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Programme for the Workshop on
"Evaluation and Modelling of Rural Development Policies: Theory and Application"

Kiel 13 – 14 July 2009
Kiel Institute for the World Economy
German National Library of Economics
24105 Kiel
Monday 13 July
9:30-10:00 Registration & welcome, coffee
10:00-10:45 Christian Henning, University of Kiel
Methodological options and challenges of the evaluation and modelling of rural development policies: An Introduction to the EU-project "Advanced-Eval"
10:45-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-13:00

Session 1: Quantitative approaches of policy evaluation

Chair: Chrstian Henning, University of Kiel
  • B. Essama-Nssah, The World Bank:
    "The Logic of Social Impact Analysis: Application to Policy Evaluation"
  • Jerzy Michalek, University of Kiel:
    "Application of the Rural Development Index to evaluation of the impact of SAPARD programme in Poland and Slovakia"
  • General Discussion
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00
  • Awudu Abdulai, University of Kiel:
    "Assessing the Impact of Nonfarm Employment on Household Income and Poverty in Rural Ghana"
    with Victor Owusu
  • General Discussion
15:00-15:15 Coffee break
15:15-17:15

Session 2: Modelling rural development policy with Micro-Macro-linked models: Part I

Chair: Jerzy Michalek , University of Kiel
  • Christian Henning, University of Kiel:
    "Modelling rural migration policies in a micro-macro linked general equilibrium framework"
    with Nana Zanekow and Wolfgang Britz
  • Volker Saggau, University of Kiel:
    "Networks, belief formation and diversification of the farm sector: A micro-macro linked ABM-CGE approach"
    with Christian Henning and Wolfgang Britz
  • General Discussion
17:15-17:45Close of day one
19:30 Boattrip on the Baltic Sea and dinner at restaurant "Louf"
Tuesday 14 July
9:00-11:00

Session 3 : Policy Evaluation applying advanced matching techniques

Chair: Volker Saggau, University of Kiel
  • Marco Caliendo, IZA Bonn:
    "Long-Term Effects of Start-Up Subsidies for the Unemployed"
  • Jerzy Michalek, University of Kiel:
    "Non-intended selection to area-based programmes. Can a modified PSM methodology be useful in drawing conclusions about general equilibrium effects of EU RD measures"
  • General Discussion
11:00-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-13:15

Session 4: Modelling rural development policies with micro-macro-linked models: Part II

Chair: Jerzy Michalek , University of Kiel
  • Christian Henning, University of Kiel:
    "Estimating the impact of social networks on transaction costs and economic performance"
    with Geraldine Henningsen and Wolfgang Britz
  • Wolfgang Britz, University of Bonn
    "Modelling the impact of rural infrastructure policy on transaction costs and economic performance at the micro and macro level"
    with Christian Henning and Thomas Heckelei
  • General Discussion
13:15-14:00Lunch
14:00-16:00

Round Table Discussion: "Evaluation and modelling of rural development policy: Future Options and Challenges"

Chair: Christian Henning, University of Kiel
Discussants:
  • A. Abdulai, University of Kiel
  • B. Essama-Nssah, The World Bank
  • Wolfgang Britz, University of Bonn
  • Marco Caliendo, IZA Bonn
  • Jerzy Michalek, University of Kiel
16:00 End of the workshop