Version 6.01 |
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New Features: The start year of the model was rebased from 2000 to 2005 and added/updated a very large amount of data to the database in order to make that possible. That change is the major reason for moving from Version 5.x series to Version 6.01. On the interface, the new version has added a world map on the Main Menu page that allows the user to explore many displays for any given country, including a new Country Profile form that provides basic information and forecasts about any country. Many new displays are available under Display/Flex-Packaged Displays. Model Improvements: This version has considerably enhanced the education module and has taken the early development of the health module forward. We have also improved the computation of poverty forecasts from the Poverty Level Display form. |
Version 5.36 |
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Problem Fixes: There was a problem with the web interface that was causing oscillation in the forecast of some variables after year 2030. There was also a problem with the setup of the stand alone version, it was causing problems to Excel in the target machines. These problems have been fixed. New Features: There is a new specialized display available for all users, it’s called "Poverty Level Display" and it shows how many people are under a certain level of income in terms of US Dollars per day. There’s also the option to display the level of income at which we can find the poorest Nth percentile of people. Model Improvements: There’s been an improvement in the representation of urbanization. There’s also been an update in data and new variables around the area of Health. |
Version 5.34
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Ease-of-use Features:There are many new entries in Flexible Packaged Display. It is now possible to identify members of Groups (look under Country Data Analysis). The user-interface portions of the Help system have been substantially updated. Data Updates: We moved to the 2006 version of data from the World Bank, including switching over from 1995$ to 2000$. And many other data have been updated. Model Improvements:Work has been done to improve both the energy and the agricultural sub-models and to strengthen their forecasts. For instance, we've introduced the possibility of capping the growth in production of oil and gas for major OPEC and other producers, rather than allowing large spikes of production and exports as some of those producers begin to face resource or infrastructure constraints. Thus possibilities for exploration of "peak oil" have been enriched. There has also been work to enhance the behavior of forecasts for some of the smaller countries of the model, including those in Africa. And we've also added log-normal (the standard) formulations for forecasting poverty reduction and added many packaged scenarios for interventions around poverty reduction. |