Central Asian Regional Modeling Analysis (CARMA) Workshop

Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Model Training

Sponsored by ADB, CAREC Institute, Narxoz Univerisity
12-15 December 2016

Instructors: David Roland-Holst and Samuel Evans, UC Berkeley

Overview

To extend the benefits of CAREC initiatives promoting regional economic integration, ADB and the CAREC Institute have jointly sponsored a capacity-building exercise to promote evidence-based policy research and dialog. Held at Narxoz Univerisity, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 12-15 December 2016, the workshop presents member country exports with state-of-the-art tools and techniques for policy modeling and data development.

Training Schedule

Lectures

Lecture 1: Structural Economic Assessment

Lecture 1.1: Note on Multipliers

Lecture 2: Overview of Structural Policy Modeling

Lecture 3: Analytics of a Research Grade CGE Model

Lecture 4: Overview of CGE Applications

Lecture 5: CAREC Regional CGE Modeling

Workshops

Workshop 1: Social Accounting and Multiplier Analysis (English) (Russian)

Workshop 2: Introduction to GAMS

Training Resources

Resource 1: Readings

Resource 2: Software

Resource 3: Data