An international capacity-building training program on ‘Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Modeling for Policy Analysis’ in the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) countries which was organized by IFPRI-South Asia in partnership with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). […]
This section provides training material and brief descriptions on related training activities undertaken by IFPRI staff on Computable general equilibrium (CGE) models and Social Accounting Matrices (SAM).
Please watch the video below for introduction to the training material in this section:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cNB0BdSpmojjX5ndZuyzUbvRPJN5nyNH/view?usp=sharing
CGE and Public Investment Prioritization training in Rwanda
James Thurlow facilitated a learning event on Computable General Equilibrium modeling and public investment prioritization for participants from Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN), Rwanda and the National Bank of Rwanda. The training had 8 participants - all under 35, all male. At the end of the training, 5 of them chose a relevant […]
CGE modelling workshops in Egypt
IFPRI Egypt conducted CGE modeling workshops in 2019 and 2020. The details are discussed below: 1. Building on the continuous collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MALR) in Egypt, IFPRI has been working with a group of researchers, from Cairo University, to provide 10 weekly online training sessions on Computable General Equilibrium […]
Agricultural Investment Data Analyzer (AIDA) trainings in Egypt
The Arab (Agricultural) Investment for Development Analyzer (AIDA) project develops an economic planning tool that will help governments and analysts in the design of evidence-based agricultural investment plans. AIDA is a three-year project (2017-2020) that is funded by IFAD, with co-financing from CGIAR-PIM, and implemented by IFPRI and its partners with focus on Egypt, Jordan, […]
SAM multipliers and Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modeling trainings in Rwanda
In the period 2018-2020, several Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) multiplier and Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modeling trainings were conducted in Rwanda by IFPRI researchers. The details of the training are provided below: 1. James Thurlow and Emerta Aragie provided CGE Modeling training for Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning between May and June of 2019. […]