This one-day conference included presentations by representatives from
inter-governmental organisations and academics presenting research carried
out using international data. It provided an opportunity for researchers
and data providers to meet and share their ideas on issues relating to international
data research.
10.00 - 10:30
|
Registration |
Keynote and Data Providers Session
I
Chair: Keith Cole, ESDS International |
10.30 - 10:50
|
Keynote speech: Siobhan Carey, Chief Statistician, Department
for International Development (DFID) |
| 10.50 - 11.10 |
OECD uses storytelling to reach new audiences for data [abstract] [slides]
Eileen Capponi, Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) |
| 11.10 - 11.30 |
The IMF's Transition to Data Communication [slides]
Cathy Wright, International
Monetary Fund |
| 11.30 - 11.45 |
Coffee/tea break |
Data Providers Session II
Chair: Andre Noor, School of Oriental and African Studies |
| 11.45 - 12.05 |
Key Indicators of the Labour Market 5th edition - productivity, vulnerable
employment and working poor [slides]
Lawrence Jeffrey Johnson, International Labour Organisation,
Geneva, Switzerland |
| 12.05- 12.30 |
The IEA and the growing need for more energy statistics [slides]
Jean-Yves Garnier and Sharon Burghgraeve, Energy Statistics Division,
International Energy Agency |
12:30–13.00
|
Data Provider Panel Discussion - bring your questions
for the IMF, International Labour Organisation, International Energy Agency and OECD! |
| 13.00 - 14.00 |
Lunch and Poster session [abstracts]
|
International Data Academic
Research
Chair: Luis Martinez Uribe, London School of Economics
|
| 14:00 - 14:20 |
Alternative hypothesis of cross-country convergence.
A non-parametric analysis of manufacturing sectors
[abstract]
[slides] [paper]
Silvia Dal Bianco, University of Oxford and University of Pavia |
14:20 - 14.40
|
Effect of external debt on economic growth in middle-income
countries [abstract]
[slides]
Marianna Koli, University of Manchester |
14:40 - 14.50
|
Is inflation a fiscal phenomenon in Pakistan? [abstract]
[slides] [paper]
Hamna Ahmad, University of Warwick |
14.50 - 15.00
|
How do different exchange rate regimes affect
foreign direct investment flows? [abstract]
[slides]
Prof Glauco De Vita, Oxford Brookes University and Dr Andrew
Abbott, University of Bath |
15.00 - 15.15
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Coffee/tea break
|
ESDS International demonstrations
Chair: Prof Kevin Schürer, Director of ESDS and the UK Data Archive
|
| 15.15 - 15.40 |
Accessing Data via Beyond 20/20 and CommonGIS, and using
the Linking Macro and Micro Data e-Learning Materials [abstract]
[slides]
Susan Noble and Celia Russell, ESDS International |
| 15.40 - 16.00 |
Accessing the International Survey Datasets [slides]
Jack Kneeshaw, ESDS International |
16.00
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Wrap up and close, Kevin Schürer
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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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