software platform for automated economic analysis

1. Software platform for Automated Economic Analysis

2. Why ADePT? Each year World Bank produces: 10-15 poverty assessments 5-10 Labor market studies 10 Education and Health assessments Gender studies Nutritional Studies Reports on Social protection and Benefit-Incidence analysis, etc. Reports produced for different countries or years use similar sets of analytical results (tables/graphs). Significant resources are spent in each report on production of these results. We recognized a possibility to automate this process.

3. Automated Economic Analysis Speed-up production of basic (required) results Free resources for more meaningful and interesting tasks. Easily introduce new techniques and methods Minimize human errors Generate standard, comparable results across the countries/years. Minimize training time

4. ADePT: From data to report

5. Free, stand-alone program available to everybody Accepts individual- and household-level data in Stata and SPSS format. Uses Stata numerical engine for computations. Minimal data preparation required from the users Extensive diagnostics of possible problems with the data ADePT is a tool for simulations and sensitivity analysis Intuitive user-friendly interface Tested on 100�s of datesets from more than 50 countries: LSMS, HBS, DHS Users of ADePT come from the WB, international research institutions, universities, and government agencies. Expected increase in the number of users when new modules are released ADePT V4.1

6. ADePT Applications Data cleaning on early stages of data preparation. Clearly-documented, unambiguous algorithms � allow easy and fast replication of the results at any point. Introduce new, complex methods of economic analysis to policy practitioners around the world. Quality control for every output produced by the Bank � compare your results with error-free results of ADePT. Inter-year and inter-country comparability � possibility for cross-country analysis. Possibility of using internet data resources for the analysis (PPP) and result comparison.

7. ADePT Localization First launch in Indonesia. ADePT Indonesia � interface and output translated to Bahasa Indonesian. Allows distributing ADePT in the regional (kabupatan) offices where the knowledge of English could be an issue. Current version of ADePT is translated to: Bahasa Indonesian, Russian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Georgian Translations on French, Portuguese, Nepali, and Romanian are under way Localized versions of ADePT reduce the requirements on users and simplify training in the program.

8. ADePT Books We are working on series of books to accompany modules of ADePT Books have similar structure: Introduction: Why this analysis is important, what are the policy implications Main theoretical concepts used in the analysis: (FGT, GE, etc.) Detailed explanation for every table or graph in the output Software user guide for a particular module and for ADePT in general Poverty Analysis with ADePT � James Foster Analysis of Health Equity and Health Financing � Adam Wagstaff Who benefits from social protection and private transfers? User manual for ADePT SP � WB SP team

9. ADePT for Teaching Very successfully used ADePT for training. We developed courses that combine introduction to theoretical concepts with practical applications based on ADePT. Reduces skills requirements for the participants Localized versions of ADePT reduce language requirements Allows participants to work with their own data Much better understanding of the theoretical concepts, and better involvement in data analysis compared to using data from some unknown country.

10. ADePT Surveys Obtain rich set of results by including 3-5 new questions into the standard household surveys. Allow client countries to produce reports in the areas where they previously had no expertise. Improve the status of statistical agencies in the countries. Possibility to design a concise survey for 8 modules of ADePT � generate the analytical output never produced before in most countries. Our website contains the list of variables required for all currently-released modules.

11. ADePT Solutions: ADePT offers users a solution of a particular problem. Modules of ADePT produce sets of predefined analytical results (tables, graphs) sufficient to give an answer to a particular question. Combination of software tools and the substantive contributions from the leading experts in a field. Martin Ravallion (WB) : Poverty Adam Wagstaff (WB) : Health Harold Alderman (WB) : Nutrition Two main directions of ADePT: Assessments of the current situation Projections and simulations

12. ADePT Poverty: Released � June 2007 ADePT Labor: Released � November 2007 ADePT Gender: Released � November 2008 ADePT Social Protection: Released � June 2009 ADePT Education: Released � September 2009 ADePT Health: Released � December 2009 ADePT Inequality: Released � Spring 2010 ADePT Targeting: Planned Release � Summer 2010 ADePT PLINES: Development stage ADePT Crisis: Development stage ADePT Nutrition: Development stage ADePT MAPS: Released � November 2008 ADePT : The roadmap

13. ADePT ROI Costs: Zero monetary cost � ADePT is free. Minimal cost in terms of training Localized versions of ADePT lower this cost even more. No change in the standard production function for analytical results. Revenues: Saves at least several weeks of consultant/staff time per module + $000�s of dollars Allows much faster delivery of the reports ~ timely policies, better relations with a client.

14. ADePT Answers ADePT is not a dataset � it is a program to process data. We do not collect or provide data. NO, we do not plan to release a MAC version of ADePT YES, data preparation is important � if you put garbage into ADePT you will get organized garbage out. NO, we are not afraid that users will produce output without understanding of how to interpret the results. We write books for that. YES, we received threats from STC�s and JPA�s who were put out of work by ADePT.

15. Website: www.worldbank.org/adept