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Poverty Reduction Group
cordially invite you to a book launch and panel discussion featuring
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| | More than a Pretty Picture |
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| pic14369.jpg) | Edited by Tara Bedi, Aline Coudouel, and |
| | Kenneth Simler |
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| | The allocation of resources and the design |
| | of policies tailored to local-level |
| | conditions require highly disaggregated |
| | information. Data on poverty at the local |
| | level is typically not available because |
| | most household surveys are not |
| | representative past the regional level. |
| | This volume aims to promote the effective |
| | use of Small Area Estimation poverty maps |
| | in policy making. It presents the range of |
| | policies and interventions which have been |
| | informed by poverty maps, focusing on the |
| | political economy of poverty maps and the |
| | key elements to their effective use by |
| | policy makers. The volume also looks at |
| | the future of poverty maps in terms of new |
| | techniques and new areas of application. |
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| | Tuesday, October 30 |
| | 12:00 - 2:00 pm |
| | World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050 |
| | 701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and |
| | Pennsylvania Ave |
| | .A light lunch will follow the event |
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MODERATED BY
Danny Leipziger
Vice President, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network
(PREM), World Bank
Danny Leipziger is Vice President and Head of the Poverty Reduction
and Economic Management Network (PREM) at the World Bank. As the
Head of the PREM Network, he provides leadership for the Bank's
strategic work on growth and poverty reduction across the Bank?s
regional PREM units. He is the focal point for economic policy,
debt, trade, gender and governance issues and for the Bank's
dialogue on these issues with key partner institutions -- including
the IMF, WTO, OECD, and the EU. Mr. Leipziger also serves as the
Vice-Chair (with Michael Spence) of the Commission on Growth and
Development (2006) and Chair of the World Bank's Sanctions Board
(2007).
PRESENTED BY
Ken Simler
Senior Economist in the PREM Poverty Reduction Group, World Bank
Kenneth Simler is a Senior Economist in the PREM Poverty Reduction
Group, where he leads the team working on shared growth. Prior to
joining the Bank in 2006, Ken was a research fellow at the
International Food Policy Research Institute and the Cornell
University Food and Nutrition Policy Program. He has published
numerous journal articles and book chapters on poverty and
inequality, human capital development, education, and child
undernutrition.
COMMENTS BY
Indermit Gill
Director, World Development Report 2009
Indermit Gill is Director of the upcoming 2009 World Development
Report Spatial Disparities and Development Policy. Indermit joined
the Bank in 1993 has held various positions, his most recent being
PREM Sector Manager and Economic Advisor in the East Asia and
Pacific Region. He has published widely on development topics,
especially on labor market issues. After completing the WDR on
spatial disparities next year he will take up the post of Chief
Economist for the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region.
Marc Levy
Deputy Director of the Center for International Earth Science
Information Network
Marc Levy is Deputy Director of the Center for International Earth
Science Information Network (CIESIN), part of the Earth Institute at
Columbia University. He leads CIESIN's work on environment-security
connections, the Environmental Sustainability Index and the
Environmental Performance Index, poverty mapping, the human
footprint, and conflict early-warning. He has served as convening
lead author on the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and UNEP's Global
Environmental Outlook.
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