Editorial: Macro-micro analytics: A guide to combining computable general equilibrium and microsimulation modelling frameworks

The Spring 2016 issue of the International Journal of Microsimulation is a special issue on CGE Microsimulation in Developing Countries, edited by John Cockburn, Hélène Maisonnave and Luca Tiberti. Concern for the distributive impacts of macroeconomic policies in developing countries has been increasing in recent years. Policy debates have focused progressively more on inclusive, or pro-poor, growth and, more broadly, economic and human development through the Millenium Development Goals (2000–2015) and, more recently, the Sustainable Development Goals (2016–2030). In this context, the marriage of computable general equilibrium (CGE) and microsimulation models has become a dynamic area of policy research throughout the developing world.