Structure of the course:
- Session 1: Introduction and Volume Estimates Part I
- Session 2: Volume Estimates Part II
- Session 3 : Rebasing National Accounts (Part I)
- Session 4: Rebasing National Accounts (Part II)
- Session 5 : Annual rebasing: chain linking
- Session 6 : Linking old National Accounts series with the new base year
- Session 7: Documenting the data sources and methods used in rebasing
This course was organized in October 2018. All the presentations, WebEx discussions and exchanges, questions and answers, and quiz are available on the training website.
Target Audience
The compilers of national accounts in the African developing economies
Learning Objectives
The main objective of this course is to provide guidance to African countries in updating the base years used for measuring GDP at constant prices, based on 2008 SNA recommendations and African country best practices.