Dynamic Research EvaluAtion for Management (DREAM)

DREAM, or Dynamic Research EvaluAtion for Management, is a menu-driven software package for evaluating the economic impacts of agricultural research and development (R&D). Users can simulate a range of market, technology adoption, research spillover, and trade policy scenarios based on a flexible, m...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: International Food Policy Research Institute
Formato: Wiki
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2009
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162040
_version_ 1855523454248288256
author International Food Policy Research Institute
author_browse International Food Policy Research Institute
author_facet International Food Policy Research Institute
author_sort International Food Policy Research Institute
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description DREAM, or Dynamic Research EvaluAtion for Management, is a menu-driven software package for evaluating the economic impacts of agricultural research and development (R&D). Users can simulate a range of market, technology adoption, research spillover, and trade policy scenarios based on a flexible, multi-market, partial equilibrium model. With DREAM you can define a range of technology investment, development, and adoption scenarios and save them in an integrated database. Scenarios are described using market, R&D, and adoption information for any number of separate “regions.” Some factors, such as taxes, subsidies, growth rates, and price elasticities, can be specified as constant or as changing over the analysis period. Each region in which production takes place may have its own pattern of technology adoption. After specifying the initial conditions for each region, you can simulate the likely effects of technology development and adoption on prices; on quantities produced, consumed, and traded; and on the flow of economic benefits to producers, consumers, and government. DREAM handles simple to relatively complex evaluation problems using a standardized interface. A number of market assumptions are possible: small open economy, closed economy, vertically integrated farm and post-harvest sectors in a single economy, or multiple trading regions. The software also accommodates technology-driven shifts in supply or demand, and users may specify constant or variable shift effects over time in farmers fields. Importantly, DREAM’s multiple region specification can simulate various technology “spillover” scenarios wherein a technology may be adopted in more than one region. Changes in the pattern of technology spillovers can significantly alter the size and distribution of R&D benefits. DREAM has been applied to the evaluation of individual projects in a national context as well as to entire commodity sectors at a subcontinental or continental scale. And while it was designed primarily to evaluate options for R&D that is yet to be undertaken (ex ante assessments), DREAM has also been successfully applied to analyzing the effect of past research (ex post assessments).
format Wiki
id CGSpace162040
institution CGIAR Consortium
language Inglés
publishDate 2009
publishDateRange 2009
publishDateSort 2009
publisher International Food Policy Research Institute
publisherStr International Food Policy Research Institute
record_format dspace
spelling CGSpace1620402025-04-25T18:39:27Z Dynamic Research EvaluAtion for Management (DREAM) International Food Policy Research Institute models research evaluation management research and development markets technology adoption trade policies subsidies DREAM, or Dynamic Research EvaluAtion for Management, is a menu-driven software package for evaluating the economic impacts of agricultural research and development (R&D). Users can simulate a range of market, technology adoption, research spillover, and trade policy scenarios based on a flexible, multi-market, partial equilibrium model. With DREAM you can define a range of technology investment, development, and adoption scenarios and save them in an integrated database. Scenarios are described using market, R&D, and adoption information for any number of separate “regions.” Some factors, such as taxes, subsidies, growth rates, and price elasticities, can be specified as constant or as changing over the analysis period. Each region in which production takes place may have its own pattern of technology adoption. After specifying the initial conditions for each region, you can simulate the likely effects of technology development and adoption on prices; on quantities produced, consumed, and traded; and on the flow of economic benefits to producers, consumers, and government. DREAM handles simple to relatively complex evaluation problems using a standardized interface. A number of market assumptions are possible: small open economy, closed economy, vertically integrated farm and post-harvest sectors in a single economy, or multiple trading regions. The software also accommodates technology-driven shifts in supply or demand, and users may specify constant or variable shift effects over time in farmers fields. Importantly, DREAM’s multiple region specification can simulate various technology “spillover” scenarios wherein a technology may be adopted in more than one region. Changes in the pattern of technology spillovers can significantly alter the size and distribution of R&D benefits. DREAM has been applied to the evaluation of individual projects in a national context as well as to entire commodity sectors at a subcontinental or continental scale. And while it was designed primarily to evaluate options for R&D that is yet to be undertaken (ex ante assessments), DREAM has also been successfully applied to analyzing the effect of past research (ex post assessments). 2009 2024-11-21T10:00:41Z 2024-11-21T10:00:41Z Wiki https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162040 en Open Access International Food Policy Research Institute International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2009. Dynamic Research EvaluAtion for Management (DREAM). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162040
spellingShingle models
research
evaluation
management
research and development
markets
technology adoption
trade policies
subsidies
International Food Policy Research Institute
Dynamic Research EvaluAtion for Management (DREAM)
title Dynamic Research EvaluAtion for Management (DREAM)
title_full Dynamic Research EvaluAtion for Management (DREAM)
title_fullStr Dynamic Research EvaluAtion for Management (DREAM)
title_full_unstemmed Dynamic Research EvaluAtion for Management (DREAM)
title_short Dynamic Research EvaluAtion for Management (DREAM)
title_sort dynamic research evaluation for management dream
topic models
research
evaluation
management
research and development
markets
technology adoption
trade policies
subsidies
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162040
work_keys_str_mv AT internationalfoodpolicyresearchinstitute dynamicresearchevaluationformanagementdream