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ESDS International Annual Conference 2005
Conference theme: The use of international data in research
and teaching
Date: Tuesday 8 November 2005
Venue: 12 Errol
Street, Royal Statistical Society, London, EC1Y 8LX
This one-day conference presents research being carried out using international
data and provides an opportunity for data users and providers to meet and
share their ideas on issues relating to international data research. It will
appeal to data librarians, producers of international data resources and members
of the academic community using international databanks in their research
and/or teaching.
Provisional programme:
10:00 - 10:20
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Registration and coffee
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10:20 – 10:30
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Welcome and introduction to the day
[slides]
Keith Cole, Director of ESDS International
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| International Data Research
- morning session
Chair: Keith Cole
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10:30 - 11:00
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International Data Needs [abstract]
[slides]
Tanvi Desai, London School of Economic Research Laboratory
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11:00 - 11:30
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Monitoring the Millennium Development Goals: measuring poor social
conditions through household surveys [abstract]
[slides]
Roy Car-Hill, University of York and the Institute of Learning,
London
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11:30 – 11:45
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Coffee/tea
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11:45 - 12:15
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Developing a panel database 1970-2003 for global energy-environment
economy modelling of climate change mitigation [abstract]
[slides]
Terry Barker, University of Cambridge
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12:15 - 12.35
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Optimal Currency Areas: Theory, Evidence and Implications for an
African Single Currency [abstract]
[slides]
[paper]
Paul Adams, MSc Development Economics, University of Manchester
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12:35 - 13:30
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Lunch and Poster session
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International Data Research -
afternoon session
Chair: Celia Russell, ESDS International
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13:30 - 14:00
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Does more international trade result in highly correlated business
cycles? [abstract]
[slides]
[paper]
Tao Xing, University of Bath
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14:00 - 14:30
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Shocks from the System: Remodeling Exchange Rate Regime Choice in
Latin America and the Caribbean 1960-1995 [abstract]
[slides]
Nicole Baerg, MA Student, Department of Political Science, McGill
University, Canada
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14:30-14:45
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Coffee/tea
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International Data Providers
session
Chair: Keith Cole
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14:45 - 15:15
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From raw data to rich data [abstract]
[slides]
Eileen Capponi, OECD
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15:15 - 15:45
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You get what you pay for? Why free access may put limits on dissemination.
[abstract]
[slides]
Toby Green, Head of Publications, OECD
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15:45-16:15
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Relevance and Applicability of the UNIDO Industrial Statistics Database
for Research Purposes [abstract]
[slides]
Tetsuo Yamada, Chief Statistician, UNIDO
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16:15-16:30
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Discussion with data providers
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If you have any questions about the conference or the service, please contact
the ESDS
International Team.
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