National capacity building training on statistical, methodological and computational aspects of the Productive Capacities Index

The workshop will consist of statistical and methodological training for statisticians on the Productive Capacities Index (PCI).

The main objectives of the statistical training are:

• To build statistical capacities of Malawi through the training of national statistical experts to compute and interpret country-specific PCI;
• To share statistical and methodological as well as computational aspects of the PCI and to expose national statisticians to UNCTAD’s Productive Capacities Index (PCI);
• To enhance the capacity of Malawian statistical experts to initiate processes to enhance the validity of the results for Malawi;
• To explore how the PCI can be used in national statistics and policy-making processes;
• To foster a network of national statisticians who work and exchange on PCI; and
• To collect feedback for the Statistical and Technical Advisory Group (STAG) of the PCI.