Pathways to Equitable Healthy Cities

Poverty & Inequality Working Group Monthly Meeting Minutes- 2021.04.14

Meeting Minutes – April 14^th, 2021 Ghana (Alicia)

• Reviewed proposed papers to present poverty mapping work in Ghana

• • • P1 – Review of Small Area Estimation Procedure used in Poverty Mapping Exercise (might be best suited for Wellcome Open Research)
    • P2 – Analysis of the Spatial Distribution of Poverty & Inequality in Accra Metropolitan Area
      • Where do the poor live & How do the poor live?
    • P3 – Analysis of the spatial determinants of EA- & District-level inequality across Ghanaian Regions
    • P4 – Exploration of accessibility of services (e.g. health facilities, educational institutions, government services) through a lense of spatial inequality

• For accessibility work – need to touch base with other project partners to harmonize approach

• • • The accessibility question emerged in the Accra-Dhaka comparison discussion as well (esp. in regards to services and slums)

Beijing (Yan Li)

• Presented Updates on SES predictions for TAZs
• Big Question: What are the desired area-level outcomes?
  • Currently:

• • • • Proportion of low education
      • Proportion of low earning occupations (in primary & secondary sector)
      • Avg. household income
      • Avg. Floor Area
      • Ratio of commercial housing
    • Use these to produce a single categorical metric (quantiles)
    • Do we want separate SES outcomes or to consider as one aggregate index of SES status?

• To confirm - Survey representativeness and sampling procedure in data (What was the original survey’s sampling design?)

Action Items:

• Reach out to others on PEHC project engaging in accessibility work
• Follow up Meeting with Dhaka/Accra groups to discuss comparative analysis approach (e.g. slums, accessibility)

Next meeting date and time: May 12^th, 2021

• Montreal 9 am
• London 2 pm
• Accra 1pm
• Dhaka 7 pm
• Beijing 9 pm