I have been asked to circulate the following - and am happy to do so:
Radical Statistics Group Annual Conference & AGM
1 day conference on
Global Poverty and Inequality
Saturday 26th February 2005
Central Methodist Hall, Oldham Street, Manchester (close to
Manchester Piccadilly)
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?
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 at a local restaurant (suitable for
vegetarians)
- Sunday: possibly a canal-side walk finishing at the Lowry Centre.
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)
To register the booking form can be downloaded at
http://www.radstats.org.uk/conf2005/Confbookingform2005.pdf
(lunch is provided)
For more info see
http://www.radstats.org.uk/conference2005.htm
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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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Dr Michael Tribe
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Bradford Centre for International Development
University of Bradford
Bradford BD7 1DP
United Kingdom
Tel: (0)1274 233978
Fax: (0)1274 235280
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