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Training seminar on understanding poverty in the SADC region

Southern African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN)

Venue: Kievits Kroon Country Estate, Pretoria
21-23 August 2006

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Programme

Time Topic Lecturer
Monday: 21 August 2006
Module 1
08:30 - 08:45 Aims of the course and brief on SARPN Sue Mbaya, Director SARPN
08:45 - 09:00 Self introductions  
09:00 - 10:00 The importance of poverty Dr. Basil Jones1
10:00 - 10:30 Tea
10:30 - 12:30 Definitions of poverty, Causes of Poverty Dr. Basil Jones
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:30 Identification of the poor Dr. Basil Jones
Module 2
14:30 - 16:30 Concepts of Well-being and Poverty and why we should measure it Prof. Bornwell Chikuulu
16:30 - 16:45 Tea
Tuesday: 22 August 2006
08:30 - 09:30 Poverty Indicators Prof. Bornwell Chikulu
09:30 - 10:30 Poverty Lines and Data requirements Prof. Bornwell Chikulu
10:30 - 11:00 Tea
11:00 - 12:30 Poverty Measures and indices Prof. Bornwell Chikulu
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
Module 3
13:30 - 15:00 Explanation and discussion of the popular assessment procedures Mr. Sam Chimbuya
15:00 - 16:30 Country experiences with poverty reduction policies Mr. Sam Chimbuya
16:30 - 16:45 Tea
Wednesday: 23 August 2006
Module 4
09:30 - 10:15 Poverty reduction strategies Prof. Julian May
10:15 - 11:15
  • How do government policies and other interventions affect the lives of the poor?
  • Who are the main players in the poverty eradication efforts and how are they interlinked?
Prof. Julian May
11:15 - 11:30 Concluding remarks on what can be done to reduce poverty Prof. Julian May
11:30 Tea


Footnotes:
  1. Basil Jones is Senior Program Specialist with Globalization Growth and Poverty (GGP) program initiative of IDRC based at the Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa in Nairobi. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Hull, UK. He has research interests in the areas of trade and regional integration and poverty dynamics.




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