Development of the National Transfer Accounts Project
NTA Project • Started with 7 countries in 2004 • As of June 2010, it has 33 country members • Covers 66% of the world population in 2010, and 76% of Real Gross World Product in 2007 • 7 global annual meetings • 11 regional meetings • 7 training workshops (including 4 EWC Summer Seminars)
Number of NTA Countries 33
35
28
30
26 25
19 20
15
10
7
8
9
5
0
2004
2005
2006
2007 Year
2008
2009
2010
Number of Participants in NTA Annual Meeting 80
74 70
58
60
50
40
35
35
2007
2008
27
30
20
21
2004
2005
20
10
0
2006
Year
2009
2010
Global NTA Annual Meetings Location
When
# participants # country
countries
1st
Berkeley
January 2004
7
7
2nd
Berkeley
January 2005
21
8
Brazil, Chile, Indonesia, Japan, France, Taiwan, US Australia
3rd
Honolulu
January 2006
27
9
Korea
4th
Berkeley
January 2007
35
19
Thailand, China, India, Philippines, Sweden, Uruguay, Austria, Costa Rica, Slovenia, Mexico
5th
Seoul
November 2008
35
26
Finland, Hungary, Kenya, Nigeria, Germany, Spain
6th
Berkeley
January 2009
58
28
South Africa, Senegal, Mozambique
7th
Honolulu
June 2010
71
33
8th
Rio de Janeiro
2011
?
?
United Kingdom, Argentina, Canada, Jamaica, Colombia ?
Communication Project • Objectives: – To increase understanding of generational issues among policy makers and the media – To build the identity and credibility of the NTA network – To improve communication among research teams within the network
• Grant from the International Development Research Center (IDRC) of Canada
