representatives from Finland and Norway (to be confirmed), UNDP (to be confirmed)
Friday 23rd November
9:00 - 12:30 (with break) / Conclusion of the workshop
  • How to integrate workshop elements into participants teaching and research - multiply the impact of the workshop
  • Discussion of unanswered questions
  • Evaluation of the workshop
  • Future involvement with ALDC division
  • Closing ceremony