WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6

18:00-20:00: Reception (By Invitation Only) - Cosmos Club (2121 Massachusetts Ave NW)

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7

8:00-9:00: Registration & Light Breakfast

9:00-9:15: Conference Opening

Simeon Djankov, Director of Development Economics, World Bank

Marshall Reinsdorf, IARIW President

9:15-10:45: Plenary Panel on Poverty Trends and Measurement Methodology Issues

Chair: Haishan Fu (World Bank)

Dean Jolliffe (World Bank)

Xavier Mancero (UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)) [Presentation]

Trudi Renwick (U.S. Census Bureau) [Presentation]

10:45-11:00: Break

11:00-13:00: Parallel Session 1A, 1B

Parallel Session 1A: Methods for Measuring Consumption and Poverty

Chair: Tim Conway (Department for International Development, UK)

1) "Effects of Data Collection Methods on Estimated Household Consumption and Poverty, and on Survey Costs: Evidence from an Experiment in the Marshall Islands"

Michael Sharp (Statistics for Development Divsion - Pacific Community), Bertrand Buffiere (Statistics for Development Division - Pacific Community), Kristen Himelein (World Bank) and John Gibson (University of Waikato, New Zealand) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: David Newhouse (World Bank) [Presentation]

2)"The Insights and Illusions of Consumption Measurement: Evidence from a Large Scale Randomization"

Erich Battistin (University of Maryland, United States), Michele De Nadai (University of New South Wales, Australia) and Nandini Krishnan (World Bank) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Thomas Sohnesen (World Bank and University of Copenhagen, Denmark) [Presentation]

3) "Measuring Consumption in 12 Minutes: Lessons from a Field Study in Rural Kenya"

Natalie Naïri Quinn (University of Oxford, UK), Geetika Nagpal (Brown University, United States) and Kate Orkin (University of Oxford, UK) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Paolo Verme (World Bank)

4) "Measuring Poverty Rapidly Using Statistical Imputations"

Utz Pape (World Bank) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Lidia Ceriani (Georgetown University, United States) [Presentation]

Parallel Session 1B: Comparisons of Monetary and Multidimensional Poverty

Chair: Maria Grazia Pittau (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)

1. "Comparing Global Trends in Multidimensional and Income Poverty and Assessing Horizontal Inequalities"

Francesco Burchi (German Development Institute), Daniele Malerba (German Development Institute), Nicole Rippin (German Development Institute) and Claudio Montenegro (World Bank) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Veronica Amarante (UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC))

2. "A Comparison of Income Poverty and Multidimensional Deprivation: Lessons Learned from the United States"

Shatakshee Dhongde (Georgia Institute Of Technology, United States) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Anaïs Dangeot (Tilburg University, Netherlands and Social Policy Research Institute, Belgium) [Presentation]

3. "Relationships Between Monetary Poverty and MPI: Joint, Separate or Correlated Distributions?"

Martin Evans (Overseas Development Institute and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford, UK), Ricardo Nogales (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford, UK) and Matthew Robson (The Equity in Health Policy Research Group (EQUIPOL) and Univesity of York, UK) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Suman Seth (University of Leeds, UK) [Presentation]

4. "Does Monetary Poverty Capture All Aspects of Poverty? Results from 119 Countries"

Jed Friedman (World Bank), Francisco Ferreira (World Bank), Maria Ana Lugo (World Bank), Daniel Mahler (World Bank), Minh Cong Nguyen (World Bank) and Dhiraj Sharma (World Bank) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Sabina Alkire (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford, UK) [Presentation]

13:00-14:15: Lunch

14:15-16:15: Parallel Session 2A, 2B

Parallel Session 2A: Intra-household Poverty

Chair: Isis Gaddis (World Bank)

1. "Poverty and Gender in Latin America"

Veronica Amarante (UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)), Maira Colacce (UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)) and Federico Scalese (UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: R.Andres Castaneda (World Bank)

2."Identifying Poor Children: Understanding the Differences Between Poverty Approaches"

Anaïs Dangeot (Tilburg University, Netherlands and Social Policy Research Institute, Belgium) and Romina Safojan (Tilburg University, Netherlands and Social Policy Research Institute, Belgium) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Martin Evans (Overseas Development Institute, UK)

3."Missing Dimensions of Well-being and Respect for Individual Preferences: How Affected is Equivalent Income?"

Cesar Amores (Universidad Central del Ecuador), Yadira Díaz (Los Andes University, Colombia) and H. Xavier Jara (University of Essex, UK) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Jake Schild (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) [Presentation]

4. "Children's Resources and Poverty in Single-mother and Male-headed Households: A Collective Consumption Evidence from Ethiopia"

Getachew Belete (Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia), Martina Menon (University of Verona, Italy) and Federico Perali (University of Verona, Italy) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Julia Karpati (Tilburg University, Netherlands and Social Policy Research Institute, Belgium)

Parallel Session 2B: Data Methods for Improved Poverty Measurement

Chair: John Gibson (University of Waikato, New Zealand)

1. "Nowcasting Global Poverty"

Daniel Mahler (World Bank), David Newhouse (World Bank) and Raul Andres Castaneda Aguilar (World Bank) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Natalie Naïri Quinn (University of Oxford, UK) [Presentation]

2. "The Spatial Distribution of Poverty in Sri Lanka in 2016"

David Newhouse (World Bank), Ani Silwal (World Bank), Ryan Engstrom (George Washington University, United States), Adane Bedada (George Washington University, United States) and Dilhanie Deepawansa (Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka) [Proposal] [Presentation]

Discussant: Utz Pape (World Bank)

3."Using Satellite Data to Guide Urban Poverty Reduction"

Thomas Sohnesen (World Bank and University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Peter Fisker (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) and David Malmgreen-Hansen (Technical University of Denmark) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Shatakshee Dhongde (Georgia Institute Of Technology, United States) [Presentation]

4. "Estimating Poverty for Refugee Populations: Can Cross-survey Imputation Methods Substitute for Data Scarcity?"

Hai-Anh Dang (World Bank) and Paolo Verme (World Bank) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Christoph Lakner (World Bank)

16:15-16:30: Break

16:30- 17:30: Poster Session and Light Snack

19:00: Conference Dinner - Cosmos Club (2121 Massachusetts Ave NW) - Powell Room

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8

8:00-8:30: Light Breakfast

8:30-10:30: Parallel Session 3A, 3B

Parallel Session 3A: Broader Conceptualizations of Poverty Measures

Chair: Thesia Garner (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

1) "Conciliating Absolute and Relative Poverty: Income Poverty Measurement with Two Poverty Lines"

Benoit Decerf (University of Namur, Belgium) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Maria Grazia Pittau (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) [Presentation]

2)"Multidimensional Poverty: One Aim, Three Approaches, Quite a Few Different Results"

Julia Karpati (Tilburg University, Netherlands and Social Policy Research Institute, Belgium) and Chris De Neubourg (Tilburg University, Netherlands and Social Policy Research Institute, Belgium) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Roberto Zelli (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) [Presentation]

3) "Money is Everything, or is it? Explorations of the Stability of Welfare Inference across Money-metric, Elicited, and Bio-metric Measures of Wellbeing"

Maria Gabriela Farfan Betran (World Bank), Jed Friedman (World Bank), Giovanni Poletti (Cayetano Heredia University, Peru), Renos Vakis (World Bank) and Eliana Zeballos (U.S. Department of Agriculture) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Gordon Anderson (University of Toronto, Canada) [Presentation]

4)"Assessing Deprivation with an Ordinal Variable: Theory and Application to Sanitation Deprivation in Bangladesh"

Suman Seth (University of Leeds, UK) and Gaston Yalonetzky (University of Leeds, UK) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Chris De Neubourg (Tilburg University, Netherlands and Social Policy Research Institute, Belgium)

Parallel Session 3B: Inequality, Well-being and Global Poverty

Chair: Veronica Amarante (UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC))

1."The Role of Inequality in Poverty Measurement"

Sabina Alkire (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford, UK) and James Foster (George Washington University and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford, UK) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: John Gibson (University of Waikato, New Zealand)

2. "How Much Does Reducing Inequality Matter for Global Poverty?"

Daniel Mahler (World Bank), Christoph Lakner (World Bank), Mario Negre (German Development Institute) and Espen Prydz (World Bank) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Jeffrey Zax (University of Colorado Boulder, United States) [Presentation]

3. "The Inequality of Extreme Incomes"

Lidia Ceriani (Georgetown University, United States) and Paolo Verme (World Bank) [Abstract]

Discussant: Richard Tonkin (Office for National Statistics, UK) [Presentation]

4."Inequality Increasing Everywhere? Conflicting Evidence from an Updated Global Database of Household Surveys"

Francisco Ferreira (World Bank), Christoph Lakner (World Bank) and Ani Rudra Silwal (World Bank) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Eva Sierminska (Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research) [Presentation]

10:30-10:45: Break

10:45-12:00: Keynote Address

Chair: Marshall Reinsdorf (IARIW)

Martin Ravallion (Georgetown University, United States)

"Left Behind?" [Abstract]

12:00-13:30: Lunch

13:30-15:30: Parallel Session 4A, 4B

Parallel 4A: Issues of Poverty Data and the SNA

Chair: Martin Ravallion (Georgetown University, United States)

1. "Mind the Gap: Disparities in Assessments of Living Standards Using National Accounts and Surveys"

Espen Prydz (World Bank), Dean Jolliffe (World Bank) and Umar Serajuddin (World Bank) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Marshall Reinsdorf (IMF and IARIW) [Presentation]

2. "Informal Transfers and Informal Taxes in Developing Countries: How do They Affect Household Welfare Distributions and Fiscal Incidence?"

Martin Evans (Overseas Development Institute, UK) and Heiner Salomon (Overseas Development Institute, UK) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Jia Gao (World Bank) [Presentation]

3. "Developing Indicators of Shared Prosperity and Poverty Consistent with National Accounts"

Richard Tonkin (Office for National Statistics, UK), Sofiya Stoyanova (Office for National Statistics, UK), Aly Youssef (Office for National Statistics, UK), Sunny Sidhu (Office for National Statistics, UK) and Chris Payne (Office for National Statistics, UK) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Thesia Garner (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) [Presentation]

4. "Comprehensive Data Quality Studies as a Component of Poverty Assessments"

Mark Brooks (Leibniz University Hannover, Germany), Rattiya Lippe (Leibniz University Hannover, Germany) and Hermann Waibel (Leibniz University Hannover, Germany) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Alemayehu Ambel (World Bank) [Presentation]

Parallel Session 4B: Monitoring Poverty Over Time: Methods and Tools

Chair: Eva Sierminska (Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research)

1. "Multidimensional Poverty Reduction in India 2005/6 - 2015-16: Still a Long way to Go but the Poorest and Catching Up"

Christian Oldiges (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford, UK), Sabina Alkire (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford, UK) and Usha Kanagaratnam (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford, UK) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Karthikeya Naraparaju (Indian Institute of Management Indore) [Presentation]

2. Assessing Individual Poverty Status Using Repeated Cross-Sectional Surveys"

Maria Grazia Pittau (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy), Roberto Zelli (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) and Saida Ismailakhunova (World Bank) [Abstract][Presentation]

Discussant: Benoit Decerf (University of Namur, Belgium)

3. "Investigating Welfare Dynamics with Repeated Cross Section: A Copula Approach"

Hai-Anh Dang (World Bank) and Francois Bourguignon (Paris School of Economics, France) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Mario Negre (German Development Institute)

4. "Income Poverty has been Halved in the Developing World, Even When Accounting for Relative Poverty"

Mery Ferrando (Tilburg University, Netherlands) and Benoit Decerf (University of Namur, Belgium) [Abstract] [Presentation]

Discussant: Paul Corral (World Bank)

15:30-15:45: Break

15:45-17:00: Closing Panel: "Global Poverty Measurement: The Way Forward"

Chair: Dean Jolliffe (World Bank)

James Foster (George Washington University and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford, UK)

John Gibson (University of Waikato, New Zealand)

Carolina Sánchez-Páramo (World Bank)

Poster Session Papers

1."Poverty amongst Women: A Multidimensional Perspective - A Case Study in Rwanda"

Nesha Ramful (Social Policy Research Institute, Belgium and Tilburg University, Netherlands) and Chris De Neubourg (Social Policy Research Institute, Belgium and Tilburg University, Netherlands) [Abstract] [Poster]

2. "Understanding Child Deprivation in Indonesia: The Multiple Overlapping Deprivation Analysis (MODA) Approach"

Ayesha Tantriana (Statistics Indonesia) and Sri Hartini Rachmad (Statistics Indonesia) [Proposal] [Poster]

3. "Sensitivity Analyses in Poverty Measurement: The Case of the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index "

Nicolai Suppa (University of Barcelona, Spain), Sabina Alkire (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford, UK), Usha Kanagaratnam (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford, UK) and Ricardo Nogales (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford, UK) [Abstract] [Poster]

4. "Choice in Defining and Estimating Poverty Thresholds: Focus on the U.S. Supplemental Poverty Measure"

Thesia Garner (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) [Abstract]

5. "Equality of Opportunity in Food Security and Basic Household Incomes on Sub Saharan Africa Agricultural Irrigation Schemes"

Gordon Anderson (University of Toronto, Canada), Henning Bjornlund (University of South Australia) and Ana Monero (University of Western Australia) [Abstract]

6."Spatial Price Adjustment for Poverty and Inequality Measurement: A Case Study of Ghana"

Shohei Nakamura (World Bank), Nobuo Yoshida (World Bank), Rose Mungai (World Bank), Ayago Wambile (World Bank), Xiaomeng Chen (World Bank) and Thomas Pearson (Boston University, United States) [Abstract] [Poster]

7. "The First Revision of the Global MPI: Empirical Insights and Robustnes"

Ricardo Nogales (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford, UK), Sabina Alkire (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford, UK), Usha Kanagaratnam (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford, UK) and Nicolai Suppa (University of Barcelona, Spain) [Abstract] [Poster]

8. "Analysis of Poverty in Village Level of Indonesia with Small Area Estimation: Case in Bangkalan District"

Qonnita Makrufa (Statistics Indonesia) and Ayesha Tantriana (Statistics Indonesia) [Proposal] [Poster]

9. "Poverty Reduction in Rural India during 2004-05 to 2011-12: Role of Growth, Redistribution, and Population-Shifts"

S. Chandrasekhar (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India) and Karthikeya Naraparaju (Indian Institute of Management Indore) [Abstract] [Poster]

10. "Estimating Poverty in India without Expenditure Data: A Survey-to-Survey Imputation Approach"

David Newhouse (World Bank) and Pallavi Vyas (Ahmedabad University, India) [Abstract] [Poster]

11. "Measuring the Middle Class in Kazakhstan: A Subjective Approach"

Roberto Zelli (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) and Maria Grazia Pittau (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)[Abstract] [Poster]

12. "Subjective Wealth, Life Satisfaction and Adaptation to Poverty and Vulnerability: Evidence from Long-run Russian Panel Data"

Kseniya Abanokova (Higher School of Economics National Research University, Russia), Hai-Anh Dang (World Bank) and Michael M. Lokshin (World Bank) [Poster]

13. "Monitoring Progress in Multi-dimensional Poverty Reduction: A Person-focused and Inequality-sensitive Approach with Evidence from Nicaragua"

Jose Luis Espinoza-Delgado (University of Göttingen, Germany) [Abstract] [Poster]

14. "Small Area Estimation of Poverty under Structural Change"

Simon Lange (World Bank), Utz Pape (World Bank) and Peter Pütz (University of Göttingen, Germany) [Abstract]

15. "Improving Accurate Reporting of Food Consumption for Displaced Populations"

Utz Pape (World Bank) [Abstract]

16. "Machine Learning for Monitoring Twin Goals: Pitfalls and Possible Solutions"

Kazusa Yoshimura (World Bank) and Nobuo Yoshida (World Bank)

17. "Reducing Relative Poverty: The Role of Redistribution"

Mario Negre (German Development Institute) and Espen Prydz (World Bank) [Abstract] [Poster]