Moving Out of Poverty: Understanding Growth and Democracy from the Bottom Up Regional Capacity Building Workshop for South Asia Purpose of Workshop March 29- April 6, 2005 Hotel Ambassador New Delhi, 1. To build a common understanding of the overall purpose and methodology for the Moving out of Poverty study; 2. To develop expertise in the data collection tools for the study; 3. To understand the study requirements for documentation, data analysis, synthesis of findings; 4. To provide feedback and guidance on country research plans and policy links; and 5. To continue the team building, networking and mentoring process for the global study. TUESDAY, MARCH 29 9:00 11:00 am WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION OF COUNTRY TEAMS OVERVIEW OF STUDY DESIGN AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK Michael Carter, Country Director,, DESIGN OF COUNTRY STUDIES 1. What is the policy focus of the study? - What do we already know? - What do we not know? - What do we want to know? 2. What are the available datasets that the study will build on? 3. What is the sampling framework?
11:00 11:15 am COFFEE BREAK 11:15 1:30 pm SESSION 1. DISCUSSION OF COUNTRY/ STATE STUDIES 1 Key questions 1. What are the key issues that the country/state study will address? 2. What are the available datasets that the study will build on? 3. What will be the criteria for community selection? 4. What poverty measures will be used? 5. Where do I need the most help? SAMPLING FRAMEWORK FOR THE COUNTRY/ STATE STUDIES Binayak Sen, Senior Economist, PREM, Country Case Studies A. Andhra Pradesh Case Study Rajni Khanna, Economist, PREM, Soumya Kapoor, Research Analyst, Poverty Reduction Group, World Bank E Revathi, Fellow, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad B. West Bengal Case Study Binayak Sen, Senior Economist, PREM, Sandeep Ghosh, Senior Manager,, 1:30 2:30 pm LUNCH 2:30 4:30 pm SESSION 2. DISCUSSION OF COUNTRY/ STATE STUDIES C. Uttar Pradesh Case Study V J Ravishankar, Senior Economist, PREM, B.M. Shah, Manager,, D. Assam Case Study Sanjib Baruah, Visiting Professor, Centre for Policy Research Kaushik Barua, Consultant, Poverty Reduction Group, Arijit Mukherjee, State Field Coordinator, Assam, ORG Centre for Social Research, 4:30 4:45 pm COFFEE BREAK 1 Each country/ state team would be asked to make a presentation of about 5 minutes each on the policy focus of their country/state study and the trends witnessed therein.
4:45 5:30 pm DISCUSSION IN SMALL GROUPS: SAMPLING FRAMEWORK FOR COUNTRY/ STATE STUDIES 6:00 pm WELCOME RECEPTION HOSTED BY THE WORLD BANK (Venue: The Terrace Suite, First Floor, Hotel Ambassador) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30 9:00 10:00 am SESSION 3. DISCUSSION OF COUNTRY/ STATE STUDIES Sri Lanka Case Study Ronnate Asirwatham, Professional, Poverty and Conflict Program, Centre for Poverty Analysis, Sri Lanka Prashan Thalayasingam, Professional, Centre for Poverty Analysis, Sri Lanka SESSION 4. DISCUSSION OF COUNTRY/ STATE STUDIES Case Study Md. Shahabuddin, Director and head of IDDPA at PROSHIKA, Asgar Ali Sabri, Senior Research Fellow, Policy Research Department (PRD), IDPAA at PROSHIKA, 10:00 10:15 am COFFEE BREAK 10:15 1:00 pm DISCUSSION IN SMALL GROUPS: SAMPLING FRAMEWORK FOR COUNTRY/ STATE STUDIES 1:00 2:00 pm LUNCH 2:00 3:00 pm UNDERSTANDING THE HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONNAIRE Binayak Sen, Senior Economist, PREM, The thematic modules Adaptation of the questionnaire to address: o The policy focus o The local context How does one conduct a good interview? o Instruction Guide o Clear Reference Point (ratings; years; local government) o Preserving confidentiality and privacy of respondents Data Analysis
3:00-4:00 pm THE NATIONAL TIMELINE, COMMUNITY PROFILE AND KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEW: COMMUNITY TIMELINE 4:00 4:15 pm COFFEE BREAK 4:15 5:15 pm PRACTICE FOR NATIONAL TIMELINE, HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONNAIRE, COMMUNITY PROFILE AND KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEW: COMMUNITY TIMELINE (Role Playing) 5:15 6:00 pm PLENARY THURSDAY, MARCH 31 9:00 10:00 am FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION: LADDER OF LIFE 10:00 12:00 noon ROLE PLAY AND SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION 12:00 1:00 pm PLENARY: NOTE TAKING AND PREPARATION FOR FIELDWORK 1:00 2:15 pm LUNCH 2:15 3:30 pm OPEN-ENDED INTERVIEW: INDIVIDUAL LIFE STORIES 3:30 4:30 pm ROLE PLAY AND PRACTICE WITH FORMATS 4:30 4:45 pm COFFEE BREAK 4:45 5:30 pm PLENARY: NOTE TAKING AND PREPARATION FOR FIELDWORK FRIDAY, APRIL 1 7:15 am Participants to assemble at the lobby of 27, Jorbagh 7:30 4:00 pm VISIT TO THE FIELD - Key Informant Interview: Community Timeline - Community Profile
- Focus Group Discussion: Ladder of Life - Open-ended Household Interview: Individual Life Stories SATURDAY, APRIL 2 8:30 11:00 am FINDINGS FROM THE FIELD Key Informant Interview: Community Timeline Community Profile Focus Group Discussion: Ladder of Life - Critical Self Reflection: Problems, possible solutions, listening 11:00 11:15 am COFFEE BREAK 11:15 1:30 pm FINDINGS FROM THE FIELD Open-ended Interview: Individual Life Stories - Critical Self Reflection: Problems, possible solutions, listening 1:30 2:30 pm LUNCH 2:30 4:30 pm INTRODUCTION TO OTHER QUALITATIVE METHODS - Focus Group Discussion: Livelihoods, Freedom, Power, Democracy and Local Governance - Focus Group Discussion: Aspirations of Youth 4:30 4:45 pm COFFEE BREAK 4:45 5:30 pm ROLE PLAY AND PRACTICE WITH FORMATS 5:30 6:00 pm PLENARY: NOTE TAKING AND PREPARATION FOR FIELD-WORK - Focus Group Discussion: Ladder of Life - Focus Group Discussion: Livelihoods, Freedom, Power, Democracy and Local Governance - Focus Group Discussion: Aspirations of Youth - Open-ended Interview: Individual Life Stories
SUNDAY, APRIL 3 8:30 am Participants to assemble at the Lobby, Hotel Ambassador 9:00 1:00 pm VISIT TO THE FIELD - Focus Group Discussion: Ladder of Life - Focus Group Discussion: Livelihoods, Freedom, Power, Democracy and Local Governance - Focus Group Discussion: Aspirations of Youth - Open-ended Household Interview: Individual Life Stories MONDAY, APRIL 4 9:00 11:30 am FINDINGS FROM THE FIELD Focus Group Discussion: Livelihoods, Freedom, Power, Democracy and Local Governance - Critical Self Reflection: Problems, possible solutions, listening 11:30 11:45 am COFFEE BREAK 11:45 1:30 pm FINDINGS FROM THE FIELD Focus Group Discussion: Ladder of Life Open-ended Interview: Individual Life Stories - Critical Self Reflection: Problems, possible solutions, listening 1:30 2:30 pm LUNCH 2:30 3:30 pm FINDINGS FROM THE FIELD Focus Group Discussion: Aspirations of Youth - Self Critical Reflection: Problems, possible solutions, listening 3:30-3:45 pm COFFEE BREAK
3:45 4:15 pm INTRODUCTION TO OTHER QUALITATIVE METHODS - Two Mini Case Studies: Community-Wide Events and Factors Affecting Mobility 4:15 5:30 pm ANALYZING AND SYNTHESIZING DATA COMMUNITY SYNTHESIS REPORTS TUESDAY, APRIL 5 9:00 11:00 am GROUP WORK: COMMUNITY SYNTHESIS REPORTS 11:00 11:15 am COFFEE BREAK 11:15 1:00 pm FEEDBACK IN PLENARY 1:00 2:30 pm LUNCH 2:30-3:30 pm CODING DATA USING QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARES Christopher L Gibson, Consultant, Poverty Reduction Group, PREM, 3:30 3:45 pm COFFEE BREAK 3:45 4:30 pm MOVING OUT OF POVERTY NATIONAL SYNTHESIS REPORTS - Where do I get those key findings? - And how do I present them? 4:30 5:30 pm WRAP UP AND NEXT STEPS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6 9:00 12:30 pm INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY MEETINGS
Moving Out of Poverty: Understanding Growth and Democracy from the Bottom Up Regional Capacity Building Workshop for South Asia Participant List March 29- April 6, 2005 Hotel Ambassador New Delhi Ronnate Asirwatham Professional Centre for Poverty Analysis Colombo Sri Lanka Kaushik Barua Consultant Poverty Reduction Group The Sanjib Baruah Visiting Professor Centre for Policy Research Debashish Basu State Field Coordinator, West Bengal Michael Carter Country Director, Mukund Kumar Chandan State Coordinator, Andhra Pradesh Pankaj Deka State Field Coordinator, Assam Christopher L Gibson Consultant Poverty Reduction Group The Sandeep Ghosh Senior Manager Saptarshi Guha State Coordinator, West Bengal Gopalakrishnan Kamath State Field Coordinator, Andhra Pradesh Soumya Kapoor Research Analyst Poverty Reduction Group The Saveena Khan State Coordinator, Uttar Pradesh
Rajni Khanna Economist PREM The Arijit Mukherjee State Coordinator, Assam Deepa Narayan Senior Adviser Poverty Reduction Group The Nishat Nargish Research Associate PROSHIKA Shahana Rahman Research Fellow PROSHIKA V J Ravishankar Senior Economist PREM The E Revathi Fellow Centre for Economic and Social Studies Hyderabad Binayak Sen Senior Economist PREM The B.M.Shah Manager Md. Shahabuddin Director, PROSHIKA and Head of IDPAA Prashan Thalayasingam Professional Centre for Poverty Analysis Colombo Sri Lanka Vishnu Shankar Tiwari State Field Coordinator, Uttar Pradesh Devendra Tyagi Manager Asgar Ali Sabri Senior Research Fellow PROSHIKA Fatima Jahan Seema Anthropologist PROSHIKA