This one-day conference presented research being carried out using international
data and provided an opportunity for researchers and data providers to meet
and share their ideas on issues relating to international data research.
9.30 - 10:00
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Registration and coffee
Keith Cole, ESDS International [slides] [mp3: 8.2MB]
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International Data Research - morning
session I
Chair: Prof Peter Elias, University of Warwick
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| 10.00 - 10.25 |
Using ESDS International Data in Energy and Environment Models [abstract] [slides] [mp3: 20.5MB]
Mark Barrett, University College London
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| 10.25 - 10.50 |
Why are there Serial Defaulters? Evidence from Constitutions [Cancelled]
Dr Emanuel Kohlscheen, University of Warwick |
| 10.50- 11.15 |
A Cointegration Analysis of EMU Convergence of the CEEC5 EU Accession
Countries [abstract] [slides]
Andrey Damianov Oxford Brookes University |
11:15 – 11.30
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Coffee / tea and start of poster session
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| International Data Research
- morning session II
Chair: Stuart Macdonald, EDINA National Data Centre, University of Edinburgh
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| 11:30 - 11.55 |
The Effects of the Increase in Population Density on the Provision
of Infrastructure
in Post-Independence Sub-Saharan Africa [Unable to attend]
Florian Ramseger London
School of Economics
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11.55 - 12.20 |
Do Host Country Factors Affect the Contribution of FDI to Economic
Growth? [abstract]
[slides][mp3: 18.9MB]
Edna Solomon, University of Essex
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| 12.20 - 12.45 |
The Determinants of US Foreign Direct Investment Outflows: A Static and Dynamic Panel Data Approach [abstract] [slides] [mp3: 19.9MB]
Milton Hugo Salas Martinez,
University of Essex |
12:45 - 14.00
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Lunch
and Poster session
[abstract]
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International Data Providers
Session I
Chair: Prof Denise Lievesley, chief executive, NHS Information Centre
and former Director of Statistics, UNESCO
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14:00 - 14:30
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Moving into the 21st Century: The IMF's Transition to a New Environment
for the Web Dissemination of its Statistical Databases [abstract] [slides] [mp3: 22.8MB]
Cathy Wright,
International Monetary Fund
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14:30 - 15.00
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Global and Regional Labour Market Information & Employment Trends
and Issues [abstract]
[slides] [mp3: 19.9MB]
Lawrence Jeffrey Johnson, International Labour Organisation,
Geneva, Switzerland
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15.00-15.15
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Coffee/tea
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International Data Providers
Session II
Chair: Keith Cole: Director of ESDS International
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15.15 - 15.45
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The story behind the numbers: what makes World Bank databases the standard
for development data [abstract]
[slides] [mp3: 22.4MB] Valentina Kalk, The World Bank
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| 15.45 -16.15 |
Data providers panel discussion - bring your questions for the IMF, International Labour Organisation and World Bank! [mp3: 27.3MB] |
16.15-16:30
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Wrap up and close, Keith Cole
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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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