The Demography of Forced Migration: Summary of a Workshop (1998)
Chapter: Appendix: Workshop Agenda
Appendix Workshop on the Demography of Forced Migration
Committee on Population
National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
NAS Board Room
Washington, DC
November 6-7, 1997
AGENDA
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November 6 |
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POPULATION ESTIMATES |
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8:30 |
Continental breakfast |
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9:15 |
Welcome Faith Mitchell, National Research Council |
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9:30 |
What Do We Need to Know About the Descriptive Demography of Forced Migration? Charles Keely, Georgetown University |
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9:45 |
Comments Bela Hovy, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees |
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10:00 |
Comments Thomas Argent, U.S. Committee for Refugees |
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10:15 |
Discussion |
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10:30 |
Break |
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10:45 |
Data Sources: How Much Do They Differ and Why? Susanne Schmeidl, Consultant, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees |
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11:00 |
Comments Bela Hovy, UNHCR |
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11:15 |
Comments Thomas Argent, USCR |
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11:30 |
Comments Allan Hill, Harvard University |
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11:45 |
The Politics of Data Collection: Uses and Abuses Richard Black, University of Sussex |
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12:00 |
Discussion |
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12:15 |
Lunch |
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POPULATION COMPOSITION AND VITAL RATES |
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1:15 |
How a DART (Disaster Assistance Response Team) Works Gregory Garbinsky, OFDA, USAID |
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1:45 |
The Experience in Estimating Population Composition and Mortality Rates Brent Burkholder, CDC |
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2:15 |
Comments Kenneth Hill, Johns Hopkins University |
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2:30 |
Comments Ronald Waldman, The BASICS Project |
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2:45 |
Break |
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3:00 |
Discussion |
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3:15 |
Thoughts on the Potential Use of Sample Surveys Courtland Robinson, Johns Hopkins University |
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3:30 |
Discussion |
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4:00 |
What Do We Know About Estimating Fertility Rates? Kenneth Hill, Johns Hopkins University |
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4:15 |
Discussion |
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5:00 |
Adjourn |
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6:00 |
Dinner—NAS Members' Room Guest speaker: The Honorable Thomas C. Sawyer ''U.S. Refugee Policy: What Congress Needs to Know'' |
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November 7 |
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8:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:15 |
Issues Relating to the Collection of Data on Internally Displaced Populations Jon Bennett, The Global IDP Survey |
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9:35 |
Comments Steven Hansch, Refugee Policy Group |
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9:50 |
Discussion |
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10:15 |
Summary: Populations, Composition and Vital Rates Charles Keely, Georgetown University |
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RESEARCH AGENDA |
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10:30 |
Research Agenda for the Study of Forced Migration Myron Weiner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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10:50 |
Comments Allan Hill, Harvard University |
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11:00 |
Break |
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11:15 |
Discussion: Possible themes for an NRC study |
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12:30 |
Lunch, Adjournment |
