Workshop on
Current Frontiers in the Study of Economic Mobility in Developing Countries
October 13 , 2009
423 ILR Conference Center, Cornell University
Overview
The objective of this workshop is to familiarize the Cornell community with the current state-of-the-art in international poverty research in terms of methods, empirical findings, and their implications for policy and future research, including the availability of, and need for, innovative data. Topics will incude measures of poverty and mobility, human capital (health, education), asset-based approaches, and frontiers in multidimensional measures of poverty and mobility.
Program
Program (pdf)
Speakers
Martin Ravallion, Director of Development Research Group, World Bank
Michael Carter, Prof. of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Davis and University of Wisconsin-Madison
Paul Glewwe, Prof. of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota
Jean-Yves Duclos, Prof. of Economics,
Université de Laval
Organizers
Chris Barrett, Persistent Poverty Team Leader & Prof. of Applied Econ. & Mgmt
David Sahn, Persistent Poverty Team Member & Professor of Economics in the Division of Nutritional Sciences and Department of
Economics
Logistics
Workshop location: Room 423 ILR Conference Center on Garden Ave. on the Cornell Campus, a block from the Statler Hotel. See this map to locate the building & then see these directions to find the room within the building.
Parking: If you are a visiting speaker, please charge your parking to your hotel room. Otherwise, you will need to purchase a visiting parking permit at a campus information booth.
Travel: Visiting Ithaca information & Maps (ISS area, Cornell, Ithaca)
Lodging: Statler Hotel, 130 Statler Dr., Ithaca, NY, 14583 (607-257-2500)
See directions to the hotel.
For assessibility accommodation, email socialsciences@cornell.edu
For More Information
Contact: socialsciences@cornell.edu
