Data issues in general equilibrium modelling

In recent years global general equilibrium (GE) models have been used to analyse policy issues such as trade liberalisation, regional integration and environmental policies. While a global CGE model is an excellent tool to perform a comprehensive analysis of such policies, it requires an enormous amount of data to calibrate or parameterise the model itself. Quality differences in the data sets might affect the results of the model simulation. Identifying and removing problems in the database is an important task for the effective use of a CGE model. In this paper, we suggest an approach to detect and remove major inconsistencies from the database of a CGE model. To illustrate, we examine and modify selected interindustry transactions in the GTAP version 5 database, a general equilibrium database of the global economy. The revised database was evaluated against the original by undertaking technical change and trade liberalisation experiments using Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) model. Results show that estimates using the modified database are more credible than those from the original database.International Relations/Trade, Research Methods/ Statistical Methods,

Competence Training in Higher Education: The case of the Technological Master "Prestación de Servicios Profesionales" from the Colegio de Postgraduados (México).

The Competency-Based Education in the context of training is intended as a comprehensive approach that seeks to link education with the productive sector and increase the potential of individuals, in the face of social, economic, political and cultural transformations that suffers the world and the contemporary society; this is how educational services associated to the rural area takes part of the global revalorization of the role of learning and knowledge. Under the competence approach and taking into account the CONOCER model, we design a Technological Master from the “Colegio de Postgraduados” identifying the competences needed so that the students, professional from different areas of knowledge, managed to develop them, but mainly to achieve the goal of developing the capacities of producers in Mexican rural area

Análisis de los valores que construyen la identidad del mexicano

Resumen: Se presentan los resultados de una investigación sobre la identidad del mexicano, los valores que lo definen y las diferencias sociodemográficas y territoriales entre la visión del ?otro? y la ?propia?, en una muestra de 629 habitantes de dos municipios potosinos. Para el análisis se utilizó la prueba de chi-cuadrada para encontrar diferencias entre grupos (pmenor que0.05). Se demostró que los valores evaluados son específicos de lo sociodemográfico y territorial; entre ellos, ser honrado y ser trabajador fueron los más comunes. Hubo diferencias entre los habitantes urbanos y los rurales: aquéllos se percibieron como fiesteros y entrones, y éstos, como ahorradores, trabajadores y sinceros. La conclusión es que en función de los valores no existe una definición única en la identidad del mexicano, pues existen subculturas que se explican por los aspectos estudiados