MenaMod Integrated regionalglobal database and dynamic general equilibrium model

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MenaModIntegrated regional/global database and
dynamic general equilibrium model

• Ali H. Bayar

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Outline of the talk

• Overview of the EcoMod Network
• What is MenaMod Research Program?
• An overview of the data base and the model
• Discussion of future directions

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Global Economic Modeling Network

• Open, independent, non-profit, non-partisan
  research and educational international network.
• Policy oriented research.
• Econometric, general equilibrium, optimization
  models.
• Regional international databases.
• Training, workshops, conferences.

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EcoMod research programs

• MenaMod
• Regional modeling
• European enlargement
• EU tax model
• Environmental modeling

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What is MenaMod?

• MenaMod is an integrated regional-global database
  and model for policy analysis and sectoral
  forecasting.
• Long term collaborative project.
• Policy oriented.

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Motivation for the MenaMod

• Increasing demand for quantitative analysis of
  important economic issues in a regional global
  context.
• Euro-Med Aggreements, EU enlargement, Asian
  crisis, Kyoto agreement, WTO negotiations all
  have global implications and potentially affect
  all sectors of the economy.

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Motivation for the MenaMod

• Increasing demand for quantitative analysis for
  the Mena countries.
• Shortage or lack of tools for quantitative
  economic analysis in the Mena countries.

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The EcoMod approach

• Build regional and topic specific networks.
• Fully documented and publicly available databases
  and models.
• Get the institutions involved.
• Bring together policy makers and model builders.

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The MenaMod Database

• National data EcoMod Research Associates in the
  country.
• Reconciled bilateral trade data EU, UNCTAD
• Protection data WTO, EU, World Bank, UNCTAD,
  national sources.

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The MenaMod Model

• Focus on the Mena countries
• Global dynamic general equilibrium model
• Imperfect competition/scale economies
• Intertemporal dynamics with forward-looking
  expectations

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Future developments

• Public finance
• Income distribution, pauverty issues
• Energy and environmental modeling
• Money and financial capital flows

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Get involved!

• EcoMod is an open, independent, non-profit
  research and educational network.
• The MenaMod Program needs the contribution of
• Regional institutions, government agencies,
• International institutions
• Researchers in the region.

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Join the MenaMod Network!

• EcoMod provides a unique forum for researchers in
  the Mena region in the field of modeling and its
  uses.
• International collaborative work.
• Credibility and reputation effects.
• Get into the debate. Influence policy!
• Conferences, workshops, training.

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For more information

• Web site www.ecomod.net
• Forthcoming Courses
• Online Course in Practical Economic Modeling,
  begins April 16, 2001
• Intensive Course in Practical Economic Modeling,
  July 2001
• Intensive Course in Advanced Economic Modeling,
  July 2001

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For more information

• Forthcoming Conferences
• July 2001 Policy Modeling for European and
  Global Issues, Brussels.
• April 2002 The State of the Art in Regional
  Modeling, Paris.

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EcoMod.Net
www.ecomod.net