Training course on Spatial Econometrics with Applications in Environmental and Resource Economics

In the morning of Nov 28, 2016, at 59C Nguyen Dinh Chieu Campus, Unversity of Economics Hochiminhcity (UEH), Economy and Environment Partnership for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA Partnership) organized a training course on Spatial Econometrics with Applications in Environmental and Resource Economics guided by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Phu of French National Centre for Scientific Research - CNRS.

The course was attended by some distinguished guests such as Dr. Hermina Francisco - Director of the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA), Dr. Pham Khanh Nam - Vice Dean, School of Economics, UEH, Director of EEPSEA Partnership; together with 32 researchers from many countries in the ASEAN region.

The training course took place in three days with the following aims of:

- Providing researchers with new quantitative tools essential for analysing various issues related to environment and natural resources accounted by economics combined with spatial features; and

- Covering the fundamental theory and methods in spatial econometrics and providing detailed applications to several economic issues, especially in environmental economics (environmental Kuznets curve, environmental convergence, environmental valuation, etc.)

Some photos of the training course: