Oxford
29 May-1 June 2007
Materials of OPHI Launch events
OPHI Updates: A two page overview of the Launch events
29-30 May: Missing Dimensions of Poverty Data
One page overview of the workshop May 29 – 30, 2007
Briefing explaining each of the five topics in our proposals
Document with the shortlists from all five papers
Tuesday 29 May, Introduction and Overview
Presentation: Sabina Alkire, A.B. Atkinson, Barbara Harriss-White
Materials: PDF of Sabina Alkire’s Presentation
Tuesday 29 May, Session I: Missing Dimensions of Human Development
Chair: Sabina Alkire
Frances Stewart “Beyond the HDI”
Giovanni Razzu “Freedom and Fairness: The Equalities Review”
Sören Gigler “Measures of Well-Being: a case study from Bolivia”
Materials: PDF of presentation by Sören Gigler, PDF of presentation by Giovanni Razzu
Tuesday 29 May, Session II: Physical Safety
Chair: Rosemary Thorp
Paper Author: Rachael Diprose
Presentation: Alex Butchart
Discussant: Kasirim Nwuke
Materials: Shortlist, Full Paper, PDF of presentation by Alex Butchart
Tuesday 29 May, Session III: Empowerment and Agency
Chair: Minquan Liu
Paper Author: Solava Ibrahim
Presentation: Deepa Narayan
Discussant: David Hulme
Materials: Shortlist, Full Paper, PDF of presentation by Solava Ibrahim and Deepa Narayan
Tuesday 29 May, Session IV: Psychological and Subjective Wellbeing
Chair: Paper Author: Emma Samman
Presentation: Laura Camfield
Discussant: Geeta Kingdon, Tania Burchardt
Materials: Shortlist, Full Paper, PDF of presentation by Laura Camfield
Wednesday 30 May, Session V: Employment
Chair: Barbara Harriss-White
Paper Author: Maria Ana Lugo
Presentation: Grace Bediako
Discussants: N.S. Sastry, Sylvester Young
Materials: shortlist, Full Paper, PDF of PowerPoint Grace Bediako, PDF of PowerPoint Sylvester Young
Wednesday 30 May, Session VI: The Ability to go about without Shame
Chair: Michael Walton
Paper Author: Diego Zavaleta
Presentation: Jaqui Goldin
Discussants: Kim Samuel Johnson, Luis Quiroga
Materials: shortlist, Full Paper, PDF of PowerPoint I Jaqui Goldin, PDF of PowerPoint II Jaqui Goldin, PDF of PowerPoint Luis Quiroga
Wednesday 30 May, Public Seminar
Chair: Sudhir Anand
Presentation: Sabina Alkire, Solava Ibrahim, Rachael Diprose, Emma Samman, Diego Zavaleta, Maria Ana Lugo
Discussants: François Bourguignon, Stephan Klasen, Francesca Perucci
Materials: watch video, PDF of OPHI Presentation PowerPoint
Wednesday 30 May, Public Lecture: What Theory of Justice
Chair: Vice Chancellor
Presentation: Amartya Sen
Discussant: Barbara Harriss-White
Materials: watch video
One page overview of the workshop May 31 – June 1, 2007
Thursday 31 May, Session I: What Space for New Economic Approaches?
Chair: Ian Goldin
Participants: Michael Spence, Amartya Sen
Materials: watch video
Thursday 31 May, Session II: Directions for Research in Multidimensional Welfare Economics
Chair: Frances Stewart
Presentation I: Tony (A.B.) Atkinson
Presentation II: François Bourguignon
Materials: watch video
Thursday 31 May, Session III: Multidimensional Poverty: A Measure
Chair: Michael Spence
Paper: James Foster
Technical notes: Maria Ana Lugo “Multidimensional Poverty”
Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti “Fuzzy Set theory Union and Intersection”
Materials: PDF of PowerPoint James Foster, PDF of PowerPoint Maria Ana Lugo, PDF of PowerPoint Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti
Thursday 31 May, Session IV: Towards a Theory of Capability Comparison
Chair: Sabina Alkire
Paper: Prasanta Pattanaik
Technical notes: Achin Chakraborty, Reiko Gotoh
Materials: Paper of Reiko Gotoh, PDF of PowerPoint Achin Chakraborty
Friday 1 June, Session V: Aggregation Methods
Chair:
Presentations: Jose Manuel Roche “factor analysis”, Proochista Ariana “survey-based weights”, John Bosco Ki “dominance approaches”
Materials: Paper of Jose Manuel Roche, PDF of PowerPoint Jose Manuel Roche, PDF of PowerPoint Proochista Ariana
Friday 1 June, Session VI: Preferences
Chair: Ian Goldin
Presentations: Nuno Martins “neuro economics”, David Huffman and Uwe Sunde “experimental economics”, Sebastian Silva Leander “adaptive preferences”
Materials: Paper of Nuno Martins, PDF of PowerPoint David Huffman and Uwe Sunde, PDF of PowerPoint Sebastian Silva Leander
Friday 1 June, Session VII: Research Agenda and Process
Chair: Randy Spence
Speakers: James Foster, Prasanta Pattanaik and others.
Materials: