Determinants of Multidimensional Poverty Levels and Trends

 Tuesday 6th December 2016

An introduction to OPHI presented by Sabina Alkire 

10:30-11:00 Econometric Analyses of Multidimensional Poverty by Nicolai Suppa / Discussant: William Greene 

11:20-12:10 Ethnic Diversity and Multidimensional Poverty by Christian Oldiges and Bilal Malaeb / Discussant: Andrew Gelman   

13:10-14:00 Good governance and global multidimensional poverty - A comparative analysis of 72 countries on the role of government effectiveness in multidimensional poverty by Christoph Jindra and Ana Vaz / Discussant: Chris Whelan 

14:00-14:50 Measurement and determinants of child multidimensional poverty in Senegal by Bouba Housseini and Idrissa Ouili / Discussant: Natalie Quinn 

15:20-16:10 Evaluation of the Impact of Kenya’s Hunger Safety Net Programme on Multidimensional Poverty by Sophie Song, Katsushi S. Imai and Subhasish Dey / Discussant: Doug Gollin 

Wednesday 7th December 2016, Determinants of Multidimensional Poverty Levels and Trends 

09:10-10:00 Economic Shocks and Multidimensional Poverty. Evidence from Subsaharan Africa by Nicolai Suppa 

10:30-11:20 Implementing the capability approach with respect for individual valuations: an illustration with Colombian data by Koen Decancq, Erik Schokkaert and Blanca Zuluga / Discussant: Sabina Alkire 

11:20-12:10 Revisiting the Impact of Aid on the Growth-Poverty Puzzle by Juliana Milovich / Discussant: Suman Seth   

13:10-14:00 Growth and Poverty Revisited from a Multidimensional Perspective by Maria Emma Santos, Carlos Dabus and Fernando Delbianco / Discussant: Stefan Klonner 

14:00-14:50 Economic Growth, Inequality and Multidimensional Poverty: Evidence from a Panel of countries by Bouba Housseini and Sabina Alkire / Discussant: Katsushi Imai 

15:20-17:00 Roundtable discussion