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From: Robin Rice [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Subject: Radical Statistics Conf: Global Poverty and Inequality,
Manchester Sat 26 Feb.
I hope this is of interest to some.
Advance booking requested but not required:
Radical Statistics Group Annual Conference & AGM
Saturday 26th February 2005
Central Methodist Hall, Oldham Street, Manchester
(close to Manchester Piccadilly)
1 day conference on
Global Poverty and Inequality
The conference presents various methods for obtaining valid
measures for global poverty, health and mortality. With due regard
for reliability, the selected data is used to examine the extent and
implications of inequity. The conference also attempts to identify
the underlying processes that frustrate efforts to monitor and
improve global well-being. The aim is to improve our
understanding, an important step for achieving a fairer world.
Main Speakers:
DAVE GORDON Global child poverty.
ROY CARR-HILL Measuring the living conditions among the poor:
how useful are the available statistics?
KATH MOSER Global convergence in mortality 1950-2000?
PETER EDWARD The ethical poverty line as a tool to measure
global absolute poverty.
PETER HARDSTAFF The UK Government: being economical with
the truth about economics.
JACQUI MACKAY Working conditions and poverty in banana
production.
Short talks/discussion:
LUDI SIMPSON Statistics in Cuba, links with Britain.
JAY GINN 9/11 - Is the official story true?
Conference fees:
Student / unwaged £10 Waged current subscribers £15
New or lapsed subscribers £20 (the £20 includes introductory one
year subscription to the Radical Statistics Journal)
For more info and travel info see:
http://www.radstats.org.uk/conference2005.htm
To register the booking form can be downloaded at:
http://www.radstats.org.uk/conf2005/Confbookingform2005.pdf
Please also consider joining us for any of the following planned
social events:
- Friday night gathering from 7:30pm Marble Arch pub, 73 Rochdale
Road
- Saturday evening meal 5:30pm Sweet Mandarin, 19 Copperas
Street (off High Street in Northern Quarter)
- Sunday: canal-side walk starting in city centre finishing at the
Lowry
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Lee Emma Williamson
PhD student
Centre for Census and Survey Research
CCSR
Crawford House
University of Manchester
Web: www.ccsr.ac.uk/staff/lee.htm
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Robin Rice
Data Librarian
Edinburgh University Data Library
http://datalib.ed.ac.uk/
Phase One Project Coordinator
Digital Curation Centre, www.dcc.ac.uk
+44 (0) 131 651 1431
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