International Debt Observatory 3^rd residential TRAINING COURSE

Organised by CADTM (Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt)

“Crisis, Statistics and Poverty”

From Monday 8 December (10 am) to Tuesday 9 December (5.30 pm) 2008
Liege, Belgium

Monday: Theory and Reality on poverty
General introduction
Definitions and measurements of poverty and inequality
Towards alternative indicators of poverty
Case analyses: Benin, Morocco, DRC, Guinea-Conakry

Tuesday: Theory and Practice on the debt
Repercussions of the international crisis on the public debt of countries of the South
How to interpret and use World Bank charts on the debt
Use of the GDF ( Global Development Finance) CD-ROM
NB : If possible bring a laptop computer

Lecturers: Eric Berr (economist, senior lecturer at the University of Bordeaux 1V, CADTM France), Olivier Bonfond (economist, CADTM Belgium), Stéphanie Jacquemont (LEA, CADTM Belgium), Emilie Tamadaho (CADD Benin), Mimoun Rahmani (ATTAC/CADTM Morocco), Victor Nzuzi ( NAD/CADTM DRC), Claude Quemar (president of CADTM France), Eric Toussaint (politologist, CADTM Belgium) and Daniel Munevar (economist, Colombia)

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Intro OID

Eric Berr - Définitions et mesures de la pauvreté et des inégalités 1 Eric Berr - 2

Eric Berr - 3 Eric Berr - 5

Eric Berr - 4 Eric Berr - 6

Présentation Eric Berr Questions à Eric Berr

Olivier Bonfond - Vers des indicateurs alternatifs de pauvreté ? 1 Olivier Bonfond - 2

Olivier Bonfond - 3 Questions à Olivier Bonfond

Présentation d’Olivier Bonfond

Analyse de cas : Bénin

Analyse de cas : Maroc Document Maroc

Analyse de cas : RDC

Document Guinée Analyse de cas : Guinée

Questions aux pays

Measuring Inequality Measuring Inequality Measuring Inequality

Eric Toussaint - Crises