E-Training on GDP Re-basing

Course

Self-paced e-learning

UN Partner

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

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Level: Introductory; Intermediate; Advanced
Language: French; English
Region: Africa
Certificate: No

This training is based on the Operational Guide on How to do GDP Rebasing developed by ECA for African countries

Sustainable Development Goals: 2030 Agenda
Statistics: Economic statistics; Economic accounts; Macroeconomic statistics; Methodology and statistical processes
Subject: Economic outlook
Keywords: macroeconomics; economic growth; GDP

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.