Arkistoitu ilmoitus
TI 20.5.2008 13.15 - 15.00
Poverty Estimation
Tilastotieteen professori Stephen Haslettin (Massey University, New Zealand) seminaari matematiikan ja tilastotieteen laitoksella, Pinni A3107.
Pinni A 3107
Professori Haslett vierailee matematiikan ja tilastotieteen laitoksella 3.5. - 18.7.
Esityksen abstrakti
The World Food Programme provides food aid to developing countries in crisis, but how do they target that aid? This seminar takes a general look at poverty definitions and measurement and the aid allocation problem when there are chronic food shortages, with examples and photographs from Bangladesh, the Philippines, Nepal and Cambodia. The more sophisticated allocation methods use mixed linear and generalised linear models. These will be mentioned briefly in the context of a series of studies carried out by Massey University for the World food Programme and the World Bank. However the main focus will be on the complications of poverty estimation in practice. You will also have the chance to assess for yourself how variables such as roof type and wall type of houses can be well-defined.
Lisätietoja: lehtori Simo Puntanen, etunimi.sukunimi@uta.fi
