Massimiliano La Marca (ILO)

The presentation will discuss the major features and compilation methods of the 2010 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Zambia as well as some applications of a prototype structural mutisectoral simulation model for Zambia. Massimiliano La Marca led an ILO technical assistance project to the Zambian Statistical Office for the construction of the Supply and Use Table (SUT), input Output Table (IOT), and SAM that serves as main data for an employment simulation model that will inform the implementation of the Zambian 7th National Development Plan. The tables include “Green” and conventional industries defined according to the UN System of Economic and Environmental Accounts (SEEA) and allow for an analysis of the contribution of the environmental sectors to the economy. The 2010 SAM includes sectoral breakdowns of formal/informal activities, labour occupations, formal/informal employment and household income groups and full set of institutional sector accounts, which allow for a wide range of applications in macroeconomic, industrial, social and environmental analysis.

Biography: Massimiliano La Marca is Senior Economist at the Multilateral Cooperation Department of the International Labour Organization, in Geneva. He is ILO head of delegation to the G20 Development Working Group and G24. He has worked on economic and policy analysis and modelling on both developed and Least Developed Countries. Formerly economist at UNCTAD, he worked on the Trade and Development Report and the Least Developed Countries Report. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from the New School for Social Research, New York, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pavia, Italy.

Speakers: Massimiliano La Marca (ILO), Gregor Semieniuk (SOAS)

Event Date: 13 June 2018

Released by: SOAS Economics Podcasts