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  "title": "Consumer Price Index-Advanced",
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  "summary": "Consumer Price Index-Advanced Training Program Target Audience Compilers of consumer price indexes (CPIs).",
  "publishDate": "2026-05-06",
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      "heading": "Training program and logistics",
      "content": "- Session No.: CE 26.33  \n- Deadline: Deadline passed  \n- Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  \n- Date: October 5-16, 2026 (2 weeks) New dates  \n- Delivery Method: In-person Training  \n- Primary Language: English  \n- Interpretation Language: Arabic"
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      "heading": "Target audience and qualifications",
      "content": "- Target Audience:\n  - Compilers of consumer price indexes (CPIs).\n- Qualifications:\n  - Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or statistics; or equivalent experience."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course description",
      "content": "- Purpose:\n  - Broaden participants' understanding of the concepts, methods, and challenges of compiling CPIs.\n- Scope and emphasis:\n  - Overview of index number theory and practical implications of choosing the index number formula at lower and higher levels of aggregation.\n  - Sources and methods for developing/validating weights.\n  - Practical applications of methods used for sampling areas, items, outlets, and varieties.\n  - New and emerging data sources and new collection technologies.\n  - Frontier issues including how to better measure the digital economy.\n  - Linkages to the 2025 SNA, including the related principles of scope, coverage, and valuation.\n- Methodological alignment:\n  - The course follows the principles and recommendations of the CPI Manual (2020)."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Topics covered",
      "content": "- calculating elementary and upper-level indexes;\n- methods for handling temporarily and permanently missing prices;\n- introducing new outlets, items, and varieties;\n- adjusting prices for quality changes;\n- chaining and linking indexes with updated weighting structures;\n- meeting data users' needs to ensure relevancy."
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      "heading": "Course objectives",
      "content": "- Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:\n  - Apply recommended index calculation methods.\n  - Apply methods for dealing with index compilation challenges such as unavailable items, quality change, and keeping an index up to date.\n  - Assess how well a CPI meets international guidelines for best practice."
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    "Interpretation Language: Arabic",
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