Poverty is marked as a deprivation in well-being and consists of various dimensions. It includes the inability to acquire the basic goods and services necessary for survival with dignity due to low income. Similarly, it encompasses low levels of health and education, poor access to clean water and sanitation, inadequate physical security, lack of voice, and insufficient capacity and opportunity to better one’s life.
Based on a review of 50 country studied by the UN on the assessment of achieving the MDG Goals, it surfaced that the resources and know-how necessary to achieve the MDGs exist. Acceleration of progress over the next five years will need to focus on continuing proven strategies, policies and interventions and making a radical break with those that do not work. There have been noticeable reductions in poverty globally. Significant improvements have been made in enrolment and gender parity in schools. Progress is evident in reducing child and maternal mortalities, increasing HIV treatments and ensuring environmental sustainability. While there are welcome developments in the global partnership, where some countries have met their commitments, others can do more.
With only five years left to achieve the MDGs by 2015, the Philippine Government, along with the government of all countries, have made poverty alleviation a top priority in their development agenda.
This training will contribute to this effort by providing basic knowledge and skills to stakeholders in the fight against poverty. Lectures, discussions, and hands-on exercises on the statistical software STATA with real survey data, will enable participants to be familiar with the basic concepts and tools on the analysis of poverty and income inequality.
What will participants gain?
After completion of this course, the participants are expected to explain the various concepts and definitions related to poverty; state the steps in measuring poverty; recognize the objectives and framework for poverty and inequality analysis; be aware of methodologies for generating poverty lines; obtain measures of poverty and inequality from household survey data using the application software STATA and have some sense of how to construct poverty profiles.
Who can participate?
This training is for technical personnel in the government involved in the monitoring and analysis of poverty information. Participants must have experience in the use of MS Excel or similar computing software.
Course Coverage
Well-being and Poverty
Poverty line: theory and practices
Measures of poverty
Objectives and framework for Poverty
Inequality measurement
Methods and types of analysis using STATA
Construction of poverty profiles
Course Duration: 5 days
Registration:
To register and further inquiry, please contact the Training Division at Telefax Nos. (632) 436-1426/929-7543 or email it to japebenito@srtc.gov.ph or cemojica@srtc.gov.ph.
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