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The workshop will help to institutionalize child sensitive national development through evidenced based policy processes.
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The most commonly used method to measure poverty is based on per capita income, spending or consumption levels. This means that persons are considered poor if their consumption, expenditure or income levels fall below a minimum level deemed necessary to meet their basic needs. Such measures offer a broad understanding of populations living in poverty, and can be part of building evidence about children living in poverty, however they provide a limited picture of child poverty and disparities which are better measured based on the actual deprivations children may face. For example, deprivations a child faces in one household or family may not be the same as those faced by a child in another family with the same income and consumption level; in addition, a child could face deprivations while other household members (including other children) are not affected.
Measurement of multidimensional poverty, and especially of child poverty, is not only a moral obligation but also has an economic rationale when human capital development is dependent on the wellbeing of children and adolescents. Indeed, child poverty is not only a measure of what is happening to society’s most vulnerable members, but also one of the most important indicators of a nation’s future socio-economic well-being.
Child poverty and disparity analysis will inform the development of inclusive policies concerned not only with child safety and security, but also with health, education, living conditions and social protection. Policies which address multidimensional poverty and its impact on children will also contribute to implementing Agenda 2030.
Against this backdrop, the objectives of the workshop will be:
- Support the Government in defining a multidimensional child poverty measure (and/or one for the overall population) in accordance with the global definition of SDG indicators
- Build capacity of the Government in the measurement and analysis of multidimensional poverty
- Support the Government in generating disaggregated data and evidence on the well-being of children, specifically multi-dimensional poverty and disparities.
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Day 1 |
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8:00-8:30 |
Registration
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8:30-8:45 |
Welcome and Opening Remarks
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Mr. Iwan Sno Mr. Paolo Marchi Mr. Joaquin Gonzales-Aleman Guillermo Sunkel |
8:45-9:00 |
Introduction
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Guillermo Sunkel Participants |
9:00-10:15 |
Background
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Guillermo Sunkel
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10:15-10:30 |
Tea or coffee break |
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10:30-12:00 |
Monetary method
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Francis Jones |
12:00-13:00 |
Lunch Break |
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13:00-14:00
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Guillermo Sunkel |
14:00-14:50
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Francis Jones – Ernesto Espíndola |
14:50-15:00 |
Conclusion Day 1
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Mr. Joaquin Gonzales-Aleman |
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Day 2 |
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8:00-9:00 |
Overview of stages / steps for creating an index of multiple deprivations: selection of information sources (and differences between them), dimensions and variables (and complex / simple indicators), and defining the levels of deprivation. Weighting of dimensions and/or indicators |
Ernesto Espíndola |
9:00-10:15 |
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Guillermo Sunkel - Ernesto Espíndola |
10:15-10:30 |
Tea of coffee break |
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10:30-12:00
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Ernesto Espíndola |
12:00-13:00 |
Lunch Break |
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13:00-14:50
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Guillermo Sunkel |
14:50-15:00 |
Conclusion day 2 |
Xxx (Unicef) |