Project’s terms of reference

• Annex 1: Technical project document: Assessing Development Strategies to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals in the Arab Region, Terms of Reference, November, 2006.

Data requirements

• Survey/questionnaire on data availability
• Excel database for the calibration of the MAMS

Social accounting matrix

• Lofgren, H., R. Lee and S. Robinson (2002), “A standard computable general equilibrium (CGE) model in GAMS”, Microcomputers in Policy Research 5, Washington, D.C., International Food Policy Research Institute.
• Robinson, S., A. Cattaneo and M. El-Said (2001), “Updating and Estimating a Social Accounting Matrix Using Cross Entropy Methods”, Economic Systems Research 13(1), pp. 47-64.
• Sánchez, M. V. (2004), Rising inequality and falling poverty in Costa Rica’s agriculture during trade reform. A macro-micro general equilibrium analysis, Maastricht: Shaker. Chapter 6.

CGE modeling and the MAMS

• Lofgren, Hans and C. Díaz-Bonilla (2006), “MAMS: An economy-wide model for analysis of MDG country strategies. Technical documentation”, DECPG World Bank, Washington, D.C. (mimeo).
• Lofgren, H., R. Lee and S. Robinson (2002), “A standard computable general equilibrium (CGE) model in GAMS”, Microcomputers in Policy Research 5, Washington, D. C., International Food Policy Research Institute.
  Note:Participants that are not familiar with the use of GAMS are encouraged to consult the GAMS User’s Guide. Additional GAMS documentation is also available on-line at http://www.gams.com/docs/document.htm. Click here for instructions to install and run GAMS.

CGE model elasticity estimation and calibration

• Annabi, J., J. Cockburn and B. Decaluwé (2006), “Functional Forms and Parametrization of CGE Models”, PEP MPIA Working Paper 2006-04, Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Research Network.
• Sánchez, M. and R. Vos (2007), “Informative note on elasticities and calibration of MAMS”, Technical note prepared for the project Assessing Development Strategies to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals in the Arab Region, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations.
• Sánchez, M.V. (2004), Rising inequality and falling poverty in Costa Rica’s agriculture during trade reform. A macro-micro general equilibrium analysis, Maastricht: Shaker. Chapter 7.
  Note: The bibliography under the title Microeconomic of the determinants of education, health, and water & sanitation coverage, below, also has to do with the topic of the calibration of the MAMS.

Application of the MAMS in developing countries

• Bourguignon, F., C. Díaz-Bonilla and H. Lofgren (2006), “Aid, service delivery and the MDGs in an economy-wide framework”. The World Bank. Draft. December.
  
• Bourguignon, F. and M. Sundberg (2006), “Constraints to Achieving the MDGs with Scaled-Up Aid”, DESA Working Paper No. 15, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations.
• Bussolo, M. and D. Medvedev (2006), “Millennium Development Goals for Honduras: current achievements and forthcoming challenges”, Paper prepared for the project "Public Policies for MDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean", which is coordinated by the Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (RBLAC) in UNDP in collaboration with UN-DESA, The World Bank, ECLAC and IDB.
  Note:This document is for internal use only since it contains preliminary results and must not be quoted without permission from the authors.
  
• Sundberg, M. and H. Lofgren (2006), “Absorptive Capacity and Achieving the MDGs: The Case of Ethiopia”, in P. Isard, L. Lipschitz, A. Mourmouras and B. Yontcheva (eds), The Macroeconomic Management of Foreign Aid: Opportunities and Pitfalls, pp. 141-67, Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Fund.
• Vos, R., M. Sanchez and K. Inoue (2007), “Constraints to achieving the MDGs through domestic resource mobilization”, DESA Working Papers No. 36, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations.

Microeconomic of the determinants of education, health, and water & sanitation coverage

• Hammill, M. (2006), "Determinants of selected MDGs in the framework of the MAMS model for Nicaragua”, Background paper for the country study of Nicaragua in the framework of the project “Public Policies for MDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean”, ECLAC Subregional Office in Mexico, United Nations.
• Urquiola, M. and V. Calderón (2005), Apples and Oranges: Educational Enrollment and Attainment across Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Inter-American Development Bank, Regional Policy Dialogue, Washington, D.C.
• Vos, R., J. Cuesta, M. León, R. Lucio and J. Rosero (2004) “Health”, in: World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank (2004) Ecuador: Creating fiscal space for poverty reduction. A fiscal management and public expenditure review, Volume II, Report No. 28911-EC, Washington, D.C.: The World Bank.
• Vos, R. and J. Ponce (2004) "Education", in: World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank (2004) Ecuador: Creating fiscal space for poverty reduction. A fiscal management and public expenditure review, Volume II, Report No. 28911-EC, Washington, D.C.: The World Bank and IDB.