TIMELY ECONOMIC INFORMATION

The Importance of Timely Economic Information
This interview stresses the need to monitor poverty locally as well as nationally. Timely information allows monitoring of the poverty effects of economic programs and more effective advocacy for the poor. The IDRC interview is with Dr Celia Reyes, director of the Micro Impacts of Macroeconomic Adjustment Policies (MIMAP) project in the Philippines.

It is to be found on a dossier on the MIMAP project by Michelle Hibler, provided by the IDRC, January 10, 2003.