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V Meeting of the Network on Inequality and Poverty (NIP)
Madrid, Spain, October 10, 2002

The fifth meeting of the LACEA/IDB/WB Network on Inequality and Poverty (NIP) will be held in Madrid, at the Banco de España, on October 10, 2002, back to back with the LACEA Seventh Annual Meeting also to be held in Madrid, October 11-13, 2002.

The NIP is an initiative that aims to advance the state of knowledge and expertise regarding the causes and consequences of poverty, inequality, and social exclusion, as well as the whole range of policies, institutions, and social structures that influence their dynamics, as well as the impact of public action.

Contributions are invited on the macroeconomic, microeconomic and institutional aspects of poverty and inequality, particularly related to Latin America and the Caribbean. Suggested topics include but are not limited to:

  • Infrastructure and its impact over inequality (or equality) of income and opportunities
  • Economic reforms and their impact on inequality and poverty
  • Institutional arrangements for fighting poverty and inequality (decentralization, delivering services to the poor, etc)
  • Indigenous populations and equality of opportunities
  • Privatization and its impact on welfare
  • Social exclusion related to gender
  • Implications of the Millenium Development Goals

The meeting program will include a keynote address, and eight or nine papers selected on the basis of academic merit, each with a formal discussant.  Submitted papers will be reviewed by a program committee, which includes François Bourguignon, Francisco Ferreira, Nora Lustig, Juan Pablo Nicolini, and members of the Executive Committee of the Network. Abstracts should be sent by July 1st, 2002, final papers should be sent by July 15, 2002.  Authors chosen to present papers will be notified through email on August 16, 2002. Strict compliance with these deadlines is required.

Abstracts, papers (Word and PDF files) and any inquiries concerning the meeting should be sent by e-mail to:

Jaime Saavedra
nip_conference@grade.org.pe
Grupo de Analisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE)
Lima, Peru

The NIP may partially finance travel expenses of those participants who are not able to obtain complete financial support from their institutions.

Accepted papers will be downloadable from the conference web site http://www.grade.org.pe/eventos/nip_conference
and from the NIP website http://www.nipnetwork.org/index.html.

The Global Development Network (GDN) sponsors this meeting.