Tuesday June 13

Morning
Lecture 1: General Introduction to Poverty; Multidimensional Nature of Poverty; Money Metric (income, consumption) Approach to Poverty versus Subjective Approach; Relative versus Absolute Poverty. (Erik Thorbecke)

Afternoon
Lecture 2: Measurement of Poverty: Drawing of the Poverty Line: the Cost of Basic Needs Approach versus the Food Energy-Intake Approach. (Erik Thorbecke)

Wednesday June 14

Morning
Lecture 3: Measurement of Poverty: Review of Alternative Poverty Measures and Axiomatic Properties. (James Foster)

Afternoon
Lecture 4: Poverty Profiles Using FGT Measure. Various Examples of Poverty Decompositions from a Variety of Developing Countries. (Erik Thorbecke)

Thursday June 15

Morning
Lecture 5: Poverty and Inequality. Inequality Comparisons. Stochastic Dominance Testing. (James Foster)

Afternoon
Lecture 6: Comparisons of Cross Sectional and Intertemporal Distributions and Poverty Inferences. Chronic versus Transient Poverty. (James Foster and Erik Thorbecke)

Friday June 16

Morning
Lecture 7: Poverty Within a General Equilibrium Framework: Introduction to Social Accounting Matrices and Computable General Equilibrium Models. (Erik Thorbecke)

Afternoon
Lecture 8: Trade, International Capital Movements and Poverty. (Andrew McKay)

Lecture 9: A Dual-Dual Model of an Archetype African Economy to Simulate Trade Reform on Poverty through the Impact of Labor Markets. (David Stifel and Erik Thorbecke)

Monday June 19

Morning
Lecture 10: The World Bank, World Development Report 2000 on Poverty. (Erik Thorbecke)

Afternoon
Lecture 11: The World Development Report 2000 on Poverty: Policy Implications. (Andrew McKay)

Tuesday June 20

Morning
Lecture 12: Poverty Indicators versus More Comprehensive Indicators of Living Standards (such as the UNDP Human Development Index). Determinants of Standards of Living Based on Regression Analysis. (Andrew McKay)

Afternoon
Lecture 13: Public Expenditures and the Poor; Principles of Targeting and Expenditure Incidence. Progressivity and Regressivity in Taxation and Benefits. Are the Poor Discriminated Against? (Lionel Demery)

Wednsday June 21

Morning
Lecture 14: The Interrelationship among Poverty, Health, Nutrition and Education. International Evidence on Relation among Public Action, Poverty and Human Development. (Lionel Demery)

Afternoon
Lecture 15: The Interrelationship among Poverty, Health, Nutrition and Education. Evidence from Income and Expenditures Surveys and Demographic and Health Surveys. (David Stifel)

Thursday June 22

Morning
Lecture 16: Poverty and Economic Reform: Analytical and Policy Issues; Evidence on Impact of Structural Adjustment on Poverty in Africa and Latin America. (Lionel Demery)

Afternoon
Lecture 17: Poverty and Conflict: Use of Analytical Tools to Understand how Communities are Affected by Conflicts (e.g. civil wars, droughts, and land allocation issues) and How Micro Conflicts Erupt into National Conflicts. (Tony Addison)

Lecture 18: Incidence Analysis and Beneficiary Analysis at the Community Level. (Tony Addison)

Friday June 23

Morning
Lecture 19: The Incorporation of Poverty into Project Appraisal and Project Analysis. (Tony Addison)

Afternoon
Lecture 20: Wrap-up Session: What Have We Learned About Poverty Dimensions and the Formulation of Poverty-Alleviation Development Strategies. Quo Vadis Poverty Analysis? (Erik Thorbecke)

In addition to the twenty lectures above four data and computer laboratories are being planned. (David Stifel, in charge)

Laboratory 1: Basic Introduction to Statistical Software Packages to Analyze Poverty, such as Stata

Laboratory 2: Estimating Poverty Lines from Household Surveys

Laboratory 3: Measurement of Poverty from Household Surveys and Demographic and Health Surveys both Spatially and Intertemporarily

Laboratory 4: Stochastic Dominance Testing

Successful participation will be used as a basis for providing course certificates to the participants.

V. COURSE ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION

The organiser of the course is Associate Professor Finn Tarp of the Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen. Contact addresses as follows:

Telephone: (+45) 35 32 30 41
Fax: (+45) 35 32 30 00
E-mail: Finn.Tarp@econ.ku.dk

Finn Tarp will be assisted by Ms. Vibeke Kovsted (administrator), who can be contacted as follows:

Telephone: (+45) 35 32 44 03
Fax: (+45) 35 32 30 64
E-mail: Vibeke.Kovsted@econ.ku.dk

VI. REGISTRATON AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PARTICIPANTS

Those wishing to participate should fill in this application as soon as possible. The application should will be sent together with a curriculum vitae and a description of research interests to Vibeke Kovsted not later than 1 April 2000. A final list of participants will be issued before 1. May 2000. Those wishing to present a paper related to their own work are expected to submit an abstract not later than 1 May.

Assistance with booking accomodation etc. will be available, and there are 10 grants for students from outside Denmark under which travel expenses of up to DKK 1,000 can be refunded. Free accomodation in modest facilities and a per diem can also be provided after approval by the course organiser. For Danish participants from outside Copenhagen there are up to five grants, under which travel expenses of no more than DKK 500 per person can be refunded together with accomodation and a per diem.

Those wishing to participate in the course must therefore indicate in their application whether they apply as well for one of the above grants or have their own funding.

Once participation is approved participants will receive a more detailed questionnaire, which must be returned immediately.