2015 IARIW-CAPMAS Conference: "Experiences and Challenges in Measuring Income, Wealth, Poverty and Inequality in the Middle East and North Africa," Cairo, Egypt
November 23-25, 2015
Final Programme as of December 3, 2015
Location: CAPMAS Headquarters (the Opening Remarks and the first Keynote Address will be in Room Gamal Asker on the second floor; the rest of the conference will be in Room Mokhtar Haloda on the ground floor)
Monday, November 23, 2015
08:30 -- Registration
09:00 -- Opening Remarks
Dr. Andrew Sharpe (Executive Director, IARIW)
General Abu Bakr ElGendy (President, CAPMAS)
Dr. Ashraf Elaraby (Minister of Planning, Follow-Up and Administrative Reform, Government of Egypt)
09:30 -- Keynote Address
Ragui Asaad (Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota), "Inequality of Opportunity in Income and Consumption in Egypt: A Comparative Perspective" [Presentation]
10:30 -- Break
11:00 -- Session 1: Poverty I
Chair: Andrew Sharpe (IARIW and Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
Discussant: Shantayanan Devarajan (Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank)
Discussant: Gabriel Lara Ibarra (World Bank)
Discussant: Hasan Vergil (Istanbul University)
12:00 -- Session 2: National Accounts and Productivity
Chair: Saleh Al-Kafri (Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics)
Discussant: Surajit Deb (Aryabhatta College, University of Delhi, India)
Discussant: Andrew Sharpe (IARIW and Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
13:00 -- Lunch
14:15 -- Session 3: Poverty II
Chair: Dr. Mohamed Ramadan (Consultant to CAPMAS President)
Discussant: Roy Van der Weide (World Bank)
Discussant: Shireen Al Azzawi (Santa Clara University, United States)
Discussant: Jasmin Thomas (IARIW and Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
Discussant: Vladimir Hlasny (Ewha Womans University, Seoul and UN-ESCWA)
16:15 -- Break
16:30 -- Session 4: Well-Being I
Chair: Mahmoud ElSarawy (CAPMAS)
Discussant: Elena Ianchovichina (World Bank)
17:30 -- End of Day
19:00 -- Dinner, Sonesta Hotel
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
08:30 -- Session 5: Inequality I
Chair: Dr. Ayat Ismail (CAPMAS)
Discussant: Ragui Assaad (University of Minnesota)
Discussant: Vladimir Hlasny (Ewha Womans University, Seoul and UN-ESCWA)
Discussant: Robert Johnston (United Nations Statistical Office, Retired)
10:00 -- Break
10:15 -- Session 6: Well-Being II
Chair: Jasmin Thomas (IARIW and Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
Discussant: Ragui Assaad (University of Minnesota)
Discussant: Andrew Sharpe (IARIW and Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
Discussant: Saleh Al-Kafri (Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics)
11:45 -- Lunch
12:45 -- Session 7: Inequality II
Chair: Dr. Mohamed Ismail (Cairo University)
Discussant: Saleh Al-Kafri (Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics)
Discussant: Roy Van der Weide (World Bank)
Discussant: Jasmin Thomas (IARIW and Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
Discussant: Shireen Al Azzawi (Santa Clara University, United States)
14:45 -- Break
15:00 -- Keynote Address
Shantayanan Devarajan (Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank), "A Broken Social Contract, Not Inequality, Triggered the Arab Spring" [Presentation]
16:00 -- Closing Panel: "What is Needed for Better Measurement of Income, Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality in the Middle East and in North African Countries?"
Chair: Dr. Sherine Al-Shawarby (Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University)
Dr. Amina Ghanem (Egyptian National Competitiveness Council)
Ms. Sara B. Alnashar (Economist, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management Global Practice, World Bank)
Dr. Mohamed Ramadan (Consultant to CAPMAS President)
Shantayanan Devarajan (Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank)
17:00 -- Close of Conference
19:00 -- Depart CAPMAS for Conference Dinner
19:30 -- Farewell Dinner, The Pharaohs Dinner Cruise on the Nile
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
09:00-17:00 -- Excursion to the Pyramids and Al-Azhar Park
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