About the course
Micro-simulation modelling provides a valuable
tool for planning and designing a range of social
and economic policies, including social
protection. Rooted in representative household
surveys of a country’s population,
micro-simulation models document the picture of
poverty and vulnerability throughout a country,
enabling researchers to investigate the impact of
existing social policy interventions and allowing
them to simulate the impact of new policy
initiatives.
The Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI), in
partnership with the African Institute for Health
and Development (AIHD), is offering a two-day
course that aims to give participants an in-depth
conceptual and practical understanding of how to
use micro-simulation models as a bridge between
evidence and more effective policymaking and
programme design. The course will be held in
Mombasa, Kenya over two days, from 30 November to
1 December 2010. The course will be offered as an
elective module to delegates attending a two-week course offered by EPRI and
African Institute for Health and Development
(AIHD), but we are pleased also to be able to
offer participation as a two day stand-alone
event to other participants.
What the course will cover
• the theory and design of micro-simulation
models for ex ante policy analysis
• measuring poverty, inequality and the
impacts of social protection programmes
• the construction and operation of
micro-simulation models
• quantifying the cost and economic
efficiency of social protection programmes
• basic methods of ageing and growing
micro-simulation model databases
• the modelling of specific social
protection instruments, interventions and policy
reforms
• reporting, policy analysis and
communications with micro-simulation models
• extensions and linkages with other types
of economic models
About
EPRI
The Economic
Policy Research Institute is a South
African-based non-governmental organisation with
extensive experience in social protection
research, policy advisory work and
capacity-building. EPRI has designed and taught
tailor-made courses and programmes to meet the
specific needs of national parliaments,
government departments and civil society
organisations.
About
AIHD
The African Institute for Health and Development
is a Kenyan-based non-governmental organisation
whose aim is to build the capacity of communities
for better health and lives. AIHD has been
involved in poverty and health-related research
since 2004. It has a major interest in capacity
building for evidence-based programming in the
region. AIHD has a working partnership with the
University of Nairobi, Institute for
Anthropology, Gender and African Studies.
About DFID
The Department for International Development
(DFID) leads the UK government's fight against
world poverty. Since its creation in 1997, DFID
has helped more than 250 million people lift
themselves from poverty and helped 40 million
more children to go to primary school. But there
is still much to do to help make a fair, safe and
sustainable world for all.
Through its network of offices throughout the
world, DFID works with governments of developing
countries, charities, non-governmental
organisations, businesses and international
organisations, like the United Nations, European
Commission and the World Bank, to eliminate
global poverty and its causes. DFID also responds
to overseas emergencies.
DFID's work forms part of a global promise, the
eight UN 'Millennium Development Goals', for
tackling elements of global poverty by 2015.
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Who is it for?
The course is designed for government
policymakers and social protection programme
officials, representatives from bilateral and
multilateral development partners, programme
practitioners and staff members from
non-governmental organisations. It will be
particularly useful for professionals involved in
the planning and design of social protection
programmes (or other social and economic
policies) who require empirical evidence
quantifying the cost, social impact and economic
efficiency (value-for-money) of these
initiatives.
How participants
will benefit
Successful participants will gain an in-depth
conceptual and practical understanding of how to
use micro-simulation models to analyse existing
social protection policies and estimate the
impacts of proposed initiatives. Participants
will be able to build and operate a national
model that simulates social protection
interventions at the individual and household
(“micro”) level. This model will
quantify the cost, impact and efficiency of
alternative policy proposals. The participant
will learn how to use micro-simulation models, as
well as how to understand the growing body of
evidence that micro-simulation models around the
world are producing. This course will equip
participants with the skills necessary to engage
effectively with data and methodologies, and to
provide credible and accessible information to
policymakers.
Use
micro-simulation models
to accurately profile and quantify
poverty and vulnerability, evaluate
existing social policy interventions,
simulate the impact of new interventions
and quantify their value-for-money.
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Tuition and other costs
The cost for this two-day course is £520 (GBP),
which includes tuition, materials and the
comprehensive facilities fee. Packages including
accommodation, meals and airport transfers in
Mombasa are also available.
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