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213 !	Mon, 7/30/2012, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM	HQ-Sapphire A
Poverty Mapping with Complex Survey Data — Invited Papers
Section on Survey Research Methods , International Indian Statistical Association , Social Statistics Section , Section on Government Statistics , Statistics Without Borders
Organizer(s): Sam Hawala, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair(s): Graham Kalton, Westat
2:05 PM	Estimation of Complex Small-Area Parameters with Application to Poverty Indicators — J.N.K. Rao, Carleton University
2:30 PM	A Hierarchical Bayes Estimation of Poverty Rates — Sam Hawala, U.S. Census Bureau ; Partha Lahiri, University of Maryland
2:55 PM	Semi-parametric Small Area Estimation Based Prediction Methods to Track Poverty: Validation and Applications — Roy van der Weide, The World Bank ; Chris Elbers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
3:20 PM	Discussant: William Bell, U.S. Census Bureau
3:40 PM	Floor Discussion

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