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Montevideo,
Uruguay
October 17th, 2001
Radisson Victoria Plaza Hotel
Agenda
| 8:45 –
8:55 |
Welcome
and Introduction: |
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 Nora
Lustig (Universidad de las Américas-Puebla, formerly at Inter-American
Development Bank)
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Michael Walton (World Bank) |
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| 9:00 -
10:00 |
Keynote
presentation: |
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Martin Ravallion (World Bank) |
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"Assessing the Impact of Anti-Poverty
Programs" Lessons from the Evaluations of Argentina's Trabajar
Program" |
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| Session
1 |
Measuring
Racial Exclusion |
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| 10:00 -
10:45 |
Keynote
presentation: |
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David Lam
(University of Michigan at Ann-Harbor), "Measuring the impact
of race on human capital and earnings in Brazil, South Africa, and
the United States" |
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| 10:45 -
11:30 |
Omar Arias
(IDB), "
Education, Family Background and Racial Earnings
Inequality in Brazil" |
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Discussant:
Francisco Ferreira (PUC-Rio) |
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| 11:30 -
11:45 |
Coffee
Break |
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| 11:45 -
12:30 |
George
Gray-Molina (Universidad Catolica Boliviana), "Social
Exclusion: A Study of Residential Segregation in Bolivian Cities" |
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Discussant:
Alejandro Gaviria (Fedesarrollo) |
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| 12:30 -
13:15 |
Jaime
Saavedra and Máximo Torero (GRADE), " Social Exclusion:
Ethnicity and Income: A Quantitative Approach for Peru" |
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Discussant:
Dante Contreras (Universidad de Chile) |
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| 13:30 -
15:00 |
Lunch:
Room Picasso |
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| Session
2 |
The
Impacts of Privatization on Income Distribution |
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| 15:00 -
15:30 |
Dilip
Mookherjee (Boston University) and David Mckenzie (Yale University),
"Methodological Issues and Data Constraints" |
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| Case
Studies |
Employment
Effects and Discussion on Fiscal Effects in: |
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| 15:45 -
16:15 |
Mexico |
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Luiz F.
Lopez-Calva (Colegio de México) |
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Discussant:
Máximo Torero (GRADE) |
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| 16:15 -
16:45 |
Bolivia |
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Miguel
Urquiola (Cornell University) |
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Discussant:
Máximo Torero (GRADE) |
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| 16:45 -
17:00 |
Coffee
Break |
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| 17:00 -
17:30 |
Nicaragua |
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Samuel
Freije (Cornell University) |
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Discussant:
André Portela (Vanderbilt University) |
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| 17:30 -
18:00 |
Argentina |
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Santiago
Pinto (Syracuse University) |
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Discussant:
André Portela (Vanderbilt University) |
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