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Macroeconomic Modelling and Forecasting Training in Kisumu

The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis is undertaking a training on Macroeconomic Modelling and Forecasting as part of its capacity building to officials from various government institutions. The five-day training started on Monday 17th of February and will end on Friday 21st of February 2020. The training takes place in Kisumu.

A group session during the Macromodelling and Forecasting Training in Kisumu

The training mainly targets economists in various Central Planning Units of the Government. There is a total of 10 participants from Retirements Benefits Authority (RBA), Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) and Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA). The training mainly focuses on: Theory in macroeconomic modelling, Macroeconomic blocks,   Estimation of equations in the macroeconomic blocks, Diagnosis of time series data and Building a Prototype Model.

Be on the lookout for this and more trainings from our Capacity Building Programs. Visit https://kippra.or.ke/index.php/capacity-building/training-calender for our training calendar.

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