Participants will learn the basics of building and employing a Computable General Equilibrium model to evaluate the effects of different shocks on the PNG economy. The training will develop and run simulation models to study the potential effects of diverse shocks including Covid-19 policies, cash transfers, and price subsidies on different sectors of the PNG economy. By the end of the training, participants will be able to identify useful tools and techniques to conduct a real-world policy analysis.
Date: March 29 - April 8, 2022
Venue: IFPRI headquarters, Washington DC
Training materials
- Agenda- Introduction to Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) and Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model.pdf
- Social Accounting Matrix (2019) for PNG
- Workshop research output: Implications of public investments and external shocks on agriculture, economic growth and poverty in Papua New Guinea: An economywide analysis
