Geurts B ,
Gielen A ,
Nahuis R ,
Tang P ,
Timmer H
83 p
in Dutch
1997
Toon Nederlands
English Abstract This report provides an overview of the efforts put
forth to present and evaluate WorldScan, a long-term model of the world
economy, developed at the (Central Planning Bureau)CPB. One of the pivotal
activities was the organisation of a peer review of the model during a
two-day workshop. The reviewers were selected both from the academic and
the policy field. The main recommendations of that review were: i) Do not
pursue a formal, full-scale linkage between WorldScan and the climate model
IMAGE, developed at the RIVM. Instead, WorldScan should be used for
separate economic analyses, which is input in the climate model. ii) Make
more precise choices with respect to the underlying theories as well as with
respect to the time horizon of the analyses. iii) Improve the empirical
base of WorldScan. iv) Enhance the use of WorldScan for policy analyses in
behalf of international policy fora. The review proved to be very
beneficial for the evolution of WorldScan. Implementation of some of the
recommendations has led to increased use of the model by international
institutions. Since the review, WorldScan has been used in behalf of the
European Union (EU), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD), the Energy Modelling Forum (EMF), the Centre for Global
Trade Analysis (GTAP), the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and
Indian Planning Commission (IPC).
