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Date: May 11, 2006
The Poverty Reduction Group (PRMPR) at the World Bank organized a conference on May 11, 2006 focusing on the effective use of Small Area Estimation (SAE) poverty maps in policy making. The goal of the conference was to present a range of policies and interventions which have been informed by poverty maps, while focusing on the political economy of poverty maps and the key elements to their effective use by policy makers. Additionally, the conference looked at the future of poverty maps in terms of new techniques and new areas of application.