Documents and Presentations - PAHO / USCB Regional Workshop:

"Improving the Measurement of Poverty in the Americas: Health Adjusted Poverty Lines (HAPL)"

September 29-30, 2003
PAHO/WHO Headquarters
Washington, D.C., USA

DOCUMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS

Improving the Measurement of Poverty in the Americas: Health Adjusted Poverty Lines: Background Materials – A Literature Review (136 kb)

Background Documents and Presentations: Session I   Session II   Session III   Session IV   Session V   Session VI

Closing Remarks

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BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS

• Session I: Round Table: "The Measurement of Poverty in the Americas: The Recommendations of the National Academy of Science - NAS / USA and the Rio Group (Expert Group on Poverty Statistics)"

Speaker	Background Documents	Presentations
David Betson University of Notre Dame	"Recent Developments for Poverty Measurement in U.S. Official Statistics"	Slides  (70.8K) Transcript  (25.2K) Video  (17.9Mb)
Pedro Sáinz IBGE-Rio Group/ ECLAC	"Rio Group on Poverty Statistics - Fifth Meeting: Final Report" "Expert Group on Poverty Statistics" (359.3K)	Slide (20K) Video  (21.1Mb)
Discussion I: Daniel Weinberg - US Census Bureau

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• Session II: "The Measurement of Poverty in the Americas: Canada, the Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United States of America"

Speaker	Background Documents	Presentations
Sylvie Michaud Statistics Canada	"Exploration of Methodological Issues in the Development of HRDC's Market Basket Measure" (188.2K)	Slide (648K) Video  (12.6Mb)
Pedro Sáinz IBGE-Rio Group/ ECLAC	"Enfoques para la Medición de la Pobreza. Breve Revisión de la Literatura" (197K) "ECLAC Press Release" "Panorama Social de América Latina 2002-2003" (736.7K)	Video  (20.4MB)
Kathleen Short US Census Bureau	"Experimental Poverty Measures Under Alternate Treatments of Medical Out-Of-Pocket Expenditures: An Application of the Consumer Expenditure Survey" (216.5K)	Slide (156K) Transcript  (24K) Video  (14Mb)
Discussion II: Patricia Ruggles - Georgetown University Transcript  (30.7K)

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• Session III: "Health Dimensions of Poverty: Health Adjusted Poverty Lines: Health Needs, Spending and Resources"

Speaker	Background Documents	Presentations
Bill Passero Bureau of Labor Statistics	"Experimental Poverty Measures: Accounting for Medical Expenditures" (60.8K)	Slide (1.05MB) Transcript  (28.7K)
Michael Hatfield Human Resources Development Canada	"Understanding the 2000 Low Income Statistics Based on the Market Basket Measure"	Transcript  (21.8K)
Discussion III: Richard Bavier - US Office of Management and Budget, Transcript  (80.0K), Video  (13.4Mb)

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• Session IV: Continue... "Health Dimensions of Poverty: Health Adjusted Poverty Lines: Health Needs, Spending and Resources"

Speaker	Background Documents	Presentations
Gary Burtless The Brookings Institution	"Medical Spending, Health Insurance & Measurement of American Poverty" (175.2K)	Transcript  (78.7K) Video  (13.8Mb)
Brett O'Hara US Social Security Administration	"Do Medical Out-Of-Pocket Expenses Thrust Families into Poverty" (For information about this document, please email: Brett.OHara@ssa.gov)	Slide (64K) Transcript  (25K)
Discussion IV: Katherine Scott - Canadian Council and Social Development, Transcript  (83.2K) Comments: Transcript  (34.1K)

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• Session V: "Catastrophic Losses and Health Insurance and Poverty"

Speaker	Background Documents	Presentations
Jessica Banthin Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality	"Medical Care Needs in Poverty Thresholds: Problems Posed by the Uninsured" (227.1K)	Slide (112K) Transcript  (26.4K) Video  (17.9Mb)
Ajay Tandon World Health Organization	"Household Catastrophic Health Expenditure: A Multicountry Analysis" (Available by subscription only)	Slide (104K)
Javier Herrera Instituto Nacional de Estadística del Perú / Institut de Rechérche pour le développement	"Health Adjusted Poverty Lines: The Case of Peru" (884K)	Slide (144K) Video  (20.6Mb)
Discussion V: Cristian Baeza - The World Bank Transcript  (19.1K)

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• Session VI: "Health Adjusted Poverty Lines: On the Dynamics of Poverty"

Speaker	Background Documents	Presentations
David Gordon Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research	"The Dynamics of Poverty: Social Omnibus or Underclass Wagon?" (80.9K)	Presentation  (612K) Video  (17.3Mb)
Caroline Ratcliffe Urban Institute	"Transition Events in the Dynamics of Poverty" (332.5K)	Slide (136K) Transcript  (26.8) Video  (14.3Mb)
Discussion VI: Philip Musgrove - Fogarty International Center - NIH,  Transcript  (20.8K), Video  (12.7Mb)

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CLOSING REMARKS

Charles Nelson US Census Bureau Transcript  (32.7K), Video  (3.5Mb)

Pedro Sáinz IBGE-Rio Group / ECLAC Video  (7.76Mb)

Rubén Suárez PAHO Transcript  (34.3K), Video  (3.12Mb)

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