Personalized training, provided by world leading experts, in the most updated concepts and methodologies of development economics

A new edition of PEP Schools in "Modelling the Impacts of Macroeconomic Policies and Shocks" will be held in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 2012. The School is organized in collaboration with el Centro de Investigaciones Económicas (CINVE).

This particular course will train participants in constructing CGE models of their national economy, and conducting simulations in order to forecast the impact of macroeconomic shocks-policies on an economy's multiple agents, sectors and the various dimensions of poverty and welfare within the country.

PEP activities in terms of training and innovations in the field of economic modelling stand out among the Network's most widely acknowledged contributions to the advancement of policy analysis in development economics. PEP resource persons are internationally known for developing a series of Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) reference models that allow more country-specific and extensive applications, especially in the context of developing country economies.

Participants will learn how to:

• Build and use computable general equilibrium (CGE) models, from simple to more complex representations of national economies. Basic command of related techniques and tools will also be acquired (e.g. SAMs, GAMS software)
• Conduct simulations of the occurrence of macroeconomic policies and/or shocks in the economy
• Interpret the results, i.e. forecasted impacts and outcomes on the economy's different sectors and agents

Delivery mode

PEP School training follows two complementary criteria: preliminary distance training and on-site training workshops.

Distance training: February 13 - April 20, 2012

Readings and exercises are provided to participants as an introduction. Participants can rely on technical support whenever needed.

Training workshop: April 23 - May 4, 2012

The training workshop will bring together participants and resource persons at CINVE´s location, in Montevideo Uruguay, for a period of 10 days training. Lectures, hands-on exercises and group assignments are important components of the delivery mode.

For further information regarding course contents, application requirements, accommodation and transportation please visit:

http://www.pep-net.org/events/pep-schools/modelling-the-impacts-of-macroeconomic-policies-and-shocks/uruguay-pep-school/ 

You can also contact PEP at pep@ecn.ulaval.ca or CINVE at educacion@cinve.org.uy