Introduction to general equilibrium modelling for policy analysis

In January 2003, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) offered a three-day introductory course on Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modeling at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR). The course was designed to provide participants with a:short, non-technical overview of the three main components underlying this line of economic analysis:

• GAMS (General Algebraic Modeling System), the software in which project CGE models will be implemented;
• social accounting matrices (SAMs), the data framework needed to implement these models, and
• a brief exposition to CGE models and their structure.

This compilation provides a brief background to the course and the presentation (instruction) documents, as well as tutorials and accompanying exercises:

• Introduction to General Equilibrium Modeling for Policy Analysis
• Course Report
• Policy Models: Design, Implementation, and Use
• Using GAMSIDE
• A GAMS Tutorial
• Social Accounting Matrices, National Accounts, and the Circular Flow of Income
• SAM Exercises
• A National SNA SAM
• Multisectoral models
• CGE application based on small SAM of Kuwait
• SAM Structure Tables