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  "title": "National Accounts Statistics (NAS)",
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  "summary": "National Accounts Statistics Training Program Target Audience The workshop is intended for government officials who are integrally involved in the compilation of national accounts statistics.",
  "publishDate": "2025-08-21",
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    {
      "heading": "Training program overview",
      "content": "- Event: National Accounts Statistics (NAS) training.\n- Session No.: SA 24.33.\n- Location: Kathmandu, Nepal.\n- Date: September 30, 2024 - October 4, 2024 (1 week).\n- Delivery Method: In-person Training.\n- Primary Language: English.\n- Status: Deadline passed.\n- Presenters: Experts from the International Monetary Fund's Statistics Department.\n- Target Audience: Government officials who are integrally involved in the compilation of national accounts statistics.\n- Qualifications: Participants are expected to have a degree in economics, or statistics, or equivalent experience."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course content and instructional approach",
      "content": "- Conceptual foundation:\n  - Based on the conceptual framework of the System of National Accounts 2008 (2008 SNA).\n  - Main lectures include:\n    - (i) Overview of the System of National Accounts,\n    - (ii) Gross Domestic Product by Production, Expenditure and Income approach,\n    - (iii) Supply and use tables,\n    - (iv) Price and Volume measures,\n    - (v) Measuring economic activities at the regional level- Conceptual principles and compilation issues.\n- Practical components:\n  - Interactive lectures and hands-on exercises designed to enable participants to operationalize concepts and methods.\n- Technical topics covered:\n  - Estimating Gross Domestic Product using the production, expenditure and income approaches.\n  - Supply and Use tables (SUT): compilation and balancing techniques.\n  - Price and volume measures, including chain linking.\n  - Conceptual principles and compilation issues in measuring economic activities at the regional level."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course objectives and expected competencies",
      "content": "Upon completion of the workshop, participants should be able to:\n- Describe the conceptual framework of the SNA.\n- Demonstrate an understanding of the three approaches to estimating gross domestic product (GDP): production, expenditure and income.\n- Describe fundamental components of SUT and how to compile them.\n- Understand the techniques to be used to balance Supply and Use Tables.\n- Explain the price and volume measurement techniques, including chain linking.\n- Understand the concepts and critical issues in measuring economic activities at the regional level."
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    "Event: National Accounts Statistics (NAS) training.",
    "Session No.: SA 24.33.",
    "Location: Kathmandu, Nepal.",
    "Date: September 30, 2024 - October 4, 2024 (1 week).",
    "Delivery Method: In-person Training.",
    "Primary Language: English.",
    "Status: Deadline passed.",
    "Presenters: Experts from the International Monetary Fund's Statistics Department.",
    "Target Audience: Government officials who are integrally involved in the compilation of national accounts statistics.",
    "Qualifications: Participants are expected to have a degree in economics, or statistics, or equivalent experience.",
    "Conceptual foundation:",
    "Practical components:",
    "Technical topics covered:",
    "Describe the conceptual framework of the SNA.",
    "Demonstrate an understanding of the three approaches to estimating gross domestic product (GDP): production, expenditure and income.",
    "Describe fundamental components of SUT and how to compile them.",
    "Understand the techniques to be used to balance Supply and Use Tables.",
    "Explain the price and volume measurement techniques, including chain linking.",
    "Understand the concepts and critical issues in measuring economic activities at the regional level."
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