EDUCATION SECTOR SUPPORT

PROJECT DEVELOPS 2 LARGE SCALE MODELING TECHNIQUES, SPATIAL EQUILIBRIUM METHODS AND SIMULATION METHODS, FOR WORLDWIDE MEAT, SUGAR, AND FISH MARKETS. TECHNIQUES ARE DEVELOPED, TESTED, INCORPORATED INTO OVERALL SECTOR MODELS. ACTIVITIES SHOW SUPPLY AND DEMAND IN ALL MAJOR SUPPLYING AND CONSUMING COUNTRIES, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON COLOMBIAN SUPPLY CONDITIONS, AS WELL AS WORLD TRANSPORTATION AND MARKETING COSTS, TO DEVELOP LONG-TERM PROJECTIONS OF DEMAND AND PRICE SITUATION FOR COLOMBIAN EXPORTS. IF SUCCESSFUL, OTHER COUNTRIES EXPORTING THESE PRODUCTS COULD ADAPT RESULTS TO STUDY THEIR OWN LONG-TERM PROSPECTS. IMPORTERS COULD USE MODEL TO DETERMINE LONG-RUN SUPPLY CONDITIONS. METHODOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE EXTENDED TO OTHER PRODUCTS AND INTERNALIZED IN OTHER LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES. PROJECT ALSO PROVIDED FOR DETAILED STUDY OF CURRENT COLOMBIA EXPORT MARKETING SYSTEM FOR MEAT, SUGAR, FISH, AND PROCESSED FOODS TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO THEM. PROJECT INTERNALIZES NEW METHODS IN COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT. ABILITY TO RUN, MODIFY, AND REPLICATE MODELS IS DEVELOPED. ECONOMIC PLANNERS BENEFIT FROM PROJECT.