E-Training on GDP Re-basingAdd to learning list
Offered by
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Course details
Visit course page- Level
- Introductory
- Intermediate
- Advanced
- Language
- French
- English
- Region
- Africa
- Certificate
- No
- Price
- Free
Course summary
This training is based on the Operational Guide on How to do GDP Rebasing developed by ECA for African countries
Topics
- Sustainable Development Goals
- 2030 Agenda
About this course
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.
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