PDE Egypt

IIASA’s World Population Program and the Cairo Demographic Center have finished a study on projecting future population and human capital growth at the level of governorates in Egypt. Their findings were presented March 7th at a symposium at the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology.

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Task Force Meeting on Population, Human Capital and Water in Egypt

August 9-10, 2004
IIASA, Laxenburg

This page contains information on the organizers, conference agenda, list of participants, and the links to view or to download the presentations of the conference.

ORGANIZER(S)

World Population Program, IIASA
Wolfgang Lutz, Program Leader, lutz@iiasa.ac.at
Phone: +43-2236-807 294
Fax: +43-2236-71313

Contact Person:
Marilyn Brandl

Co-Organizer(s):
Cairo Demographic Center
Cairo Central Statistical Office
Social Research Center at the American University in Cairo
Institute of National Planning in Cairo
Vienna Institute of Demography


PRESENTATIONS

In order of the agenda. These are PowerPoint presentations (*.ppt). No quotation and use without permission of the author.

• Sources of population data in Egypt by Mohamed F. Abou El Atta
• Fertility in Egypt by Hassan H.M. Zaky
• Discussion or recent fertility trends with special emphasis on the issue of thestalled fertility decline by Henriette Engelhardt
• A note on mortality in Egypt by Isolde Prommer
• The study of population by level of education by Wolfgang Lutz
• Example from Yucatan PDE study: Population by education for small areas by Iliana Kohler
• A review of population projections in Egypt by Magued Osman and Huda Alkitkat
• A review of population projections in Egypt by Magdi A. Ibrahim
• Population-Development-Environment modeling approaches by Warren Sanderson
• Existing economic models for Egypt by Abdel Hamid El-Kassas
• Spatial distribution of the population by Magdi A. Ibrahim
• Environmental indicators by Abdel Hamid El-Kassas
• Nile water modeling by David Wiberg
• Literature on possible effects of climate change by Laura Sokka

CONFERENCE AGENDA
(To view the Agenda and List of Participants as PDF, click here...)

Monday, August 9

9:00	Coffee and administrative matters
8:30	Pick-up from Hotel to IIASA
9:30	Opening of meeting by IIASA Director, Leen Hordijk, and introductions by Wolfgang Lutz and Magued Osman
9:45	Session on Empirical population data and trends (Chair: Warren Sanderson)
9:45	Sources of population data in Egypt (Mohamed F. Abou El Atta)
10:05	Fertility in Egypt (Hassan H.M. Zaky)
10:25	Discussion or recent fertility trends with special emphasis on the issue of the stalled fertility decline (Henriette Engelhardt, with comments by Hans-Peter Kohler)
10:45	Open discussion
11:15	Coffee Break
11:30	A note on mortality in Egypt (Isolde Prommer)
11:50	The study of population by level of education (Wolfgang Lutz)
12:10	Example from Yucatan PDE study: Population by education for small areas (Iliana Kohler)
12:30	Lunch in the Schloss Restaurant Green Room
14:00	Session on Forecasting (Chair: Magued Osman)
14:00	A review of population projections in Egypt (Magued Osman and Huda Alkitkat)
14:30	A review of population projections in Egypt (Magdi A. Ibrahim)
15:00	Coffee Break
15:15	Population-Development-Environment modeling approaches (Warren Sanderson)
15:45	Existing economic models for Egypt (Abdel Hamid El-Kassas)
16:15	Open discussion
17:00	Bus leaves for the Leopold Museum, Vienna
18:00	Guided tour in English of the Leopold Museum

Tuesday, August 10

8:30	Pick-up from Hotel to IIASA
9:00	Coffee and administrative matters
9:30	Session on Water, land use and other environmental concerns (Chair: Wolfgang Lutz)
9:30	Spatial distribution of the population (Magdi A. Ibrahim)
10:00	Environmental indicators (Abdel Hamid El-Kassas)
10:30	Nile water modeling (David Wiberg)
11:00	Literature on possible effects of climate change (Laura Sokka)
11:30	Coffee Break
11:45	Open discussion
12:30	Lunch in the Schloss Restaurant Green Room
14:00	Session to define the work plan for the project (with time horizon to December2005)
15:00	End of meeting
15:30	Return to Hotel

PARTICIPANTS

Ms. Huda Ragaa Mohamed Alkitkat
Cairo Demographic Center
78 street No. 4
El-Hadaba Elolya Mokattam
11571 Cairo, Egypt
Tel. 00202-5080485
Fax 00202-5082797
E-mail: hudakitkat@gawab.com

Mr. Francesco Billari
Associate Professor of Demography
Institute of Quantitative Methods
Bocconi University and IGIER
viale Isonzo 25
20135 Milano, Italy
Tel. 0039-02-58365635
Fax 0039-02-58365630
E-mail: francesco.billari@uni-bocconi.it

Mr. Mohamed Futuh Abou El Atta
Head, Central Administration of Statistics
Central Agency for Public Mobilization
and Statistics (CAPMAS)
Salah Salem St., Heliopolis
P.O. Box 2086
Cairo, Egypt
Tel. 00202-4023031
Fax 00202-4024099
E-mail: abulata@hotmail.com

Mr. Abdel-Hamid Samy El-Kassas
The Institute of National Planning
Salah Salem St., Nasr City
P.O. Box 11765
Cairo, Egypt
Tel. 00202-2872049
Fax 00202-2621151
E-mail: kassas44@hotmail.com

Ms. Henriette Engelhardt
Vienna Institute of Demography
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Prinz Eugen Strasse 8-10
A-1040 Vienna, Austria
Tel. 0043-1-51581-7702
Fax 0043-1-51581-7730
E-mail: henriette.engelhardt@oeaw.ac.at

Mr. Magdi Abdelkader Ibrahim
Cairo Demographic Center
78 street No. 4
El-Hadaba Elolya Mokattam
11571 Cairo, Egypt
Tel. 00202-5080735
Fax 00202-5082797
E-mail: cdc@mailer.eun.eg

Mr. Jungho Kim
Vienna Institute of Demography
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Prinz Eugen Strasse 8-10
A-1040 Vienna, Austria
Tel. 0043-1-51581-7702
Fax 0043-1-51581-7730
E-mail: jungho.kim@oeaw.ac.at

Mr. Hans-Peter Kohler
Associate Professor of Sociology
Population Studies Center
272 McNeil Building
University of Pennsylvania
3718 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6298, U.S.A.
Tel. 001-215-898-7686
Fax 001-215-898-2124
email: hpkohler@pop.upenn.edu

Ms. Iliana Kohler
Population Studies Center
University of Pennsylvania
239 McNeil Building
3718 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6298, U.S.A.
Tel. 001-215-898-7990
Fax 001-215-898-2124
E-mail: iliana@pop.upenn.edu

Mr. Magued Ibrahim Osman
Director, Cairo Demographic Center
78 street No. 4
El-Hadaba Elolya Mokattam
11571 Cairo, Egypt
Tel. 00202-5080485
Fax 00202-5082797
E-mail: cdcdirector@mailer.eun.eg

Ms. Alexia Prskawetz
Vienna Institute of Demography
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Prinz Eugen Strasse 8-10
A-1040 Vienna, Austria
Tel. 0043-1-51581-7702
Fax 0043-1-51581-7730
E-mail: Alexia.Fuernkranz-Prskawetz@oeaw.ac.at

Mr. Hassan Hussein Mohamed Zaky
Social Research Center
The American University in Cairo
P.O. Box 2511
113 Kasr El Aini St.
11511 Cairo, Egypt
Tel. 00202-797-6792
Fax 00202-795-7298
E-mail: hzaky@aucegypt.edu

From IIASA:

Mr. Gustav Feichtinger (POP), feichting@iiasa.ac.at
Mr. Leen Hordijk (Director of IIASA), hordijk@iiasa.ac.at
Mr. Islam Khater (YSSP–DYN), khater@iiasa.ac.at
Mr. Wolfgang Lutz (Leader, POP), lutz@iiasa.ac.at
Ms. Marija Mamolo (POP), mamolo@iiasa.ac.at
Mr. Abdel-Monem Omran (YSSP–RMS), omran@iiasa.ac.at
Ms. Isolde Prommer (POP), prommer@iiasa.ac.at
Mr. Warren Sanderson (POP), sanders@iiasa.ac.at
Mr. Sergei Scherbov (POP), scherbov@iiasa.ac.at
Mr. Mahendra Shah (LUC), shah@iiasa.ac.at
Ms. Laura Sokka (YSSP–POP), sokka@iiasa.ac.at
Mr. David Wiberg (LUC), wiberg@iiasa.ac.at

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